Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-05-18, 21:31

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Picked up an ASUS P2L97-DS dual slot 1 mobo So, I'm guessing it just hates Katmais and I'm out of luck for now (don't have any other CPUs to try out). the 440LX chipset doesn't support katmai P3s. they may function in that the voltage and multiplier is supported, but results would be unpredictable. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-10, 21:13

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When I see Intel D865 boards with a Pentium 4 3GHz processor for $10 at auctions, I just have to buy them. It's the best retro pc base for DOS and Windows 98 in my opinion. Fast, stable and hassle-free. I tend to take any Dell Dimension 4600s I see at the recyclers for this reason. Basically the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-04, 21:59

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Filename or840.jpg File size 1.58 MiB Views 631 views Bought a few Intel OR840s off someone in a discord. Getting a working OEM one has been a nerd goal for a while, as I have an Intellistation version which is dead and has a short somewhere.

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-04-29, 03:58

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As far as I know sound blaster lives are still dirt cheap , should be like what 5-10 dollars worth or so? Okay on second inspection it looks like eBay prices have jumped up a bit to like 20 - 30AUD? I'm not sure why that is I guess sellers have figured they can scalp people for higher prices? …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-04-28, 03:12

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What is that used for? it's the IBM Music Feature Card, the first PC sound card, that was competing alongside the AdLib and LAPC-1. the AdLib was a lot cheaper and simpler and ended up murdering it, and it was sold only as an IBM option, so sold poorly and is rather rare nowadays. a bunch of Sierra …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-04-27, 17:45

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Filename mfc.png File size 248.96 KiB Views 167 views Heh, jesus. didn't expect that

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-03-15, 04:38

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You guys better sit down for this one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394476762767 I gasped when I first saw this. Then reasoning quickly took over and I decided it cannot be real. Cyrix 5x86-120 $685 USD in auction. Not even S1R3. christ WHY. WHY Fp43ToTWIAAIrCp.jpg Fp45bwDWcAIEB_K.png these have been …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-07, 09:07

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photo_2023-01-07_04-00-20.jpg photo_2023-01-07_04-00-22.jpg Fl1HWdGWAAcYaKW.jpg Fl1HOOLWIAEikex.jpg Fl1LTIYX0AApZJf.png Grabbed a pile of parts and things at a recycler. - 28 x i5 3470 - 2 x xeon E5440 - xeon X3323 - P4 3GHz/1MB/800 S478 - i5 2390T - Core 2 Duo P9600 - Phenom II P960 - Athlon 64 X2 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-06, 03:39

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Quick eBay grab, seller took a $309 offer. Very nice looking IBM 5170. Normally I wouldn't pay that much plus shipping for one of these as nice as this one looks, but with the Intel Inboard 386/AT, AST Advantage Premium with 1MB daughtercard, and AST RAMpage Plus 286 in there, this was way, way too …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-05, 19:23

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Was looking for a GUS for years and almost gave up. How the turn tables today. It was somewhat of a surprise system that didn't involve kidney selling. Disassembled the whole thing: Jeez. That's about as max spec of a system as you can get, only way to improve on that would be adding more L2 cache …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-01-05, 09:37

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While one's family should usually take precedent over their hobbies, there's still not many excuses for them to wantonly damage your possessions. However, if it's mental illness, best for people not to judge someone else's situation or use it as reasoning to bring up redpill ideology. Not going to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-05, 09:18

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pentiumspeed wrote on 2023-01-04, 22:17: That intel copper heatsink is spendy still on ebay. Cheers, I think that's because it weighs like 1.5 pounds and is pure copper, so the metal alone is worth a good $7 nowadays and people have long since recycled almost all of them.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-01-05, 07:56

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bestemor wrote on 2023-01-02, 20:22: Pictures please !!!? 😲😅 (envisioning a mountain of computer cases rivalling the lost Ark in ComputerReset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ZZkZk9QRk....) Here's some of it in the storage garage. Filename Fh9pTLcWQAAz5mG.jpg File size 797.98 KiB Views 442 views …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-01-02, 08:42

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The local recycler says their contract with the county explicitly says they cannot resell any of it in the area. Interestingly, I found a TV I dropped off there at a thrift store 90 miles away. So some of it IS escaping the recycling chain somewhere. I've heard from one person the owner pulls …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-26, 18:03

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Once I bought two used 2TB hard drives both were found worn out, Hitachi 2TB HUA722020ALA330 was reseeking, disassembly analysis revealed fluid bearing worn out, and other Seagate 2TB ST2000NM0011 developed defects. This was about 5 years ago. About 10-20 hours on my machines. Buy used with risk in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-24, 23:20

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I think it could find a niche use though for a machine that doesn't have any USB 1.1 ports. I suspect that it would also be compatible with an ISA SCSI card. They use the work "PC Card" exclusively in the advertisement, meaning that it's probably 16-bit (no CardBus). This also means that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-24, 23:18

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I think it could find a niche use though for a machine that doesn't have any USB 1.1 ports. I suspect that it would also be compatible with an ISA SCSI card. They use the work "PC Card" exclusively in the advertisement, meaning that it's probably 16-bit (no CardBus). This also means that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-24, 03:14

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Threw a $60 offer at this thing and was accepted. image.png 1-1.jpg 1.2.jpg This thing seems to be INSANE going by the datasheet. It's a two-drive SCSI to PC card device that supports two PC card drives, each on a separate LUN under one ID. It can support them as fixed disks, removable disks or a …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-24, 03:02

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Holy cow... you're selling 2TB drives for $8?? :lol: Well, they are from 2012-2014 and they're SAS6 connector, they won't work on a regular SATA connector. Irritating because I got an old Drobo 8-bay NAS an office was tossing out, unfortunately its backplane is SATA and has the little plastic bit …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-24, 00:18

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I love the server sata6 2012 Hitachi 2tb drives I got off ebay for $15 a piece in 2016? Loud, hardly any power ons but lots of hours but still checkout perfectly today. Every time I find a good Hitachi sata drive I feel like Iv struck gold! I ended up with about 140 seagates and the rest are a mix …

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