debs3759 wrote on 2020-08-13, 10:57:

I love #9 cards for the same reason - no logical reason 😀 Don't have many yet though.

well they're really pretty, reason enough imo :3

Bought one of these "sawed off" ESS AudioDrive 1868F cards for next to nothing.

I mostly got it because a) it was super cheap b) I was curious about ESFM and its native 16-bit AudioDrive mode for DOS games. And while ESFM did thoroughly impress me, I'm not all that sold on the AudioDrive mode. Granted, I need to run some more tests, but so far, the results have been very mixed.

Some games do sound nicer in that mode, but others become muffled (filtered?) and a few even appear to be downsampled (e.g. WarCraft 2). On the plus side, its SBPro mode is superb. In that mode, the card sounds clean and vibrant and appears to be very compatible as well. Also, it produces no noticeable noise with the jumpers set to the "Line Out" position. As for ESFM, to my ears it sounds very close to genuine OPL3, sometimes even a bit cleaner if that's even possible. Definitively keeping the card.

Bought some 16x CDR blanks, two DDR3 4Gb dimms (untested but in original Gskil package), assorted cables/things and a few software cd's from local SA store. One of the cd's is MSI Drivers and Utilities G71-MID1031-J24 (for Intel based boards circa 2011) and not found on Archive orgs MSI cd library (i could not find it). Spent about $30 on the stuff, so not a lot but noticed many prices are about 20-25% more than pre-covid.....
added: forgot that a Gravis Xterminator (missing the DB15 to USB dongle) was in that bunch of stuff, think it cost $3.50, untested yet...

debs3759 wrote on 2020-08-13, 10:57:

I love #9 cards for the same reason - no logical reason 😀 Don't have many yet though.

Could be all the Beatles references 😀 Number 9, Ticket to Ride, Imagine, etc.

As for my purchases, I bought a MiroConnect 34 Wave, in sealed box. Box is huge! Pictured next to a sewing machine for scale. Really needed the driver CD, want to see if the Mwave driver set can be used with other reference boards. Once I open it (and find the external CD drive for my modern laptop) I’ll image the CD and make it available.

I ordered an Asus CUBX-E from Russia on ebay a few weeks ago, finally received it today!

Should be fun to finally have a working 440BX Tualatin machine again.

EDIT - Here's a pic of the board on my desk as I update the bios to a version modded with Tualatin microcode.

TUSL2-C is tualatin motherboard, correct one and should had gotten one, perfect for 98se for 512MB. BX will be out of spec at 133MHz on AGP slot if using any CPUs with 133 fsb and no reason to go beyond 512MB again due to windows 98se.

Cheers,

Over the years I gotten quite a few case badges bundled with hardware and never used them. But I recently saw these on Ebay, and I thought they'd be perfect for my Socket 7 builds since both of them will have K6-3+ CPUs when I'm done with them.

pentiumspeed wrote on 2020-08-14, 01:18:

TUSL2-C is tualatin motherboard, correct one and should had gotten one, perfect for 98se for 512MB. BX will be out of spec at 133MHz on AGP slot if using any CPUs with 133 fsb and no reason to go beyond 512MB again due to windows 98se.

Cheers,

Yeah... no.

This is a nostalgia project for me and I have zero interest in/nostalgia for the 815 platform. I ran a CUBX for many years, from the time it was released until it finally died a painful death last year. So this replacement board with a Promise ata100 controller instead of that CMD piece of shit on the plain CUBX is interesting to me. I sold plenty of 815/815EP boards back when they were new and they aren't anything interesting.

So anyway thanks for the input but no.

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-08-13, 10:49:

supercordo wrote on 2020-08-13, 02:08:

My Dual GPU collection is looking good.

That is a beautiful find. I really wanted one of those when they came out but being a child that was way out of my price range. How does it perform?

Ill let you know when it arrives. Hopefully I have a chipset that is compatible.

had some fun thrifting Tuesday

lian li tower case with a broekn foot (free)
desk fan & air cleaner ($2.50)
Cobalt Raq3 with upgraded parts.($15)
IBM flatbed scanner ($5)
ATI 9800 pro with arcit cooler ($5)
panasuckit "glow in the dark" UV flip clock radio ($10)

I think I did very good

luckybob wrote on 2020-08-14, 02:06:

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had some fun thrifting Tuesday

lian li tower case with a broekn foot (free)
desk fan & air cleaner ($2.50)
Cobalt Raq3 with upgraded parts.($15)
IBM flatbed scanner ($5)
ATI 9800 pro with arcit cooler ($5)
panasuckit "glow in the dark" UV flip clock radio ($10)

I think I did very good

I would agree with you!

Repo Man11 wrote on 2020-08-14, 02:08:

luckybob wrote on 2020-08-14, 02:06:

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had some fun thrifting Tuesday

lian li tower case with a broekn foot (free)
desk fan & air cleaner ($2.50)
Cobalt Raq3 with upgraded parts.($15)
IBM flatbed scanner ($5)
ATI 9800 pro with arcit cooler ($5)
panasuckit "glow in the dark" UV flip clock radio ($10)

I think I did very good

I would agree with you!

Wow yes you did great !

luckybob wrote on 2020-08-14, 02:06:

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had some fun thrifting Tuesday

lian li tower case with a broekn foot (free)
desk fan & air cleaner ($2.50)
Cobalt Raq3 with upgraded parts.($15)
IBM flatbed scanner ($5)
ATI 9800 pro with arcit cooler ($5)
panasuckit "glow in the dark" UV flip clock radio ($10)

I think I did very good

Great score!

I'll give you $10 for the Radeon. (kidding obviously)

pete8475 wrote on 2020-08-14, 00:01:

I ordered an Asus CUBX-E from Russia on ebay a few weeks ago, finally received it today!

Should be fun to finally have a working 440BX Tualatin machine again.

EDIT - Here's a pic of the board on my desk as I update the bios to a version modded with Tualatin microcode.

Nice ! hope it all works well. Have a few parts bought from various Euro sources and they all have worked out well.

pentiumspeed wrote on 2020-08-14, 01:18:

TUSL2-C is tualatin motherboard, correct one and should had gotten one, perfect for 98se for 512MB. BX will be out of spec at 133MHz on AGP slot if using any CPUs with 133 fsb and no reason to go beyond 512MB again due to windows 98se.

Cheers,

Good points ! I have a CULS2-C and a KA31 and they can run most all of the TUSL2 P3 cpu's except the P3-1.13 GHz and P3-1.20 GHz w/o OC and happy with them. If the 370 capable boards were still in my target area might consider getting another but am on a different search cycle now 😀

pete8475 wrote on 2020-08-14, 04:00:

Great score!

I'll give you $10 for the Radeon. (kidding obviously)

honestly, I got it just for the cooler. HOWEVER if it works, I might just clean it up and resell it.

I just about crapped my pants when I saw what that clock has SOLD for on ebay. Just search for "Panasonic RC-7462" or item number 133464377159.

I got it for the price of a value meal, fully intent to just keep it for myself, but if its SELLING for that price...

Wow... I don't get it. I guess some people must just be obsessed with the sound of the flip clocks or something. I think there is is a flip clock/radio at my Grandmother's old house... my parents might have one as well.... actually almost 100$ sure there is one in my Dad's workshop.

Sellers pics: How many small wonders do you count? 😀
Very intersting also the card on the top: I think this is an EGA with composite out connected via the feature connector?

🙁 I was watching that one with the full intention of bidding... guess I should have bid right away :p
I keep making that mistake of just watching auctions instead of putting a bid in as soon as I see them so the seller can't just end them prematurely.

The PCB off a hard drive is a funny addition...

The microchannel video card caught my attention.