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Reply 28160 of 55080, by OldCat

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HanJammer wrote:
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(looks at my craigslist "free" section)

Cat (tempting).

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Hey, cats are cool.

Reply 28161 of 55080, by wiretap

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Latest Ebay purchase.. been looking for one of these for AT LEAST 10 years... finally, my search triggers went off this morning, haha. I've had wanted ads posted in the past, and I've only ever seen two others posted for sale before, more than I was willing to pay. Now I just need the IWILL ZMAXd2..

IWILL ZMAXdp (dual AMD Opteron Shuttle-size pc)

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and it comes in the original box, with an Opteron 250, 2GB Corsair RAM, and an ATI 3650 AGP as a bonus.. for the steal of $50+20 shipping.

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Reply 28162 of 55080, by Cyrix200+

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wiretap wrote:
Latest Ebay purchase.. been looking for one of these for AT LEAST 10 years... finally, my search triggers went off this morning, […]
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Latest Ebay purchase.. been looking for one of these for AT LEAST 10 years... finally, my search triggers went off this morning, haha. I've had wanted ads posted in the past, and I've only ever seen two others posted for sale before, more than I was willing to pay. Now I just need the IWILL ZMAXd2..

IWILL ZMAXdp (dual AMD Opteron Shuttle-size pc)

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Cool! Looks a bit like a Game Cube

1982 to 2001

Reply 28163 of 55080, by luckybob

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You stole that machine at $50. It popped up on my searches too, but I'm broke.

If you ever want to let it go, let me know and we'll come to an agreement.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Reply 28164 of 55080, by Skanque

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blurks wrote:
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Skanque wrote:
Here is some of my pickups. I recently got into this hobby and have acquired some nice cards in boxes. Most of them are complete […]
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Here is some of my pickups.
I recently got into this hobby and have acquired some nice cards in boxes. Most of them are complete, but some are missing stuff. Like the V8200 is missing the manual.

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Next goals would be Geforce 256 in box and Geforce 2 in box from ASUS. I have them loose but I really appreciate looking at the boxes.
Have a nice day

(repost, posted in the wrong tread earlier)

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Uhhi I see that you are a man of culture as well.

I cant make out the name of all your boxes, could you PM me more photos ? 😁

Reply 28165 of 55080, by 386_junkie

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iPonRMA wrote:
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Todays haul…
All but the first Octek Fox M works fine (even HDDs). But this motherboard is not beyond repair - boots but reports CMOS error...

And that EISA like S3 VGA works in that OPTi Local bus motherboard? So it is an OPTi Local Bus card? Can you please upload a bigger photo of this card?

Yes, the S3 card is Opti Local Bus.

I am happy to learn of this as I have the same card.... only, I never tested in EISA slot because I worried of this very thing. Glad I did not test or use.

From here in the days when there was an ebay thread: - EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Compaq Systempro; EISA Dual 386 ¦ Compaq Junkiepro; EISA Dual 386 ¦ ALR Powerpro; EISA Dual 386

EISA Graphic Cards ¦ EISA Graphic Card Benchmarks

Reply 28167 of 55080, by cyclone3d

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Found a place selling a couple of Quadro 4 900XGL cards (AGP 4x Geforce 4 Ti 4600 equivalent) for cheap so I bought them. Just waiting for them to arrive so I can test.

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Aopen AW744L II SB-LINK

Reply 28168 of 55080, by canthearu

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Grabbed this on ebay.

I'm a sucker for a cheap sound blaster with OPL3.

Reply 28169 of 55080, by appiah4

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Non-PnP Vibra with OPL3 = WIN

Reply 28171 of 55080, by canthearu

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Oh yeah, I should have mentioned the model name.

I am pretty sure it isn't jumper configured, more of a non-PnP but software configured SB16

Reply 28172 of 55080, by Intel486dx33

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Twins.
Baby ATX , Super Socket 7's
FIC VA-503+’s with AMD K6 CPU’s.

These should work great for over locking an AMD k5-3+-450mhz to 550mhz.

Reply 28173 of 55080, by cyclone3d

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Twins. Baby ATX , Super Socket 7's FIC VA-503+’s with AMD K6 CPU’s. […]
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Twins.
Baby ATX , Super Socket 7's
FIC VA-503+’s with AMD K6 CPU’s.

These should work great for over locking an AMD k5-3+-450mhz to 550mhz.

Maybe even try for 600Mhz or a bit higher. For the 6x multipler, set the jumpers to 2x.

I think those boards should also have a few settings that are above 100Mhz fsb if I remember correctly.

Yamaha modified setupds and drivers
Yamaha XG repository
YMF7x4 Guide
Aopen AW744L II SB-LINK

Reply 28174 of 55080, by dkarguth

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I just started looking at my TRS-80 model II yesterday, and the serial number reads 32000006.
After doing some research, I have reason to believe that the actual serial is the last 6 digits of the full number. If this is true, this means my machine was number 6 off the production line!
All the chips are dated in mid-early 1979, which corresponds with the starting production dates! I can't find a production date on the chassis, but after looking at every chip I can find, they are all dated before October 1979. If anyone knows where I could confirm this, I would be thrilled!

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Reply 28175 of 55080, by blurks

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dkarguth wrote:

I can't find a production date on the chassis, but after looking at every chip I can find, they are all dated before October 1979. If anyone knows where I could confirm this, I would be thrilled!

If you have no luck here, try vcfed.org. There are the 8bit maniacs.

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Uhhi I see that you are a man of culture as well.
I cant make out the name of all your boxes, could you PM me more photos ? 😁

No more pictures as I am currently not at home but this is it:
- ASUS AGP-V3800 TVR (RivaTNT2)
- ASUS AGP-V7100 (Geforce 2MX)
- ASUS V7100 Deluxe Combo (Geforce 2MX + TV-Tuner)
- ASUS V7700 Ti (Geforce 2 Ti)
- ASUS V7700 Ti VX (Geforce 2 Ti VX)
- ASUS V8200 (Geforce 3)
- ASUS V8200T2 Deluxe (Geforce 3 Ti 200)
- ASUS V8420 (Geforce 4 Ti 4200)
- ASUS V8440 (Geforce 4 Ti 4400)
- ASUS V8460 Ultra Deluxe (Geforce 4 Ti 4600)

Reply 28176 of 55080, by Benetton93

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So, time for my small pickups list:

Gigabyte GV-9000PRO II (ATi Radeon 9000 Pro)
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Looks pretty cool for Radeon 9000 to be honest. 🤣

ATi Radeon 7200 All-In-Wonder
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Matrox Mystique (MYST/4L)
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Another Mystique in my collection, and sadly, it's not 220. But there's 4mb already on board, so...

Aureal Vortex AU8810 (SoundCOM)
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Well, who knew that AU8810 was somewhat harder to find that AU8820 or 30? Or maybe i was just lazy... 🤣

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum CT4760
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Interesting how it's differs from other Live! cards. Except that gold-ish jacks...

And now - for something special. Or weird. Probably both fits.
QDI MP4-P4U885P3
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Well, for mobo itself - there's nothing weird. Rare? Yes, since there's Socket 3 + PCI. And they now quite expensive nowadays.
Weird thing is - story how i saved this mobo. From quite shocking condition.
Long story short - my gf called me, and said that somebody placed "sort of 90s computer" near her house. I decided to check it out, and... things started to get wacky.
When i opened computer case (which was in very bad shape), i saw this...
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It was infested with.. wasps. That's right, you can actually see parts of hive, and there was 6 dead wasps. That is kind of thing i probably will never forget in my life... 🤣
Anyway, i decided to take out mobo to see is it worth to save or not. Later i cleaned hell out of that mobo, and tested it if it's alive or not...
And it definitely is.
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Conclusion of this story - never judge by the look.
Thinking about making powerful 486 PC. Any suggestions about graphics card? Don't wanna install Voodoo though, my Voodoo Graphics doing it's job in my MMX PC, and Voodoo 2 will be too much for it. 🤣

My retro PCs:
ZIDA 5STX, PMMX-166, S3 ViRGE/DX, 3Dfx Voodoo 1, Creative CT4830
AOpen AX-34U, P3-1133, GF 3 Ti200, Aureal Vortex 2
Allround 815EPT, P3-800, ASUS V7700TIvx/32M, Creative SB0220 (my first PC from 2001)
ASUS P3B-F for tests
IBM ThinkPad R31

Reply 28177 of 55080, by SpectriaForce

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dkarguth wrote:

I just started looking at my TRS-80 model II yesterday, and the serial number reads 32000006.

Looks like you're going to dive in a project.

I once collected three of these beasts with expansion units. I also remember eventually shipping at least one to Australia. Nowadays I can not find these anymore in my country.

Reply 28178 of 55080, by SpectriaForce

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Benetton93 wrote:

So, time for my small pickups list:

Another Mystique in my collection, and sadly, it's not 220. But there's 4mb already on board, so...

Nice finds. It seems that everyone is going after the Mystique 220, which is quite uncommon. I could sell mine all day long for a low price if I wanted to.

Reply 28179 of 55080, by Intel486dx33

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Twins. Baby ATX , Super Socket 7's FIC VA-503+’s with AMD K6 CPU’s. […]
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Twins.
Baby ATX , Super Socket 7's
FIC VA-503+’s with AMD K6 CPU’s.

These should work great for over locking an AMD k5-3+-450mhz to 550mhz.

Maybe even try for 600Mhz or a bit higher. For the 6x multipler, set the jumpers to 2x.

I think those boards should also have a few settings that are above 100Mhz fsb if I remember correctly.

I think I will try one out over the weekend. See if I can achieve 550mhz.
Motherboard settings read I can set to up to ( 100, 112, or 124mhz x 5.5 )
I don’t know why they allow these motherboards to clock so high if the K6 max’s out at 500mhz. ?