Saw some retro hardware for sale in an ad on a Dutch tech site's marketplace section. Sadly, some of the really good stuff, like the GeForce 2 Ti/Ultra cards, were already taken, but there was still some good stuff there. Seller noted in the ad that he just needed to get rid of it, so I figured it was worth seeing how much he'd ask for the three items I was really interested in.

Firstly, a Pentium III Tualatin 1.13GHz. Already had one, but I like to have it as a pair, like my two 1.42GHz Tullys. Second, a Diamond Viper V770 TNT2 card. I wanted a more appropriate AGP card for my somewhat overkill Pentium 233MMX@300MHz Super Socket 7 build, to replace the way-too-overkill ASUS V7100 Pro GeForce 2MX 400 in it. The TNT2 is still overkill, but will do any DirectX/2D stuff an MMX could possibly handle, and work in tandem with the Voodoo1 Maxi Gamer card for Glide use.

Lastly, a Quadro4 980XGL, essentially the best of the GeForce 4 line if you count it with them. Same specs to a Ti 4800, b̶u̶t̶,̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶d̶o̶u̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶R̶O̶P̶s̶ ̶(̶8̶ ̶v̶s̶ ̶4̶)̶. After a little back and forth, the seller suggested €20 including shipping, which was a very good deal. Today the package showed up, and to my surprise there was also an ASUS V7100T 32MB GeForce 2MX! A very neat card for the collection that I'm certainly thankful for, but just to be sure I have emailed the seller to confirm it was thrown in as an extra and not accidentally sent to me, I've had that happen before.

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Quadro4 980XGL, essentially the best of the GeForce 4 line if you count it with them. Same specs to a Ti 4800, but, with double the ROPs (8 vs 4).

I'm pretty sure they have the same specs.

kixs wrote:

Quadro4 980XGL, essentially the best of the GeForce 4 line if you count it with them. Same specs to a Ti 4800, but, with double the ROPs (8 vs 4).

I'm pretty sure they have the same specs.

Hmm, seems there is conflicting info on that, TechPowerUp and a few other sites claim 8 ROPs, but now re-checking it seems to indeed have 4 ROPs. Oh well.

Today I bought this winner joypad 707 in a newly discovered shop. Kudos to my wife for finding this place 😀 Joypad is bundled with Nascar Racing game and the original receipt from 1995.

mpe wrote:

Pentium 100 MHz gold cap. These are quite rare now.

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A very nice one, indeed! Surely better looking than mine. But yeah, they are getting rare - and pricey ..

LuckyPiquel wrote:

Today I bought this winner joypad 707 in a newly discovered shop. Kudos to my wife for finding this place 😀 Joypad is bundled with Nascar Racing game and the original receipt from 1995.

Nice find! Worth it for the box alone.

Got my backup Toshiba T5200 laptop today.

I already had one that I souped up with a 486, CF 4gb drive, sound card, etc.
But I was afraid to mess with it in case I broke it. Now I have a backup. 😀

The CMOS battery is dead, of course, but once I got through that it fired right up. 2mb ram, 100mb HD. Has an old ethernet card with rj45 and aux ports.
Later I'll pull the HD and the CMOS battery for safety's sake.

So the other day I was looking to get an SC-55 or a second MT-32 (I love my MT-32...)
And I came across a little thing called a Roland "PMA-5".
Did some research... it's like an SC-55 only newer. Also smaller and portable.

The MT-32 and SC-55 were hovering between $150 and $250 on ebay. plus shipping.
There were some PMA-5s around $100...
saw one for $60... and won the auction.

Been playing with it today. It works like my MT-32 only it's GM/GS compatible.

It works off of ac adapter or 6 AA batteries.

mpe wrote:

Pentium 100 MHz gold cap. These are quite rare now.

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You can thank the gold scrappers for their rarity.

Your Pentium 100 looks pristine, but the lettering is off center. Still, it's a beauty. I'd put it under glass for display. My P90's Intel logo is perfectly centered, but the ink was wrecked by various heatsinks.

Not bought but rediscovered while packing things up for visiters. A Genuis 256 grey scale hand scanner complete with software and manuls.

LuckyPiquel wrote:

Today I bought this winner joypad 707 in a newly discovered shop. Kudos to my wife for finding this place 😀 Joypad is bundled with Nascar Racing game and the original receipt from 1995.

One of Papyrus' excellent racing sims, be sure to play it, by preference with a racing wheel and pedals instead of the game pad.

FuzzyLogic wrote:

mpe wrote:

Pentium 100 MHz gold cap. These are quite rare now.

DSC_2008.jpg

You can thank the gold scrappers for their rarity.

Your Pentium 100 looks pristine, but the lettering is off center. Still, it's a beauty. I'd put it under glass for display. My P90's Intel logo is perfectly centered, but the ink was wrecked by various heatsinks.

True that gold scrapping has cost a lot of the gold cap CPUs, however, P75 and P90 gold caps are not nearly as rare as P100 - I had to search some time to get mine - at a lot higher price than what I paid for the 75 and 90 ..

Apocalypse 3D with PCX1 Chip 😀

Hamby wrote:

So the other day I was looking to get an SC-55 or a second MT-32 (I love my MT-32...) And I came across a little thing called a […]
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So the other day I was looking to get an SC-55 or a second MT-32 (I love my MT-32...)
And I came across a little thing called a Roland "PMA-5".
Did some research... it's like an SC-55 only newer. Also smaller and portable.

The MT-32 and SC-55 were hovering between $150 and $250 on ebay. plus shipping.
There were some PMA-5s around $100...
saw one for $60... and won the auction.

Been playing with it today. It works like my MT-32 only it's GM/GS compatible.

It works off of ac adapter or 6 AA batteries.

How similar does it sound compared to SC-55 and especially MT-32? I've been under the impression the MT-32 compatibility on SC-55 isn't fantastic and one really should have both.

Hamby wrote:

Got my backup Toshiba T5200 laptop today. […]
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Got my backup Toshiba T5200 laptop today.

I already had one that I souped up with a 486, CF 4gb drive, sound card, etc.
But I was afraid to mess with it in case I broke it. Now I have a backup. 😀

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T5200-02_02.jpg

The CMOS battery is dead, of course, but once I got through that it fired right up. 2mb ram, 100mb HD. Has an old ethernet card with rj45 and aux ports.
Later I'll pull the HD and the CMOS battery for safety's sake.

Is it possible to replace the LCD with a color one? Or does the video chip run in B/W by default?

PcBytes wrote:

Is it possible to replace the LCD with a color one? Or does the video chip run in B/W by default?

That's a plasma display! No one would ever commit the sacrilege to replace that screen, even if it would be possible. You buy these *because* of the plasma display.

Hamby wrote:

Got my backup Toshiba T5200 laptop today.

It's quite beaten up, but I'm still jealous. Had to sell mine during dry spell and regret it ever since. Considering re-buying one, but they seem to have gotten quite expensive. Or maybe I am just unlucky?

PcBytes wrote:

Is it possible to replace the LCD with a color one? Or does the video chip run in B/W by default?

*insert The Office NOOOO gif*

derSammler wrote:

That's a plasma display! No one would ever commit the sacrilege to replace that screen, even if it would be possible. You buy these *because* of the plasma display.

*insert The Office THANK YOU gif*

H3nrik V! wrote:

True that gold scrapping has cost a lot of the gold cap CPUs, however, P75 and P90 gold caps are not nearly as rare as P100 - I had to search some time to get mine - at a lot higher price than what I paid for the 75 and 90 ..

Yes, a P100 with gold heat-spreader is a very rare CPU.

I guess many of these early gold caps were scrapped back in the 90s when Intel was replacing them due to FDIV bug.

My chip doesn't have the FDIV. It must be one of the last gold caps made before switching to ceramic cases.

Bought this lot a few days ago for 10 EUR. Nothing tested though. Are there any highlights? I belive that Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 AGP graphics card (missing fan) is probably a keeper (If it works)...

I spot a Matrox Mystique 2MB and an All-In-Wonder Pro but that's about it. The card on the top left in the first photo looks kind of interesting too, it's likely a GF2 or GF3 of some sort.