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First post, by Pingaloka

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Hi Guys, here's a guy selling me this whole bundle for a very cheap price.
But I don't seem to recognize much. Well, apart from knowing that there are some sound cards, network cards, graphic cards, etc.
Are there any of these cards worth getting? I don't recognize the sound cards...actually....well, any help is appreciated

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Reply 1 of 11, by rgart

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isa network cards, wave front and avance logic sound cards, a couple of vlb video and io controllers more isa io controllers. No value to me. Not my cup of tea. I'd pay no more than $10 for the lot.

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Reply 3 of 11, by carlostex

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If it's cheap, go for it. But when i say cheap i mean really cheap. The VLB io controller could be handy if you wanna build a early VLB based 486 system...

Reply 4 of 11, by gerwin

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The wavefront soundcard looks interesting. It seems to hold a Media Vision Jazz + Thunderboard chipset, together with an OPL3 and Waveblaster header. Never seen that before.

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Reply 6 of 11, by bristlehog

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That ICS WaveFront soundcard could be some Turtle Beach... Might be worth the risk if the lot's not too expensive.

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Reply 7 of 11, by Anonymous Coward

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Yeah, that wavefront card is interesting. It looks like a mediavision board to me, but possibly a prototype of some sort. Looks like it was also available with extra soundfont bank RAM and SCSI.

The only two other cards of interest are the Intel NIC and the 8-bit Cirrus Logic EGA/VGA card.

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Reply 8 of 11, by Pingaloka

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I can get the lot for 25 euros. But I don't think I'm going to to be honest.
There's nothing that I'm craving for, and I don't want to end up with more unused stuff....

Reply 9 of 11, by dirkmirk

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Yeah wouldnt bother, the isa video cards are probably heaps of crap, the VLB version looks like it could be a cirrus logic 2d accelerator although accelerators arent rare in Vlb cards.

Reply 10 of 11, by nforce4max

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There isn't much except for that one decent sound card and the two vlb cards, the rest is crap. $25 a few years from now will seam to be a nice discount but getting any money back from the rest will be tough.

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Reply 11 of 11, by SquallStrife

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That 8-bit card at the bottom of the second picture looks like it could be a Hercules+parallel combo?

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