Went to the thrift today, and picked up some AGP cards and a special CD player 😎
The cards are an MSI FX5200 (mostly picked it up for that heatsink, already have this junky FX card), and an ASUS V7100 Pro 32MB GeForce 2 MX400. Both cards cost €1 each. I got one of those ASUS V7100 Pro cards from the same thrift earlier, but given they're rather useful as an affordable replacement for the GeForce 256, I'll gladly get another for that price.
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Now, about that CD player. It's a Philips model, it was untested and it only cost me €2. But I wouldn't post about it here if it were just a CD player, right? 🤣
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Yep, it's a Philips CD-i unit! I did get another CD-i unit from this thrift before, but it was a VCR sized Matchline model with a dead laser. This one is a much compacter model, the CD-i 470. I much prefer this size of CD-i player, and it works just fine! It also has the Digital Video Cartridge, and came with a Video CD with movie highlights. The CD tray does need some attention, it screeches a bit when closing, and it doesn't quite lock, meaning that if you pick up the unit and hold it with the CD tray facing the ground, the CD tray will pop out.
One disadvantage of this unit is that it doesn't have RGB SCART or S-Video. However, mods exist to get this to work, specifically on Assembler Games (you might need to use the Internet Archive to open this link, the forum was supposed to shut down months ago and who knows when/if it will actually happen). I also don't have a controller, but an Arduino based solution exists for converting a SNES pad to the CD-i. I think I'll have some fun playing some mediocre games soon 🤣
