Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2011-02-12, 02:23

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So, while looking for some PowerVR stuff online I stumbled upon an old computer store that was liquidating its stock and was selling Apocalypse 3dx cards with original driver disc for.... you won't guess.... $0.25 !!! Well, guess what, I bought them all! They had 21 cards available, but only 20 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2011-02-12, 02:20

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: Nice! But I'm missing something 😒 I can't see any VGA ports? As far as i remember data transfer is done in the pci bus, so no external connections.

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Re: ISA HDD EIDE controller cannot find HDD

Posted on 2011-02-11, 17:07

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retro games 100 wrote: Yes, I'm sure that combo would work. Unfortunately, ATM I don't have a real old HDD to hand.(...) I'll put it aside, and when I dig through my boxes of bits, I'll see if I can spot a real old HDD. 😀 If you are interested i have many old HDD for sale. Please check my list. …

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Re: GAME OVER - Selling my stuff

Posted on 2011-02-10, 22:50

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Just finished adding some HDD. As stated they are untested, will test upon request. Will low level format and run quick and extended diagnosis tools from manufacturer.

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Re: GAME OVER - Selling my stuff

Posted on 2011-02-10, 20:16

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F2bnp wrote: Offering 7 euro for the P5A 1.04. Still interested on the other stuff? Virge, Vortex 2?

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Re: GAME OVER - Selling my stuff

Posted on 2011-02-10, 18:55

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Added more Asus super socket 7 boards. I've been testing SIMM modules, currently have quite a few FPM and EDO tested. Found some more stuff on some boxes, will list asap. For updated list please check 3rd post. Thanks.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2011-02-04, 13:54

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Tetrium wrote: Alphakilo470 wrote: Looks like there's a jumper missing on it. Where? Got a couple hundred odd jumpers in a tool box 😉 IRQ setting, adress setting... EDIT: Please check it out. http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/sound-cards-multi … R-2-0-CT13.html

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Re: FOR SALE: Roland MT-100 LA Synth/Sequencer

Posted on 2011-02-04, 12:25

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wocko1 wrote: Well the auction ended, and NO SALE. I guess not many people are interested in these things. It wasn't like I was asking too much for it. People are interested, but my opinion is that it's a bit expensive...

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Re: Basis For My Next Retro System

Posted on 2011-02-04, 02:31

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Besides, if the cooler isn't enough and the cpu somehow burns out, it's not like I don't have enough chips laying around to replace it. These cpus can handle a great amount of "pain". I have seen many dead fans on k6-2 and they always survived. Machine kept crashing, that's also true. :) …

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Re: Basis For My Next Retro System

Posted on 2011-02-04, 01:56

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That cooler actually works OK on a K6-2 as long as you're not trying to do any huge overclocks... though I mainly sent it because it had the least annoying fan of all my random coolers. :lol: I know P5A is limited because it has a few capacitors around cpu socket, but i find these coolers to lack …

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Re: Basis For My Next Retro System

Posted on 2011-02-04, 01:37

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P5A is really nice for those K6 systems. Had great fun with a similar setup. The only not so good thing seems that pentium class cooler... Perhaps something more adequate shoud be installed.

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Re: GAME OVER - Selling my stuff

Posted on 2011-02-04, 01:26

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I'm interested in the P5A. I forgot to ask something about the Vortex 2, which card is it specifically? Does it have a daughterboard header? If yes, I'd be interested in that too. Well I'd give you 10 euro for the motherboard, does that sound ok? Hi. P5A already has another offer, a higher one. I'm …

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Re: Where to download drivers?

Posted on 2011-02-02, 19:27

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Intel i740 downloads are working fine, just tested them... Perhaps you're clicking the wrong download button? The site is not very friendly with all those fake download buttons...

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Re: Where to download drivers?

Posted on 2011-02-02, 19:23

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specorreia, when was the last time you downloaded a driver from driverguide? Two days ago... Are you a premium member? did you pay for membership? I just went there, logged in and tried getting the driver for an i740 graphics card. Several drivers come up and no matter which one i try to download, …

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Re: Where to download drivers?

Posted on 2011-02-02, 01:56

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bushwack wrote: specorreia, when was the last time you downloaded a driver from driverguide? Two days ago...

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Re: Where to download drivers?

Posted on 2011-02-02, 01:03

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Well, i use driverguide and it's just fine. You can try chip manufacturer. ATI, S3, Matrox, all have drivers for their legacy produtcs...

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Re: Radeon 9800XT - quick test.

Posted on 2011-02-01, 21:36

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For anyone in the US, these things may be a better bargain than the Accelero. I picked up a couple awhile back, mainly because I was a few dollars short for getting a "free shipping on $99 and up" deal, and I'm quite pleased with 'em. Have one here and i enjoy it too. And it was a very nice price.

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Re: GAME OVER - Selling my stuff

Posted on 2011-02-01, 21:27

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Hey there, I'm interested in the Asus P5A (PCB revision?) , the Vortex 2 and perhas the SB16 CT2880(DSP version?). Could you give me prices and postage costs to greece for each of these individually? :) My bad, SB is not CT2880, is CT2860. Sorry about that. Asus P5A is rev. 1.06 Europe posting …

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Re: GAME OVER - Selling my stuff

Posted on 2011-02-01, 18:25

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F2bnp wrote: Actually I was more interested in the K6 and K6-2 (?) socket 7 cpus you have. Could you make a list of those? And the sound cards as well 😀 Updated my list a bit, please check 3rd post. Thanks.

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Re: GAME OVER - Selling my stuff

Posted on 2011-01-25, 03:04

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F2bnp wrote: Interested on the S3 Virge 4mb and possibly a socket 7 cpu. Could you make a list of those? Pentium 100, 120, 133, 166 Pentium MMX 166, 200, 233

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