Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-23, 21:08

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krivulak wrote: Cyrix200+ wrote: And now the real good stuff: The real good stuff is the HDD. I have almost the same one in my museum, but not RLL and mine has headcrash. I envy badly 😁 I want to test it, but not sure how yet. Any tips?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-23, 16:56

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A large-ish lot of old cards showed up at the local Craigslist (Marktplaats). Even though I promised myself (and my girlfriend) to not buy any more 'crap', there were too many goodies in the picture. All tested and 'broken' though, so it might be a dud. But I paid 15 euros... http://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-22, 14:07

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Predator99 wrote: Quite unusual Socket 5 board ALR "Triton Classic" with wires on the back and 2 differnt cache modules? IMG_9929r.jpg That is an interesting board. I have never seen those memory sockets on a motherboard, but a lot on video cards.

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-08-18, 21:00

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keropi wrote: today we started making some new brackets so I took a quick video from the first row of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9HeQsJHPos mesmerising 🤣 Neat!

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo2 component missing (HELP!)

Posted on 2018-08-18, 20:26

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Okay, found the card(s). They were in a build I forgot about. I have two Trust Voodoo Dragon 2 cards, one with 100MHz memory chips and one with 110MHz memory chips. C56 is light brown on the 100MHz one, and dark brown on the 100MHz one. PIcs: 100MHz: http://i.imgur.com/dhIXs4pl.jpg http://i.imgur. …

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo2 component missing (HELP!)

Posted on 2018-08-17, 21:53

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I'm sorry, I wasn't able to get the card this evening. Hopefully tomorrow!

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo2 component missing (HELP!)

Posted on 2018-08-17, 13:35

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by Cyrix200+

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I have that card also, I could dig it up tonight and see if we can get any wiser?

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Re: Cheap AT/ATX Test Bench?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 13:17

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I'm necroposting a bit here now, but it does seem to be the best thread. I have been getting more frustrated with the cardboard box test setup I have and I have been thinking about the DIYPC Alpha-DB6 as a test platform. It's not really expensive and seems to be available. Website here: http://www. …

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Re: Pentium II 350MHz or Pentium III 450MHz?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 08:21

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PcBytes wrote: Fusion wrote: Depending on your board, you can overclock the P3 to around 560, maybe more. Shouldn't it overclock well past the 600MHz barrier? I don't think so, and at 600MHz it's already running at a 133MHz FSB.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-14, 14:09

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@TheAbandonwareGuy yes, this was that listing. Last time I saw this motherboard on eBay it was sold for $1000 so the price is more or less verified by market I guess... Maybe from a hardware level, benchmarks etc it's not. worth that much but it is definitely very interesting piece of hardware, …

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

Posted on 2018-08-14, 10:14

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Bit broke after the holidays, so focussing on working with what I've got rather than hoarding new stuff. Been cleaning up the spare room workshop a bit and finishing my backlog of soldering. That said, last night I just gave up on a board while trying to recap. It was an Intel D865PERL - a quite …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-12, 15:00

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Never had IBM but this one fascinates me. I wanted the 5150 but this seems harder to find. I'm happy that the seller kept his word. Biddings are 100€ more than my bid (120€). Still a good deal though now, Just need someone to replace the suspects... Oh, that isn't too bad! Highest bid now is €280! …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-12, 14:53

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Yeah, drove 2h for it lol. A lot of people want it, looking at the bids. Afaik it could be an easy fix, otherwise I will need a new board. There is another one on MP but the seller is silent for 2 days now. Yeah bidding got a bit out of hand. I'm happy for me that I don't have nostalgic feelings …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-12, 14:27

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My haul from yesterday: http://i.imgur.com/rzBS4Srl.jpg Bought the 5160 as is. Seller thought it was the PSU but I followed basic diagnostics from minuszerodegrees and according to the site, the problem lies in the 12v part of the motherboard. Tested it with another XT psu and an AT one, and the …

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

Posted on 2018-08-09, 09:30

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In other news, I wrote a short post mentioning Yugoslavia in the context of countries that no longer exist (see thread on PC Globe) and it was deleted. Is there any particular reason for this? Any policy of not mentioning places where conflicts took place or something? [OT] Here in this thread? I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-09, 07:42

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You realize doing exactly what your planning to do is what is pricing anyone who isn't some rich man out of the better parts of the hobby right? I'm guessing you plan to double your money or better? Anyone can find things and make offers. If people want stuff for cheap and they also don't want to …

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

Posted on 2018-08-08, 19:51

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Errius wrote: What map program is that? I don't know, I didn't spend much time with it. I plan to get the stuff I don't have yet from the HD. Thinking of which, I have 4 boxes of old floppies to sort out/archive.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-08, 19:30

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I made a low offer on a Roland MT-32, did not expect to win but I got it. Tested it today, works just fine! Now I need to find a compatible power brick and then probably trade or sell it.

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

Posted on 2018-08-08, 19:28

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I bought a really nice 386SX 16MHz OEM system in February, but had to put it away for a while. A few days ago I suddenly remembered that I had forgotten to remove the corroding battery. Fortunately, corrosion had not advanced. And I got lucky, the system seems to have been stored on it's side with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-08, 17:41

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I would say yes, I love Slot A myself. It's not the most stable platform though. Depends on the price in the end I think... The motherboard is Socket A, not Slot.. I have Slot A CPUs but no Slot A board :( That must have been wishful reading on my side :) Then I don't think it is a special set.

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