the sad thing is that there were 3 revivions of this mac, and i got the first revision. (other revisions got the ati rage pro turbo)
and i cant remember what the problem was with this revision, something about the IDE, but i dont care i just want to run old mac games.
the sad thing is that there were 3 revivions of this mac, and i got the first revision. (other revisions got the ati rage pro turbo)
Wouldn't worry about that:
In February 1998, ATI introduced the 2x AGP version of the Rage Pro to the OEM market and attempted to reinvent the Rage Pro for the retail market, by simultaneously renaming the chip to Rage Pro Turbo, and releasing a new Rage Pro Turbo driver-set (4.10.2312) that supposedly increased performance by 40%.
The 'Turbo' was pure marketing, it's the same chip.
okenido wrote:I never had any slot1 cpu in my childhood (only a PIII socket 370), so I shouldn't have any nostalgia, but still like them ! I l […] Show full quote
Katmai500 wrote:
okenido wrote:
Ooh nice ! Do you have a fetish for Slot1 CPUs too ? 😁
I find PIII's more useful but I like PII's cartridges more. Sturdier, better finish, very high quality feel.
Most definitely. 😁 The SECC Pentium II is a bit cooler looking than SECC 2 PII's and PIII's.
I think my fondness for Slot 1 and Slot A CPUs is because they were the fastest x86 CPUs available when I was first getting into computers as a kid, and because they represent an interesting engineering compromise at the transition point between on-motherboard and on-die L2 cache. I also have a lot of fond memories of Windows 98 gaming on a Pentium III. I must have at least 40 or 50 Slot 1 CPUs at this point, including a whole bunch of engineering samples.
I never had any slot1 cpu in my childhood (only a PIII socket 370), so I shouldn't have any nostalgia, but still like them ! I look on ebay every few days to see if there are some interesting models... recently I've found a 850mhz fsb100
KCompRoom2000 wrote:
okenido wrote:
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Bought this slot 1 retention bracket for 14 €. So f**** expensive. But I'm just attracted by unusual stuff...
Judging by its translucent blue color, it was definitely worth the price, that bracket surely has a place in a Slot 1 build that's housed in a multi-colored case like the ones shown in this thread.
Old ugly things that become attractive twenty years later 😁 Would be fun to find the matching case
An 850/100 Slot 1 is a great find! They are pretty rare these days.
The box of cards I bought arrived today. The two sounds cards I thought were definitely in there were. (Sound Blaster 2.0 CT1350B and Sound Blaster 16 CT2290).
Some of the video cards are pretty nice for ISA, and the VLB I/O controller has SCSI 2 on it which is pretty unusual.
The last picture includes a couple cards (modem and Winchester controller) that were damaged as well as a PCMCIA controller card that looks fried.
Cheap thrills - Some Creative speakers for the workbench, a 4 port switcher with serial mouse support, AWE64 (CT4520) and an ESS AudioDrive ES1868F (kinda been wanting to mess with one of these for awhile)
Amazing haul, cyclone3d - Just as we all probably knew it would be. That lot ought to keep you busy for awhile! What are your plans for it?
Well, I have I think 4 Sound Blaster 2.0 cards now. Planning on probably keeping 2 of them and then upgrading the other 2 with CMS and selling them.
For everything as a whole... at least video and sound cards, I a planning on doing reviews of old hardware. Will probably be posting video reviews on youtube or similar and on a web page.
As for keeping the ISA video cards, I'll probably use one for a 386 build and maybe keeping a couple for spares and end up selling the rest once I do reviews.
I finished using up my latest pack of 100 anti-static bags if that is any indication of how many cards I have accumulated thus far.
chose007 wrote:seller was using S3 Trio in PCI :-D […] Show full quote
seller was using S3 Trio in PCI 😁
That heatsink is absolutely retarded. What is even the point of something that blocks half the expansion slots even on a full ATX board.
It's not the heatsink that's retarded, it's the RAM slots being parallel to the expansion slots that makes it difficult to properly align the cooler (and possibly the CPU socket mounting holes as well). Here's a variant of the cooler that's properly installed, you can see the overhang above the RAM slots in their usual location:
This weeks stuff is an Audigy SB1394, a 4GB CF card and a Slot 1 motherboard - SuperTek ST-P3VFA with Apollo Pro 133 chipset. Came with a P3 450 and some RAM.