I think I will never own the Socket 4 Pentium Overdrive 🙁

Oh well...I can manage 😜

A Voodoo 5 6000 would be cool to have laying around 😜

F2bnp wrote:

A Voodoo 5 6000 would be cool to have laying around 😜

true, but I was thinking more along the lines of something you will never FIND. Every collector has their white wale. While a V5-6000 would be nice there are quite a few of then around. you just need MONEY. They hit ebay about twice a year it seems. The point I was trying to convey was, "I have the money, I just cant find one to buy!" Like tetriums socket 4 overdrive.

Yeah I figured it out after I had made the post. I've got a few games I've been looking for years and can't seem to find in boxed versions, like Gex (yeah the first one), Shogo M.A.D and Croc Legend of the Gobbos. I only find rereleases or CD Only auctions on ebay 🙁.

As regards hardware, I don't have anything special in need. I've wanted a working 8086/8088 class machine but they're not so easy to find here in Greece and ebay is really not an option with the postage costs!

Ha! easy one- a cpu riser card for my Optiplex GXPro.

sgt76 wrote:

Ha! easy one- a cpu riser card for my Optiplex GXPro.

or even better, an AGP/ISA/PCI riser

I'm sure if I think hard enough I'll remember something from the 80's or 90's that I wanted but couldn't afford but it's too early and I haven't had coffee yet.

A complete in it's original case ALR Revolution 6x6 would be nice, though. I've only ever seen homemade machines, never one in it's official housing. There's photos online but I've never seen one up close. It's like seeing pictures of Bigfoot. You'll never know for sure until you see it up close and in person.

Creative Labs 3DO Blaster comes to mind

I badly wanted a cheat cartridge for the C64. I could get one now but I don't care anymore 😉

leileilol wrote:

or even better, an AGP/ISA/PCI riser

they have those???!! 😲 😮

wouldn't riser cards only fit in the system they came out from?

Such a thing may exist, though I've never seen one. But even if one does exist, it wouldn't work in the GXPro anyway... the risers are model specific. And the 440FX chipset in the GXPro doesn't support AGP at all, so there's that too.

Anyway, to get back on topic:
One chip I'll most likely never own is the Cyrix III, the one Cyrix designed for Socket 370 and was only released as prototype before VIA cancelled it and used the Winchip design for it's C3 (The VIA Cyrix III Samuel core that eventually got released is based on the Winchip design, not on Cyrix's Joshua core).

swaaye wrote:

Actually if you think about it P4 was more competitive against A64 than Phenom II is right now against i3-i7. 😉 And also modern quad / hexa cores are about as hot as Prescott but we have much better heatsinks now and the Cool'n'Quiet/Speedstep stuff really reigns in the off peak power.

Too bad they didn't release Tejas 🤣, that would've been a real oven 😁

I'd like an sb pro 1. Never seen one for sale.

I would like to have an audiotrixx soundcard.. But its so hard to get that..

I guess the hardware I still want has never been made. Well maybe an unlocked E.S. Mendocino core Celeron would be good to have.

Robin4 wrote:

I would like to have an audiotrixx soundcard.. But its so hard to get that..

Happy owner here.

gerwin wrote:

I guess the hardware I still want has never been made. Well maybe an unlocked E.S. Mendocino core Celeron would be good to have.

Robin4 wrote:

I would like to have an audiotrixx soundcard.. But its so hard to get that..

Happy owner here.

Pics of your collection? 😁

Tetrium wrote:

Pics of your collection? 😁

Well, it is not like I gathered such a large amount of hardware. Just what I think actually adds something to my retro gaming and retro tweaking experience. I will keep in mind to make some pictures when I have time.

gerwin wrote:

Tetrium wrote:

Pics of your collection? 😁

Well, it is not like I gathered such a large amount of hardware. Just what I think actually adds something to my retro gaming and retro tweaking experience. I will keep in mind to make some pictures when I have time.

In the end it's not about quantity but about quality...it's just that I like having a 'few' spare parts 😁

For me, an MT-32. They just seem to be outside my price range. The same with a GUS.

For a truly unobtainable chip though, I have a feeling Intel had normal desktop Pentium MMX chips in the lab that may have run at 266mhz, but they never got as far as to send engineering samples of them out as the PII was around the corner. One of them, and a 430HX board which supports 4x multipliers.

Or an attractive 8 or 10 bay AT case with a three piece side panel design rather than the single U shaped side panel that is oh so common, and at a price that doesn't cost a fortune. And I mean true AT, not just ATX that supports AT.