kithylin wrote:

Some day I would like to try and rebuild the packard bell system I used to have when I was young, but finding one of those today is almost next to impossible.

It's the same here ... i can remember exactly the hadware part ... like i know it is a voodoo2 12mb ... but wich one? -_- It's a shame i live in canada ... i know how to get one for 15buck in usa ...

Found these at the area computer recyclers for $5 each. Figured I could stick one in my 486 rebuild temporarily until I can (hopefully) get the correct model of sound card for it, then stick the other in my Toshiba T5200 portable.

If I'm reading the date code correctly, that Crystal card was made in 2000. Surprises me to know ISA sound cards were still being made that late in the game!

The last ISA sound card I saw in stores was sold in Comet somewhere in 2004 though could have been made earlier... I am trying to remember who made it, they used to make VLB host adapters and LPT cards, stuff like that, then charge a silly price for them. The boxes were very plain but the parts were fairly well made.

I think it was SIIG or ISSI or ISSA or something like that, I'd go with SIIG. I know I have one somewhere, maybe I can find it. No idea if what they make now is any good.

Trivial crap; I bought the last two ISA ethernet cards ever sold at the local branch of PC World somewhere in mid-2005. I still have them, they are LinkSys Ether16 cards. I remember the guy at the cash register giving me a funny look, playing around with old machines was thought of as being weird and stupid back then, it was reason enough to not talk to someone, especially if you were into computers yourself, can't be hanging around with scum like that with their underpowered machines. It's still a bit like that in some circles really, but people at least seem to acknowledge it as "a thing" now instead of "that guy is a f**ing retard." I guess.

After getting back from the computer recyclers today, I found the mailman had delivered this:

Toshiba T2100 laptop. It was apparently used to control a CNC machine, the program is still on the drive. In fact, aside from DOS and a mouse driver, the CNC program is the ONLY thing on the drive.

Now, if you've seen my past posts in this thread, you might remember that a month or so ago I had received another T2100, one that was significantly different from this one.

The older T2100 has an 8086 8MHz CPU, 640K RAM and a 10MB hard drive. It was released in 1986.

The newer T2100 has a 486DX2-50MHz CPU, 20MB RAM (Originally had 4MB according to Google) and a 260MB hard drive. It was released in 1995.

Nine years separate these two computers, yet they both have the same model numbers. How can this be? Well, the best I can determine from Google searches is that the older T2100 was only available in Europe and also possibly Australia, and was never released in the US. When the newer laptop was released in the US, I presume they simply recycled the unused T2100 model number. I do not know what the European equivalent of the "new" T2100 was, assuming an identical model was even released in Europe that is.

bought a MX440 (MSI NV17 model) and 9500PRO (reference model with a vantec cooler) recently both were supposed to be in perfect order, but neither worked properly (MX440 artifacts a lot, 9500PRO freezes after a few mins) 😒

I still have no working AGP card, my poor CUBX-E and P2B will remain limited by the PCI interface.

I hope for some better luck on my next buy;

SPBHM wrote:

bought a MX440 (MSI NV17 model) and 9500PRO (reference model with a vantec cooler) recently both were supposed to be in perfect order, but neither worked properly (MX440 artifacts a lot, 9500PRO freezes after a few mins) 😒

I still have no working AGP card, my poor CUBX-E and P2B will remain limited by the PCI interface.

I hope for some better luck on my next buy;

I've some old AGP card if you're interested.

ExTneicsol wrote:

I've some old AGP card if you're interested.

that would be nice, but it would probably involve international shipping which can be quite expensive, I normally only get CPUs, maybe RAM internationally

Bought several video cards today and this was in the bunch. It seems to be a Nvidia GeForce FX 5900. Anyone know more about this one?

pixelview pv-n36ag(256kv)

EDIT: I have seen conflicting info, it may be a GeForce FX 5700?

Am I imagining it or does that GPU have an LCD screen on the side?

It certainly looks like it. My guess would be a temperature readout for when it's installed in a windowed case.

smeezekitty wrote:

Am I imagining it or does that GPU have an LCD screen on the side?

It also has "PDF" on the front. Probably to mean "Pretty Darn Fast"

Yes, it is a LCD readout for temp and I think fan RPM also.

It might be some special edition/high-priced card or a card fitted with an aftermarket cooler for casemodding.

EDIT:
Sorry... It's a genuine 5700-Product. Just google the sticker and you get this:

It's obviously a hardware pdf reader. Just load a pdf to B800:0000 and the card will display it on its lcd screen!

(okay serious now, this font used for the PixelView logo looks so familiar. where have I seen that before?)

I have a similar graphics card the PixelView FX5900XT PDF heat sink
Is runs fast, cool and reliable 😀

Thanks all, obviously this card is a part of Skynet and must be destroyed.

Gotten 14 floppy cables and 10 ATA-133 cables plus a Cooler-Master Socket-A Cooler for free.
Most of the cables are brand new and never used. The shop wanted to throw them out.
So I grabbed them. Allmost forgot. They gave me one stick of 128mb PC-133 Single Sided too.
All for free. So I am happy that I scored it. They will keep a lookout for old hardware too for me.
They sounded as if they actually want to give stuff up for next to nothing.

New things arrived 😀

Biostar M5ALA

K6-2 266

Tyan Thunder n3600M + 2x Opteron 2224 SE (dual-core K8, 3.2 GHz) + 16 GB ECC Reg. DDR2

havli wrote:

New things arrived 😀

Tyan Thunder n3600M + 2x Opteron 2224 SE (dual-core K8, 3.2 GHz) + 16 GB ECC Reg. DDR2

That looks like a nice toy!

Just found that ... 😀