Cyrix200+ wrote:

I might have overpaid for this a bit, especially since I don't really know what to do with it :) But it is cool because it's so […]
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I might have overpaid for this a bit, especially since I don't really know what to do with it 😀 But it is cool because it's so complete! I'm not sure if the CD belongs with it though. I paid about 20 euro including shipping.

20 euros full boxed is just a bergain.. You would never find this complete set for 20 euros on ebay. I really would give you 30 a 40 euro for this set.. So the price is really fair.

Can you imaging those floppy drives? Then i have the abillity to upload them on vogonsdrivers.com

Cyrix200+ wrote:

I might have overpaid for this a bit, especially since I don't really know what to do with it 😀 But it is cool because it's so complete! I'm not sure if the CD belongs with it though. I paid about 20 euro including shipping.

A Covox Sound Master 2! Awesome find and you got a great deal. I would put it in a 286 or 386.

I bought a Pentium 200 overdrive, and I paid way too much for it. But I don't care, I wanted a unused chip and fan. I was kind of mad because the seller wrapped it in bubble wrap and put it in a Tyvek mailer. The box was slightly crushed in shipping. I guess it doesn't matter that much because I plan on using it and shelving it in a collection.

I also bought these DS12887s off some Chinese seller on eBay. The item description read DS12887, but the picture showed a DS12887+. I was expecting the + version. I wonder how old these are.

I plan on replacing the RTC on my Plato/Premier II (My P90 restored) motherboard with one of these. The overdrive will also go in there.

FuzzyLogic wrote:

I also bought these DS12887s off some Chinese seller on eBay. The item description read DS12887, but the picture showed a DS12887+. I was expecting the + version. I wonder how old these are.

I believe 5th week 2011.

Got lucky today:

Asus CUSL2 with 650mhz p3 coppermine and 256mb sdram for free.

Gameboy Color in pretty good condition together with games:

Mortal Kombat 3
Jurassic Park part 2
Mega Man 2
Super Mario Bros Deluxe
Robocop 3
The Chessmaster
Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! 5
and Rockman World 5(not working)

together with Gameboy i got 60gb iPod classic 5th Gen with damaged hdd

Cost me 19$ total

Will do!

Robin4 wrote:

20 euros full boxed is just a bergain.. You would never find this complete set for 20 euros on ebay. I really would give you 30 a 40 euro for this set.. So the price is really fair.

Can you imaging those floppy drives? Then i have the abillity to upload them on vogonsdrivers.com

Cyrix200+ wrote:

I might have overpaid for this a bit, especially since I don't really know what to do with it 😀 But it is cool because it's so complete! I'm not sure if the CD belongs with it though. I paid about 20 euro including shipping.

Holy shit, awesome!!! This is the kind of stuff i love seeing around here. Modern stuff is so boring...

FuzzyLogic wrote:

I also bought these DS12887s off some Chinese seller on eBay. The item description read DS12887, but the picture showed a DS128 […]
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I also bought these DS12887s off some Chinese seller on eBay. The item description read DS12887, but the picture showed a DS12887+. I was expecting the + version. I wonder how old these are.

I plan on replacing the RTC on my Plato/Premier II (My P90 restored) motherboard with one of these. The overdrive will also go in there.

Why order those from China when you can get free, brand-new samples (DS12C887A+ ; up to 10 samples) from Maxim Integrated directly? Shipping's free too. I ordered 5. 😎

Clicky Goodness!

Packard Bell PB300, local sale. Pleased that the original owner kept vinyl covers atop the system since 1991.

Wow! Great condition!

Ahhhhh! Is that a 386 system? Please post full specs 😁

BloodyCactus wrote:

FuzzyLogic wrote:

I also bought these DS12887s off some Chinese seller on eBay. The item description read DS12887, but the picture showed a DS12887+. I was expecting the + version. I wonder how old these are.

I believe 5th week 2011.

Thanks. If you're right, then these still have some life in them.

Brickpad wrote:

Why order those from China when you can get free, brand-new samples (DS12C887A+ ; up to 10 samples) from Maxim Integrated directly? Shipping's free too. I ordered 5. 😎

It only cost $7 USD shipped from China. Would I have to fake a business name to get free samples from Maxim?

FuzzyLogic wrote:

It only cost $7 USD shipped from China. Would I have to fake a business name to get free samples from Maxim?

There are two or three requirements: You have to provide a business name, and you have to have an e-mail address that is neither GMail or Yahoo (and probably every other disposable e-mail services like Hotmail). The third requirement, although that actually may have been optional, is that they ask you what you intend to use these samples for / end result. I simply stated that I was refurbishing motherboards and compatibility testing. I used the name of the business of where I work, which is entirely unrelated to anything electronics, and I used my personal college e-mail address. So far this worked, and I got an e-mail confirmation regarding the shipment early this morning. Thanks, Maxim. 😁

Packard Bell PB300

Intel 386SX-20
4 MB RAM
PS/2 keyboard & mouse

Has both Ni-Cd & Li batteries.

Also Seagate ST3120A 106 MB HDD

Awesome. Slap an SBPro II in there and you got yourself a perfect late 80's - early 90's gaming system.

What's the video card? I assume VGA of some sort. (I'm asking because I couldn't find any information online except listings 😊 )

Got a Gravis joystick today for the price of 1 Euro. The guy selling it was pretty happy that it was gonna get some use.

Also this AT keyboard for 2 Euro. Not mechanical, but feels nice and should look nice after a good cleaning.

Brickpad wrote:

FuzzyLogic wrote:

It only cost $7 USD shipped from China. Would I have to fake a business name to get free samples from Maxim?

There are two or three requirements: You have to provide a business name, and you have to have an e-mail address that is neither GMail or Yahoo (and probably every other disposable e-mail services like Hotmail). The third requirement, although that actually may have been optional, is that they ask you what you intend to use these samples for / end result. I simply stated that I was refurbishing motherboards and compatibility testing. I used the name of the business of where I work, which is entirely unrelated to anything electronics, and I used my personal college e-mail address. So far this worked, and I got an e-mail confirmation regarding the shipment early this morning. Thanks, Maxim. 😁

Or if you have a domain name registered to you, you can use any email @yourdomainname (which your registrar usually allows you to redirect to whatever other email system you want, even webmail).
I also happen to own a business registered to my home address, so that part of the requirement is easy to take care of as well - even though it has nothing to do with electronics either.

Ok, on Craigslist, there was a person who lost their lease and literally had 100's of old macs for stupid cheap. Everything from Mac Plus to G3 macs. He basically had a free-for-all for two days. I was not able to get there on day #1, but I did get some good deal. Sadly, I only got a few pictures. I was tired after moving so many machines around, I just ran out of gas and crashed. Anyway, if there are any requests I will take some better pictures.

http://imgur.com/a/T9Mms

So I got the following:
6x Power computing 603 era desktops. 120mhz to 180
2x mac SE
4x PM 7600
2x PM 8850
2x quadra 700*
large external cd-changer
20# box of plastic bezels
Enough spare drives to last me forever
several scsi to ethernet devices
handful of mice and 1 keybaord
1x 14" monitor in NICE condition.

So I defiantly have a build planned, and now I hope I can finish it and present it to the world.

So envious. Especially of that workgroup server 8550.