Bought 2x 24-pin (no -5V) to 20-pin w/ -5V ATX adapters for my Socket 370 and K6-2/300 systems since some of the cards I have require the -5V, otherwise, there would be either no sound or Alvin and the Chipmunks (fast speed). Going to order a 20-pin ATX to AT P8/P9 w/ -5V, dummy load with the power toggle switch for my Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus, just in case if the AT PSU blows up.

Bought another lot with 29 mainboard, lots of CPUs, RAM, etc. No scrap this time. 😁

Not exactly hardware but I thought: better grab them while they're cheap...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-TRL-DLS-Dual-Pr … 353.m1438.l2649

I've wanted this dual-cpu board for over a decade. I finally got one coming! In a box no less!

Nice find. Why is one of the PCI-X slots green?
http://www.phantom.sannata.ru/konkurs/2017/im … /kt1706/009.jpg

It would be unique to use a Matrox Parhelia 256 PCI-X in this machine.

IIRC it is green for the adaptec raid zero card. like this: https://storage.microsemi.com/en-us/support/r … raid/asr-2010s/

Ahh, so it works with the motherboard's onboard SCSI ports, similar to the RAIDPort II slot on some old Dell workstations?

luckybob wrote:

I've wanted this dual-cpu board for over a decade. I finally got one coming! In a box no less!

No agp, no isa - useless for hardcore dos gаming :)

Why on earth would one want to pay €220 for such a board?!?! While dual S.370 servers are still being scrapped every day.
I've got my HP TC3100 with a very similar board for free.

feipoa wrote:

Ahh, so it works with the motherboard's onboard SCSI ports, similar to the RAIDPort II slot on some old Dell workstations?

Same card really. Because of the triple pci busses, the ZRC only will work if it's on the same bus as the onboard scsi. The Intel and Tyan boards I have work identically, but dont have the colored slot.

easy_john wrote:

No agp, no isa - useless for hardcore dos gаming 😀

Yep. I have a plan for this board, that I won't go into yet. The next pieces I want to get is expensive enough as it is. And I need to get 3 of them. 😜

martin939 wrote:

Why on earth would one want to pay €220 for such a board?!?! While dual S.370 servers are still being scrapped every day.
I've got my HP TC3100 with a very similar board for free.

I didn't WANT to. I just had to. I haven't seen one for sale for 10+ years. So it is either leave it and risk never getting one, or bite the bullet and get it. For the record, he accepted a lower offer. I actually got it for $100, plus shipping, then plus shipping AGAIN from a german/US shipping company. So it is not going to be cheap.

here allday raining .. because I got new machine 😁

Hooold up, Dual Pentium PRO 256k?

luckybob wrote:

feipoa wrote:

Ahh, so it works with the motherboard's onboard SCSI ports, similar to the RAIDPort II slot on some old Dell workstations?

Same card really. Because of the triple pci busses, the ZRC only will work if it's on the same bus as the onboard scsi. The Intel and Tyan boards I have work identically, but dont have the colored slot.

Does the green slot have the exact same pin-count and spacing as PCI-X slots? The 64-bit PCI-X-looking slot on my old Dell workstation is off by a few pins.

yep. it is a normal 66mhz/64bit slot, it is just on the same bus as the onboard scsi

CT 1600 (boxed).

Seller claims unused. Cannot confirm that but seems as clean as it could be.

Nice, rikukos. I just noticed a difference between my box and yours as mine has the newer Creative Labs logo on it. I guess there was a brief transition to the new logo prior to them moving to the orange and blue boxes.

blurks wrote:

Not exactly hardware but I thought: better grab them while they're cheap...

I have never been more jealous than i am now 🤣

andreja6 wrote:

blurks wrote:

Not exactly hardware but I thought: better grab them while they're cheap...

I have never been more jealous than i am now 🤣

Yeah that's a sweet haul Blurks 😀 me like too!

I would be more jealous but I've just picked up pretty much all I need for 2018 (front seat was filled too)

There's a decent amount of retro in there, but the sweet spots included this:

As well as an FX57, X2 6400 and a not quite retro yet i7 990X 😁

Meesa jelly of the i7 990X. Those still go for $250+ on eBay. A 1366 hex core Xeon can be had for much cheaper though and will overclock just as much.

As for me, I have an "untested" ATI X800XT PE AGP on the way I got for cheap. Hope it works. It looks to be in good shape.