very nice!
regarding the v5500 - it's just a case the previous owner replacing the noisy original heatsink/fans combo with something beefier.

Also a pair of Dual Socket 8 MBs with a pair of 200/1M and 200/512 CPUs.

Got this as well, but I can't find any info on it. Is this just a ram expansion board or does it do more?

Luckiest man on earth. 😮

As for that unknown board above, it's an AST SixPak 286, a RAM expansion board.

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Too many women for another guy 😢

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We seriously need a like button here.

Some people have all the luck.

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Too many women for another guy 😢

Don't worry, i'm not keeping all of it. I'm selling off the extras to offset costs and put stuff in the hands of people who want it.

Just an update. There was even more stuff for me to pick up at a later time. No pics, but I was told more voodoo stuff.

Try that fury Maxx in multiple systems. It's a dual GPU card I have no doubt there will be some chipsets that refuse to post with it. Dual GPU cards are known for this.

Also, I've sent you a PM about the BlackMagic II.

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Try that fury Maxx in multiple systems. It's a dual GPU card I have no doubt there will be some chipsets that refuse to post with it. Dual GPU cards are known for this.

Also, I've sent you a PM about the BlackMagic II.

Sadly, my PII system with a 440 chipset is currently without a CPU due to my half-brained attempt to repaste a slot-1 PII-450. So until that is fully working I can't confirm it to be dead. Although the corner of the PCB is damaged so I can tell it was obviously dropped pretty hard at one point. I'm holding on to it until I can know 100% that it's dead. Then it'll get stuffed in my parts bin until I can get it repaired. I hate seeing stuff like that destroyed.

Is that one card a Cirrus Logic GD 5434, or is it an STB Nitro 64? Because if the latter, it's an S3 ViRGE/GX.

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Is that one card a Cirrus Logic GD 5434, or is it an STB Nitro 64? Because if the latter, it's an S3 ViRGE/GX.

It's definitely a gd 5434, and I think it says STB nitro on the card, i don't think it said nitro 64 though.

Strangely, the wiki lists the STB Nitro 64 as a VLB SVGA card with a CL GD 5434 chip.

Nice haul as you basically got like a thousand bucks worth at current prices in high end goodies. Wish my luck was that good.

That's a really nice Craigslist score. No one ever really sells anything good on craigslist in my area, The only old computer related thing I have gotten from Craigslist was few years ago I paid I think it was $40 to get Two DTK Computer Pentium 166Mhz Machines, A Pionex 333mhz PII Machine, A Gateway PII 450mhz Machine, and a Gateway micro ATX K6 Machine. Before that I got a pretty good Atari lot for $50, I got a 7800, a 2600, an 800XL, and like 50 games, but really in the last few years there hasn't been much, I guess I should just be glad that I live in East Central Indiana where the cost of living is pretty low and I have the disposable cash to buy eBay parts if I really want them.

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That's a really nice Craigslist score. No one ever really sells anything good on craigslist in my area, The only old computer related thing I have gotten from Craigslist was few years ago I paid I think it was $40 to get Two DTK Computer Pentium 166Mhz Machines, A Pionex 333mhz PII Machine, A Gateway PII 450mhz Machine, and a Gateway micro ATX K6 Machine. Before that I got a pretty good Atari lot for $50, I got a 7800, a 2600, an 800XL, and like 50 games, but really in the last few years there hasn't been much, I guess I should just be glad that I live in East Central Indiana where the cost of living is pretty low and I have the disposable cash to buy eBay parts if I really want them.

Three early 90s machine with IBM 14" color CRTs of the VGA variety is the best I've seen in my area recently and because I'm rural there still over an hour away as my Craigslist covers a great distance. A 486, an unidentified 96ish looking machine, a bottom line P3 700. And the asshat wants 100 USD for them. I offered him 25 and he claimed that I was attempting to rip him off. There was also some retard selling a early Pentium Toshiva Satellite for 125 (which in his defense, might have been worth $75 with the amount of accessory he had so I guess he wasn't THAT far off) and he wouldn't budge even 25 on it claiming he was already selling it for half it's value. Then I can remember the guy selling all the early tomb raider games for around $25 a piece.

Please don't even get me started on retro game consoles. Even the Facebook buy sell groups in my rural area have at least a dozen professional scalpers... I mean "resellers" and every one on Craigslist goes to there deep pockets before I get a chance. The good news is the buy sell groups are still viable for vintage PC parts (and a nearly unlimited supply of low-min end CRTs). I actually got my eMac and iMac off one.

The only thing protecting our hobby from having the same thing that happened with retro consoles is that the average human is far too sfupid, impatient, or busy to learn how to use this vintage equipment. I'm 17, and I don't know anyone else from my generation who can tell me what as ISA slot is *sad face*

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That's a really nice Craigslist score. No one ever really sells anything good on craigslist in my area, The only old computer related thing I have gotten from Craigslist was few years ago I paid I think it was $40 to get Two DTK Computer Pentium 166Mhz Machines, A Pionex 333mhz PII Machine, A Gateway PII 450mhz Machine, and a Gateway micro ATX K6 Machine. Before that I got a pretty good Atari lot for $50, I got a 7800, a 2600, an 800XL, and like 50 games, but really in the last few years there hasn't been much, I guess I should just be glad that I live in East Central Indiana where the cost of living is pretty low and I have the disposable cash to buy eBay parts if I really want them.

Three early 90s machine with IBM 14" color CRTs of the VGA variety is the best I've seen in my area recently and because I'm rural there still over an hour away as my Craigslist covers a great distance. A 486, an unidentified 96ish looking machine, a bottom line P3 700. And the asshat wants 100 USD for them. I offered him 25 and he claimed that I was attempting to rip him off. There was also some retard selling a early Pentium Toshiva Satellite for 125 (which in his defense, might have been worth $75 with the amount of accessory he had so I guess he wasn't THAT far off) and he wouldn't budge even 25 on it claiming he was already selling it for half it's value. Then I can remember the guy selling all the early tomb raider games for around $25 a piece.

Please don't even get me started on retro game consoles. Even the Facebook buy sell groups in my rural area have at least a dozen professional scalpers... I mean "resellers" and every one on Craigslist goes to there deep pockets before I get a chance. The good news is the buy sell groups are still viable for vintage PC parts (and a nearly unlimited supply of low-min end CRTs). I actually got my eMac and iMac off one.

The only thing protecting our hobby from having the same thing that happened with retro consoles is that the average human is far too sfupid, impatient, or busy to learn how to use this vintage equipment. I'm 17, and I don't know anyone else from my generation who can tell me what as ISA slot is *sad face*

I've had a little bit of luck lately, but usually CL sucks in my area as well. I'm having to plan an all day roadtrip just to pick up a few towers that I want for my XPS and poweredge collection.

What we really need to watch out for in the hobby is electronics recyclers. It's a double edged sword. It's nice they are saving some of the components and selling them, but they are often either too rough with things such as case plastics or the charge way too much and inflate the prices.

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i486_inside wrote:

That's a really nice Craigslist score. No one ever really sells anything good on craigslist in my area, The only old computer related thing I have gotten from Craigslist was few years ago I paid I think it was $40 to get Two DTK Computer Pentium 166Mhz Machines, A Pionex 333mhz PII Machine, A Gateway PII 450mhz Machine, and a Gateway micro ATX K6 Machine. Before that I got a pretty good Atari lot for $50, I got a 7800, a 2600, an 800XL, and like 50 games, but really in the last few years there hasn't been much, I guess I should just be glad that I live in East Central Indiana where the cost of living is pretty low and I have the disposable cash to buy eBay parts if I really want them.

Three early 90s machine with IBM 14" color CRTs of the VGA variety is the best I've seen in my area recently and because I'm rural there still over an hour away as my Craigslist covers a great distance. A 486, an unidentified 96ish looking machine, a bottom line P3 700. And the asshat wants 100 USD for them. I offered him 25 and he claimed that I was attempting to rip him off. There was also some retard selling a early Pentium Toshiva Satellite for 125 (which in his defense, might have been worth $75 with the amount of accessory he had so I guess he wasn't THAT far off) and he wouldn't budge even 25 on it claiming he was already selling it for half it's value. Then I can remember the guy selling all the early tomb raider games for around $25 a piece.

Please don't even get me started on retro game consoles. Even the Facebook buy sell groups in my rural area have at least a dozen professional scalpers... I mean "resellers" and every one on Craigslist goes to there deep pockets before I get a chance. The good news is the buy sell groups are still viable for vintage PC parts (and a nearly unlimited supply of low-min end CRTs). I actually got my eMac and iMac off one.

The only thing protecting our hobby from having the same thing that happened with retro consoles is that the average human is far too sfupid, impatient, or busy to learn how to use this vintage equipment. I'm 17, and I don't know anyone else from my generation who can tell me what as ISA slot is *sad face*

How far downstate are you? If you ever get up into the city, hit me up.
I volunteer at a recycling center, and I've been saving anything decent and trying to set up a section of our shop to sell old equipment. I'll hook you up.