Yesterday I got a Unisys PS/2 mouse (actually 25PIN serial). I bought it because I could not get my generic 9PIN serial mouse to work with a converter to 25PIN. It turns out the IBM PS/2 Model 30 8530 8086 COM1 25PIN port is broken/disabled because the Unisys mouse does work on my Magnavox 286. 😠

The Unisys mouse is clean but does not scroll 100%. It has an insane long cable. I probably need to de-knot it. 🤣

https://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewer#album/1 … CJSx9sb2-qu0jwE
Sellers's pictures.

Can't wait to see what's inside!

Picked up today:

(Acer?) Magic S32/S23 ViBRA16s (CT2504) with OPL3 YMF262-m

Diamond Viper V550

2x2gb registered ddr1

Sound and video cost me 0.5$,ram sticks was traded for my ddr2

rein_ein wrote:

(Acer?) Magic S32/S23 ViBRA16s (CT2504) with OPL3 YMF262-m

Yes, this is Acer.
I've got Acer S23a, but mine has a Crystal Wavetable (Same, as Orchid Nusound)
.

kanecvr wrote:

I didn't install any chipset drivers and ran win98 on it. Seemed perfectly stable under 3dmark and quake 3 - then again I only messed with it for a couple of hours.

Cool.... Great to know, thanks for the info. 😀

hard1k wrote:

Sellers's pictures.Can't wait to see what's inside!

Wrong link.

I suppose its not very retro, but I FINALLY retired my HP Laserjet 4MP. (not my video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adow2T8clMc The major difference between the 4MP and P is the addition of Macintosh printer port. I remember my father buying it NEW in 1993 for like $4500. I used it on probably a weekly basis up until last week, when I attended a government auction and got a replacement. A Hp Laserjet 3050 MFC. specs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … N82E16828104047

I got it for $5! Someone had a post-it on the machine that said "does not work". Technically they weren't wrong. The problem was a small piece of paper, about the size of a postage stamp, was stuck in the paper sensor. I removed it and it works perfectly. I feel bad for replacing the old 4MP, but I no longer have to wait 5 minutes to print anything!

luckybob wrote:

I suppose its not very retro, but I FINALLY retired my HP Laserjet 4MP. (not my video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adow2T8clMc The major difference between the 4MP and P is the addition of Macintosh printer port. I remember my father buying it NEW in 1993 for like $4500. I used it on probably a weekly basis up until last week, when I attended a government auction and got a replacement. A Hp Laserjet 3050 MFC. specs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … N82E16828104047

I got it for $5! Someone had a post-it on the machine that said "does not work". Technically they weren't wrong. The problem was a small piece of paper, about the size of a postage stamp, was stuck in the paper sensor. I removed it and it works perfectly. I feel bad for replacing the old 4MP, but I no longer have to wait 5 minutes to print anything!

It's totally cool as long as you keep your HP Laserjet 4MP as a spare in your garage or storage until the end of tme.

Still using a LaserJet 4M Plus. And a Panasonic KX-P 1624, oh, and a 1635 with 15x11 Fanfold, they're ex-military.

luckybob wrote:

I suppose its not very retro, but I FINALLY retired my HP Laserjet 4MP. (not my video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adow2T8clMc The major difference between the 4MP and P is the addition of Macintosh printer port. I remember my father buying it NEW in 1993 for like $4500. I used it on probably a weekly basis up until last week, when I attended a government auction and got a replacement. A Hp Laserjet 3050 MFC. specs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … N82E16828104047

I got it for $5! Someone had a post-it on the machine that said "does not work". Technically they weren't wrong. The problem was a small piece of paper, about the size of a postage stamp, was stuck in the paper sensor. I removed it and it works perfectly. I feel bad for replacing the old 4MP, but I no longer have to wait 5 minutes to print anything!

Ah, the immortal LaserJet 4 series... I agree with Skyscraper, you should keep that 4MP as a spare. 😀

Oh yes, it's not going anywhere. I just put the old lady out to pasture. Maybe someday I will hook it up to a mac and print something for giggles.

rein_ein wrote:

Picked up today: 2x2gb registered ddr1 http://i.imgur.com/ISRHadfl.jpg […]
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Picked up today:
2x2gb registered ddr1

Sound and video cost me 0.5$,ram sticks was traded for my ddr2

Interesting, 2GB DDR400 Ram sticks. Having a look at Ebay DDR400 is extremely cheap, but the only 2GB sticks are ECC registered and for
server motherboards. I certainly only ever saw 1GB sticks for sale in local shops, so will be interesting to see if they work in a standard
motherboard, unless of course You have a server board.

Imperious wrote:

Interesting, 2GB DDR400 Ram sticks. Having a look at Ebay DDR400 is extremely cheap, but the only 2GB sticks are ECC registered […]
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rein_ein wrote:

Picked up today:
2x2gb registered ddr1

Sound and video cost me 0.5$,ram sticks was traded for my ddr2

Interesting, 2GB DDR400 Ram sticks. Having a look at Ebay DDR400 is extremely cheap, but the only 2GB sticks are ECC registered and for
server motherboards. I certainly only ever saw 1GB sticks for sale in local shops, so will be interesting to see if they work in a standard
motherboard, unless of course You have a server board.

Quick test at my A8N-Sli Premium - works well w/o bios mods and such,one sad thing - seller had only 2x2gb,so no 8gb now 😒

Also if you interested there is thread about 8gb of ddr1 in 939 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

rein_ein wrote:

Quick test at my A8N-Sli Premium - works well w/o bios mods and such,one sad thing - seller had only 2x2gb,so no 8gb now 😒

Also if you interested there is thread about 8gb of ddr1 in 939 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

If you get stability problems, you should swap those caps out.

mockingbird wrote:

rein_ein wrote:

If you get stability problems, you should swap those caps out.

i'll note that,seems fine now.

Today's haul:

- Unknown PIII Slot 1
- Pentium II 400mhz
- Pentium 233 MMX
- Duron 800mhz
- AMD K6 II-500AFX
- SoundBlaster PCI 128
- 2x USB board
- various heatsinks
- 3x SDRAM PC100-PC133 modules

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

A fan sent me retro care package :) […]
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A fan sent me retro care package 😀

Some may take these as a cardinal sin, but i already had about 2 or 3 of these and only kept one and use it merely as test system as it is very useful for that because of both AGP and PCI-E slots , and sata ports.
I never really liked them much for a "oldschool" rig (and even had one as my main rig from 2006 to 2009) as i find them very picky with memory sticks, and even had some issues with a few sata hard drives were some would only detect on sata 1 and not sata 2 port or vice-versa, and the hard drives were perfectly fine on other systems in both modes.

Bought today just coz of case.
Insides
P2 233,Asus P2B,diamond virge gx2,ESS 1869F,no ram no hdd

P2B.... Sweet. 😜

brostenen wrote:

P2B.... Sweet. 😜

*________* P2B and P3B... great mobos!!!