HanJammer wrote on 2020-06-26, 23:55:

Some complete builds in fully working condition (one of the PC20-III I owned before - just a comparison shot of early and late PC20-III - and I already sold the one I bought).

Nice ! Those old boxes look great ! I have no issue with smokers, my dad was one and nearly everything I ever bought that came from one worked but did need some major cleaning 🤣.

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-06-27, 01:35:

Nice find. I wish I could go back and not sell my GeForce 2 pro and ultra cards.

Yep sold or gave away back in the upgrade years ! I still have a few of the GF 3 but no 2's or 4's 🙁

Bought a Octek 286 Fox M motherboard from good fellow Vogon's member and it arrived in perfect shape. Thanks !
Will post pics after I get it mounted in mini desktop case.

If I remember correct, my Powerleap PL-IP3T (which will likely end up in my P3B-F) came from (or passed through) a smoking environment. It cleaned up fine and with little effort, even the fan .

The Aopen case that currently houses my main retro machine was also smoked and quite strongly caked in sticky nicotine/tar dust inside, and that's after being thoroughly blasted with compressed to remove the loose dust/nicotine/tar . I ended up dousing the inner metal frame with IPA and rubbing it clean. Every removable plastic part was given a bath . I recycled the 250W PSU, because between being infiltrated with nicotine dust in all its crevices, having multiple leaky caps and needing a new fan, it just was not worth the effort to me . The end result was worth it (case was 20 CAN$), but it took me several hours to clean .

The point to all this is that parts from a smoking environment are not necessarily a significant issue, unless they come from the home of a chain-smoker who did not believe in ever opening a window .

darry wrote on 2020-06-27, 04:20:

The point to all this is that parts from a smoking environment are not necessarily a significant issue, unless they come from the home of a chain-smoker who did not believe in ever opening a window .

Yes there is the "tar" effect from those that never opened a window ! Sorta like when I worked for a machine shop that did brakes and cylinder heads back about 1980. The junk that engines build up back then was crazy and took putty knifes and wire brushes to clean off before you even tried to do any work. Am actually glad that was one of my early college jobs, made me NOT afraid of crude build up in computers ;p

HanJammer wrote on 2020-06-26, 23:47:

PANDA 386V-013

How nice, you did what I ordered you to do in this post - Re: My big benchmark of Am386DX-40 motherboards.
😁

So glad to see Artex got that Evergreen 5x86-133!

dirkmirk wrote on 2020-06-27, 14:45:

So glad to see Artex got that Evergreen 5x86-133!

Thank you!

I got a brand new in the box Magitronics case, psu, and mobo from 1992! Has an AMD 386sx-25 onboard. Had a Varta battery but it didn't leak much. Cleaned it up with vinegar and installed a new battery.

that's a very pretty case :3

I agree that is a great case.

That is one stunning case.

kingcake wrote on 2020-06-28, 01:02:

Cleaned it up with vinegar and installed a new battery.

Using a sealed external lithium battery pack is highly recommended.
NiMH are good but any battery directly soldered to the board is an unnecessary risk, even button cells are known to leak sometimes.

That's a very nice looking case, kingcake!

I wonder what was the link between Magitronic and Gigabyte... almost every Gigabyte board I've come across from the early-mid 90's had a Magitronic label.

Bought a 386 DX-33 (Intel) for my newly acquired 386 for game benchmarks.

Doesn't really count as "bought"...... found a Logitech Wingman Warrior on the sidewalk for free.... not much else good in the box, a radioshack electronics learning kit for kids, a TV box, a ps/2 to usb adapter (also took it), power supplies...

pii_legacy wrote on 2020-06-28, 16:17:

Doesn't really count as "bought"...... found a Logitech Wingman Warrior on the sidewalk for free.... not much else good in the box, a radioshack electronics learning kit for kids, a TV box, a ps/2 to usb adapter (also took it), power supplies...

Then why don't you post it here: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

HanJammer wrote on 2020-06-28, 16:31:

pii_legacy wrote on 2020-06-28, 16:17:

Doesn't really count as "bought"...... found a Logitech Wingman Warrior on the sidewalk for free.... not much else good in the box, a radioshack electronics learning kit for kids, a TV box, a ps/2 to usb adapter (also took it), power supplies...

Then why don't you post it here: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Didn't see that thread, ty

Miphee wrote on 2020-06-28, 04:46:

kingcake wrote on 2020-06-28, 01:02:

Cleaned it up with vinegar and installed a new battery.

Using a sealed external lithium battery pack is highly recommended.
NiMH are good but any battery directly soldered to the board is an unnecessary risk, even button cells are known to leak sometimes.

I agree, but this case/mobo is so pristine from being in climate controlled storage since 92 I want to keep it looking period correct.

HanJammer wrote on 2020-06-24, 00:23:

Anyway, such cards always remind me how immensly flexible x86 architecture was and is and it's uses extends far behind home/office or even server room use.

Something that people with those silly old Amigas or Macs will never understand :]

Wait til they find out the first AirPort base station has a 486 SoC at its heart 😂

Got this baller-looking videocard, an Asus V9999!

Very nice packaging and very mint card.

Going to be totally boss in my late Pentium 3 PC!

Nice find! It looks like it was never used