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Reply 26880 of 52352, by McBierle

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Some things i bought the last weeks/months:

Some Pentium 2, not testet yet, had a nice sb16 opl

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Athlon 1000mhz

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Six ide HDDs and one SCSI

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Reply 26881 of 52352, by McBierle

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continued:

More Cards

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Motherboartd with Voltage Regulator module 😀

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Greetings

edit: I forgot, gameboy color with winni pooh game 😀

Reply 26882 of 52352, by oeuvre

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McBierle wrote:
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Some things i bought the last weeks/months:

Some Pentium 2, not testet yet, had a nice sb16 opl

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Athlon 1000mhz

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Six ide HDDs and one SCSI

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How loud is that SCSI drive?

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Reply 26883 of 52352, by hard1k

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Been after these beauties for quite a while. DDR are a bit more common, but finding DDR2 can be s PITA.

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Fortex, the A3D & XG/OPL3 accelerator (Vortex 2 + YMF744 combo sound card)
AWE64 Legacy
Please have a look at my wishlist (hosted on Amibay)

Reply 26884 of 52352, by cyclone3d

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I think my AWE32 / SB32 collection will soon be complete as soon as the last two pieces arrive.

CT3900 and CT2760. Finally found them for a good price.

I'm only collecting those with SIMM slots. The cut down "value" versions seem pretty pointless to me.

CT2760
CT3600 - without onboard RAM
CT3600 - with onboard RAM
CT3620
CT3670 - really an AWE64 with SIMM slots
CT3900
CT3930
CT3980
CT3990

Yamaha modified setupds and drivers
Yamaha XG repository
YMF7x4 Guide
Aopen AW744L II SB-LINK

Reply 26885 of 52352, by doaks80

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cyclone3d wrote:
I think my AWE32 / SB32 collection will soon be complete as soon as the last two pieces arrive. […]
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I think my AWE32 / SB32 collection will soon be complete as soon as the last two pieces arrive.

CT3900 and CT2760. Finally found them for a good price.

I'm only collecting those with SIMM slots. The cut down "value" versions seem pretty pointless to me.

CT2760
CT3600 - without onboard RAM
CT3600 - with onboard RAM
CT3620
CT3670 - really an AWE64 with SIMM slots
CT3900
CT3930
CT3980
CT3990

I just finished testing my collection. The 3900 was great, called the flagship for a reason. The 3930 was a fun card, clean vibra plus only discrete opl3 from yamaha of th bunch. Least favorite was the 3600, a real budget model. Only ones i am missing is 3990 and 3620 and i dont care for either.

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via c3 866 / s3 savage4+voodoo2 sli / audigy1+awe64(8mb)
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pentium4 3400 / geforce fx5950U / audigy2 ZS
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Reply 26886 of 52352, by xjas

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Pretty nice little haul of retro speakers today. 😀

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Firstly, another Roland MA-20 to match the one I already had. Despite finding them (at the same shop) about 3 weeks apart, these were undoubtedly a matched pair that were originally donated together. They're only 4 apart in serial number. I have no idea why they didn't just put them both out at the same time, but glad I managed to score the second one.

Second, another pair of Minimus 7s to mach the pair I already had. The new ones are black, Memorex-branded. AFAIK a few different companies sold these under license but they're most widely known under the Realistic (Radio Shack) brand.

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I love these things. Despite being tiny, (smaller than a DVD case stood on end!) they have a fantastic, punchy, crisp sound. The cabinets are all metal & they're surprisingly heavy. They sound awesome playing Amiga modules or oldschool hip-hop.

Now that I have four I can run them in a quadrophonic setup in my bedroom, because that's a totally rational thing to want to do, right?

I dunno if this photo gets across how small they are, but I had fun composing it.

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The webcam (way back up at the top) is a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000, a high-end model which is thankfully class-compliant so it works on all OSes. Will be a nice upgrade over my Smear-o-Vision Xbox 360 camera for streaming. 😜 Lucky score for $5.

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Reply 26887 of 52352, by liqmat

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xjas wrote:
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Pretty nice little haul of retro speakers today. 😀

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Firstly, another Roland MA-20 to match the one I already had. Despite finding them (at the same shop) about 3 weeks apart, these were undoubtedly a matched pair that were originally donated together. They're only 4 apart in serial number. I have no idea why they didn't just put them both out at the same time, but glad I managed to score the second one.

Second, another pair of Minimus 7s to mach the pair I already had. The new ones are black, Memorex-branded. AFAIK a few different companies sold these under license but they're most widely known under the Realistic (Radio Shack) brand.

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I love these things. Despite being tiny, (smaller than a DVD case stood on end!) they have a fantastic, punchy, crisp sound. The cabinets are all metal & they're surprisingly heavy. They sound awesome playing Amiga modules or oldschool hip-hop.

Now that I have four I can run them in a quadrophonic setup in my bedroom, because that's a totally rational thing to want to do, right?

I dunno if this photo gets across how small they are, but I had fun composing it.

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The webcam (way back up at the top) is a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000, a high-end model which is thankfully class-compliant so it works on all OSes. Will be a nice upgrade over my Smear-o-Vision Xbox 360 camera for streaming. 😜 Lucky score for $5.

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"You are triangle. Shoot squares. Get points."

Now that's a game description I can wrap my head around!

https://porta2note.itch.io/gridfighter-3d

Reply 26888 of 52352, by oeuvre

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A really cool DTK QUIN-55D Pentium 133MHz 16MB RAM desktop found in a thrift store. Cleaned it up inside and out... absolute mint condition. https://imgur.com/a/egMlTFd

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Reply 26889 of 52352, by xjas

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liqmat wrote:
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"You are triangle. Shoot squares. Get points."

Now that's a game description I can wrap my head around!

https://porta2note.itch.io/gridfighter-3d

Ahaha, well spotted! I made a bunch of those up a while ago, intending to do a physical media release, but never got around to the rest of the work (it was going to be in a DVD case with an instruction card, artwork, etc.) I've given a few away at events and shows, but most of them are sitting here looking pretty (well, arguably.) PM me if you want one. 😀 Note: offer is FREE OF CHARGE including shipping.

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Reply 26890 of 52352, by Ozzuneoj

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oeuvre wrote:

A really cool DTK QUIN-55D Pentium 133MHz 16MB RAM desktop found in a thrift store. Cleaned it up inside and out... absolute mint condition. https://imgur.com/a/egMlTFd

Man, there's never anything like this near me. Thrift stores never have computers, and they certainly wouldn't be in that condition... wow!

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 26891 of 52352, by probnot

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Ozzuneoj wrote:
oeuvre wrote:

A really cool DTK QUIN-55D Pentium 133MHz 16MB RAM desktop found in a thrift store. Cleaned it up inside and out... absolute mint condition. https://imgur.com/a/egMlTFd

Man, there's never anything like this near me. Thrift stores never have computers, and they certainly wouldn't be in that condition... wow!

I was just thinking that. I've seen some Pentium 4 era computers in thrift stores recently (usually grey Dells or really beat-up Acers) which is more than in the past, but still nothing older 🙁

Reply 26892 of 52352, by liqmat

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xjas wrote:
liqmat wrote:
"You are triangle. Shoot squares. Get points." […]
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"You are triangle. Shoot squares. Get points."

Now that's a game description I can wrap my head around!

https://porta2note.itch.io/gridfighter-3d

Ahaha, well spotted! I made a bunch of those up a while ago, intending to do a physical media release, but never got around to the rest of the work (it was going to be in a DVD case with an instruction card, artwork, etc.) I've given a few away at events and shows, but most of them are sitting here looking pretty (well, arguably.) PM me if you want one. 😀 Note: offer is FREE OF CHARGE including shipping.

Had no idea you were a game developer and that was your game. I would love a couple of copies! I thought you picked those up thrifting. Xjas... man of mystery!

Reply 26893 of 52352, by bjwil1991

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oeuvre wrote:

A really cool DTK QUIN-55D Pentium 133MHz 16MB RAM desktop found in a thrift store. Cleaned it up inside and out... absolute mint condition. https://imgur.com/a/egMlTFd

Whoever owned that system did a stellar job with that computer. My Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus has some slight yellowing, but on the inside, pretty clean.

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Reply 26894 of 52352, by oeuvre

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bjwil1991 wrote:
oeuvre wrote:

A really cool DTK QUIN-55D Pentium 133MHz 16MB RAM desktop found in a thrift store. Cleaned it up inside and out... absolute mint condition. https://imgur.com/a/egMlTFd

Whoever owned that system did a stellar job with that computer. My Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus has some slight yellowing, but on the inside, pretty clean.

It was pretty dusty inside and there were plenty of scuffs and marks but I was able to clean all of that stuff... magic eraser worked wonders on this. The metal cover though is practically flawless.

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Reply 26895 of 52352, by appiah4

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oeuvre wrote:

A really cool DTK QUIN-55D Pentium 133MHz 16MB RAM desktop found in a thrift store. Cleaned it up inside and out... absolute mint condition. https://imgur.com/a/egMlTFd

Ahh nice. Pentium 133MHz is such an awesome processor; fast enough for most DOS stuff at SVGA, slow enough for older DOS stuff at VGA, and can easily exploit a Voodoo card if you drop one in - my Pentium 133 Win95 system is replacing my K6-2 as my favorite lately..

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Reply 26897 of 52352, by OldCat

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I am not buying anything recently and who knows, I might need to actually sell some stuff. But out of habit I still look at the various places I used to find old hardware. And just recently saw this set of three IBM mice, which immediately made me think of that Family Guy gag:

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Reply 26898 of 52352, by bjwil1991

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Retr0brighting will fix that.

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Reply 26899 of 52352, by dionb

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Three parcels for me today. One very much retro, one to satisfy my trackball fetish, one so new it's probably off-forum here, but the engineering is so beautiful I want to share with you 😉

The three items:
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The truly retro bit is of course that Number Nine Revolution IV. More specifically, a Revolution IV 1600SW. Over VGA it's comparable in 2D to say a Matrox G400, albeit with more limited driver support. But it's the "1600SW" that makes this really interesting. That connector can only be used with one single monitor, but what a monitor - the SGI 1600SW 16" 1600x1024 widescreen TFT. In terms of dot pitch and colour definition it can hold its own against a modern QHD screens. I used to have both the monitor and an AGP version of the Revolution IV 1600SW. Unfortunately the AGP 1.0 rather limited options to use the screen. This however it the PCI version. Now where to find a 1600SW... 😉

The trackball is a Kensington SlimBlade trackball - a sleeker version of their venerable ExpertMouse. I'd lusted after the looks for quite a while, but given how subjective pointing devices are, I didn't want to shell out the full price for a new one and risking disappointment. Fortunately a seller who was inexplicably pushy on getting a high price for a bog-standard Logitech TrackMan Marble (more than they cost new 😵 ) was asking a very low price for this one, so I jumped. First impressions are good - nice big ball allows very accurate control. The scroll functionality is odd to put it mildly: you twist the ball. It actually works quite well, but I don't foresee using it in any games like this.

Finally that silver machine. It's an Intel DH77DF mITX board with a Core i3-3220T on it, so a mere 7 years old. It comes with 4GB of RAM, a DVDRW and a 500GB HDD (that I will upgrade to SSD at the first opportunity). In itself not too bad, but it's the case that's the star of the show. It's one massive passive heatsink. Apart from the HDD and optical drive, this thing has no moving parts whatsoever, just a load of heatpipes:

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An object of beauty and silence. Also my new HTPC (even though I only installed the last one two weeks ago 🙄 )