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Reply 22340 of 52353, by Pabloz

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ill try to find it so i can upgrade it.

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.

Reply 22341 of 52353, by derSammler

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Solaris, mainly. 😁

Check out some of the awesome homebrew that is out there these days, too!

Anything you can recommend?

First thing it needs is a composite video-out mod, however. 😁

Reply 22342 of 52353, by dionb

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Pabloz wrote:

ill try to find it so i can upgrade it.

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.

Reply 22343 of 52353, by Srandista

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My first Nvidia card (and I mean first, not first retro 🤣 )!

I wanted card with DVI connection, that's the reason, why this specific one.

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Reply 22344 of 52353, by appiah4

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Srandista wrote:
My first Nvidia card (and I mean first, not first retro :lol: )! […]
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My first Nvidia card (and I mean first, not first retro 🤣 )!

I wanted card with DVI connection, that's the reason, why this specific one.

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Remember to mount a heatsink on that GPU before you run that. Just saying. 😊

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Reply 22345 of 52353, by Katmai500

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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 […]
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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

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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.

Reply 22346 of 52353, by cyclone3d

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Reply 22347 of 52353, by chose007

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NIce, you got better than mine 😁

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and few more things like Asus slot1

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or AGP 1950 PRO

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Laptop by Highscreen without adapter, need watch in what is it.

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seller was using S3 Trio in PCI 😁

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I'am happy that this KT333 board can run GF MX 4. My 64bit MX420 is ready.

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Reply 22348 of 52353, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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The laptop has TURBO light indicator. How old is it?

Never thought this thread would be that long, but now, for something different.....
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Reply 22350 of 52353, by cyclone3d

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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.

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2x CMI 8328, Sound Blaster 16 CT2290, Sound Blaster 2.0 CT1350B Rev 4, Aztech I38-MMSN813, IBM MWave sound + modem

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Reply 22351 of 52353, by CkRtech

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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?

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Reply 22352 of 52353, by CkRtech

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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)

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Reply 22353 of 52353, by cyclone3d

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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.

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Reply 22354 of 52353, by TheAbandonwareGuy

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chose007 wrote:
NIce, you got better than mine :-D […]
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NIce, you got better than mine 😁

dscf7030re.jpg

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and few more things like Asus slot1

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or AGP 1950 PRO

dscf7013re.jpg

Laptop by Highscreen without adapter, need watch in what is it.

dscf7038re.jpg

dscf7036re.jpg

seller was using S3 Trio in PCI 😁

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dscf7023re.jpg

I'am happy that this KT333 board can run GF MX 4. My 64bit MX420 is ready.

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That heatsink is absolutely retarded. What is even the point of something that blocks half the expansion slots even on a full ATX board.

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Reply 22355 of 52353, by JidaiGeki

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TheAbandonwareGuy wrote:
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seller was using S3 Trio in PCI 😁

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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:

http://www.hexus.net/tech/features/cooling/77 … st-look/?page=3

Reply 22356 of 52353, by elod

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TheAbandonwareGuy wrote:

That heatsink is absolutely retarded. What is even the point of something that blocks half the expansion slots even on a full ATX board.

Could you please erase the parts of quoted messages that are not relevant to your reply?
Thank you!

Reply 22358 of 52353, by cyclone3d

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I wanted one of those coolers back in the day.

And the way to previous owner mounted it is just dumb. It is supposed to be the other way as is shown in that other picture.

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Reply 22359 of 52353, by Munx

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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.

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The FireStarter 2.0 - The wooden K5
The Underdog - The budget K6
The Voodoo powerhouse - The power-hungry K7
The troll PC - The Socket 423 Pentium 4