Re: How do you guys set price on hardware you sell on Amibay/Local add's?

Posted on 2017-03-21, 18:48

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by brostenen

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Yeah... I know that might be over the top, regarding the price on a P2B. Yet that was what I found on a quick search. Might be that ebay filters out sellers that do not ship to europe or something like that. So. Anyway... Ebay minus 20℅ and referance that with what's up for sale on other places? …

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

Posted on 2017-03-21, 18:35

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by brostenen

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Kamerat wrote: I would worry more about running two VLB cards at 40MHz than overclocking a 486 by 21%. 😉 Qurious... What could potentially go wrong?

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

Posted on 2017-03-21, 18:31

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by brostenen

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Does that motherboard have a 40Mhz fsb setting? If so, you can always see if that DX2-66 is stable at 80 by just bumping up the bus speed. And if something is a bit too fast, and the board has the 25Mhz fsb setting, you can bump it down to 50Mhz. According to the manual, it should be able to run …

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How do you guys set price on hardware you sell on Amibay/Local add's?

Posted on 2017-03-21, 17:54

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by brostenen

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Hi all... I just wonder how you all set a price on stuff you sell. Do you take what is asked on eBay and take a certain percentage of? Or is there some standard pricing that I am not really aware of? This topic in general can not be discussed on Amibay, as far as I understand the rules correct. For …

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

Posted on 2017-03-21, 17:19

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Currently in the process of gathering, testing and making things work together. In order to build a Dx2-66 VLB system. As of now, I currently have it running with: - Abit AH4T VLB Motherboard. - Intel 486dx2-66 Write Back. - 24mb Ram. (probably downgrade to 8mb) - S3-805-1mb VLB. (Spea-something??) …

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Re: Thermal tape for heatsinks, particularly for DRx2-66 and SXL2-50+

Posted on 2017-03-20, 19:16

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by brostenen

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Just FYI and the same gose for TIM... Tgat and clean up tim. I have no idea what you are talking about. Are you speaking in code? Anyway, I have ordered 4 or 5 tapes/pads off of eBay (China). Will test and report back. Curious too... I might be an old fart with rinckles and bad eye sight. :-D …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-20, 18:35

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Sold hardware, bought hardware. I have this heading my way. Filename vlb-dual-controller.jpg File size 405.2 KiB Views 1435 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-20, 18:29

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Well, I now have a Diamond Monster Voodoo 1 4MB card on the way. Nobody else bid on it so I got it for $5.00 + shipping. Wasn't listed as a 3dfx card. Not sure what I am going to use it for.. probably save it for another retro machine as I already have the V5-5500 that I bought new back in the day …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-03-20, 15:54

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$400 BIN for a Voodoo 5 AGP? Is this their going value now? http://www.ebay.ca/itm/3dfx-voodoo-5-5500-AGP-/152476845667 How about a V3-3000 at just under 10k Dollars... ("Bonus": You get it boxed) http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-in-BOX-VINTAGE-Voodoo3-3000-AGP-Graphic-Video-Card-16MB-3DFX-Accelerator- …

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

Posted on 2017-03-19, 00:04

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by brostenen

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Carlos S. M. wrote: mongaccio wrote: There's a 3dfx pci card inside! Can't recognize the model, probably a banshee? IMG_20170318_151258.jpg Looks like a Voodoo 3 Not just... It is a V3-3000-PCI. (lots of money saved there)

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Re: Attic find - 286-16, that's right

Posted on 2017-03-18, 23:56

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by brostenen

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Wow..... That is a sweet system you found there... Congrats. 😀 Parts do indeed look clean and nice, and in working state. 😜 The part I think is the most awesomme, is that 8-bit ISA soundcard.

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Re: Poor gaming performance on my PC

Posted on 2017-03-18, 21:02

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by brostenen

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Almoststew1990 wrote: 3DMark 1999: 3,628 3DMark 2000: 1,604 3DMark 2001: 606 Sounds just about right. Do you have any plans for upgrading you'r machine to the fastest P-III it can handle plus 512mb Ram?

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Re: XT clone with 16-Bit slots ?

Posted on 2017-03-17, 10:39

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by brostenen

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As I recall the days of the cold war, it was more a question of people inside USSR and other communist countries, having a hard time getting access to western produced technology. You had to work high up in the circles in order to be able to work with this stuff. I think it was a mix of trade …

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Re: Trident Graphics Card Dead or Dying?

Posted on 2017-03-15, 22:24

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Frasco wrote: Now that brostenen nailed it Not 100% shure if you have the exact same problem as I had. If you happens to have such a box, then try it and see what happens. 😀

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Re: Trident Graphics Card Dead or Dying?

Posted on 2017-03-14, 21:55

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by brostenen

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Or your issue could be this that I have had with my Trident cards as well. I have three flatscreen monitors, and with a Trident card (and some other ISA cards) my IBM monitor will not turn on. Just as you'r issue, the same exact symptoms. Using my samsung flatscreen, I get a constant signal and I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-14, 00:24

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Tetrium wrote: If I wanted to go look at pretty women I'd just get out the front door...I mean... Right on bro'.... Right on!! The best part now, is that within 3 month's, they start wearing summer clothes. 😜 As we say on Denmark. Get "hungry" in the city, "eat" at home.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-13, 22:09

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Ah, the early-mid 2000s where futuristic 3D females were decorated on many graphics cards Yup... They were all over the place. Hated that type of art to my guts. I found it, and still find it, a sad way of selling stuff to young people. Well... Taste difers and I know other people here just love it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-13, 22:06

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This showed up this morning and will be going into my 200mmx machine. Terratec EWS64s card with an unknown size simm module. Came with manuals but unfortunately no Driver CD. Does anyone have this they could upload or know where I can get it? http://i.imgur.com/P36cDrql.jpg That's a nice one. …

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

Posted on 2017-03-13, 21:51

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by brostenen

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I have been testing/benching vlb vga cards on my Abit 486 board. It is running with a dx2-66 write through, 128kb 20ns cache. I know this is just a quick and dirty benchmarking, yet it tells me what to expect from a final build in the future. I am quite happy with this setup with the S3. Are these …

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Re: Ebay seller warning

Posted on 2017-03-10, 23:02

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by brostenen

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My advice is to go with those, were the sales add states that the photo is of the actual item for sale. You can allways ask how long ago, the picture was taken.

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