Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-26, 09:34

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got another box with old CD drives today, they're all nice for old builds but these were the main reason I got it: hardware15.jpg I never got to play with caddy drives back in the day, my first cd-rom in 1996 I believe was already a dual or quad speed mitsumi tray drive. it seems really impractical …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-25, 20:57

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PcBytes wrote: The 6BXD might need a recap, as I'm seeing badcaps over the RAM slots. you're right, there's a few bulging caps, I spotted 4 all around the board by just glancing over... I need to take inventory of all my boards some day so I can order caps for all the ones that need replacement in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-25, 16:03

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more dual CPU goodies :) hardware14.jpg I feel the postman is slowly starting to think I'm crazy :lol: 3 more big boxes arrived, these are going to come in very handy. both cases date to around 2002 from what I found. edit: just found a review of the CM case from 2001, this only gets better :) …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-25, 12:47

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I'm sure I will have to save one or two of them from the scrappers some day 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-25, 12:09

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And it keeps them away from scrappers. nice... unfortunately the high "scrap" value makes them always get expensive :\ I've been watching a bunch of them but they all got more expensive than I was willing to spend... maybe wait a bit and I'm gonna buy one of those scrap boxes again and hope the …

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

Posted on 2019-07-23, 21:28

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tested the Slot A system I bought recently with 12MB Voodoo 2 SLI and probably ran a game in native glide for the first time in 20 years 😀 I never had a Slot A, and my Voodoo 2 only was 8MB and no SLI back in the day so venturing into new territory... and I'm loving all of it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-22, 17:07

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thanks, it's especially nice since I didn't even know exactly what was in there, the sellers picture was quite low resolution and just showed everything together, but I recognized the voodoo 3 from a bunch of pixels and thought it was worth it just for that, only now when I was looking up the cards …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-22, 16:01

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got a box full of old hardware today :) bunch of generic soundcards, sb live, vibra, old gpus etc. some stood out: low-end-ish? 486-VC-H board with DX33, but no battery so no damage apart from 2 springs missing on the simms, the ram on top refuses to stay in place ^^ hardware10.jpg I'm fond of old …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-19, 15:59

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so I got this rather nice looking gameport-midi cable from china today, and while the plugs and cable seem to be really nice quality there seems to be no components inside whatsoever unfortunately, just a plain cable-to-cable connection, does that even work? 😕 Filename midi401.jpg File size 78.85 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-19, 14:00

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it has a few tiny cracks in the case and is a bit rough, but I should be able to fix it up I guess... it is the PC version. apparently you can still get them here: http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/accesori.htm

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 386s/20

Posted on 2019-07-19, 10:06

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I've never had a system that could use a co-processor and the means to acquire one, simultaneously, but if I had a 386 now, I would. Anyway [...] With a 20MHz 386, you can do all of that, but playing DooM may be a bit rough, and you can pretty much forget Duke Nukem 3D. my first PC had a co- …

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

Posted on 2019-07-19, 00:44

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so... I was sorting through some cpus and was wondering about this... "pentium"? wait... weren't the black s370 cpus only celerons? slot370_01.jpg umm... wait what :confused: slot370_02.jpg wha... I checked pictures online, that hole is definitely not there by default... like... who does that : …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-18, 20:49

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last flea market I went to was a total bust, just a bunch of laptops and TFTs from the "boring era"... only hardware parts were a box full of DDR and newer ram.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-18, 01:03

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I met a friendly local today to get a few parts, they had a box and several folders full of CPUs for me to go through and pick... but to not break the bank I only took a handful for now, might get back to them though if I need something specific, was mostly "newer" stuff though ^^ I collected a …

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

Posted on 2019-07-17, 22:54

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that second one is nice though, I like the red switches ^^ I'm still looking out for a nice desktop case too to put my original monitor on top. It's an Eizo 8060s, one of the few pieces of my very first PC beginnings that I still own 😀

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

Posted on 2019-07-17, 21:48

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remember that case, that had it's PSU removed along with the power switch? hardware06.jpg so... some 16+ years ago I bought a cardboard box full of scrap electronics, plugs, switches etc... because you'll never know when you might need something right? so I fished out one of these and did some basic …

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

Posted on 2019-07-16, 20:52

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found a good use for my fine pencil today... pins01.jpg one of the pins was curled over 180°, had to get it out with a knife before I could slide the pencil over to try and wiggle it straight again pins02.jpg pins03.jpg ...not perfect... but usable I guess pins04.jpg all in all a lot easier than …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-16, 20:26

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Nice! guess I need to go dumpster diving next time I visit iceland ^^

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-16, 18:51

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found this gem for the price of shipping 😀 Filename hardware08.jpg File size 63.36 KiB Views 2179 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-13, 10:55

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I bought it from germany, yes, so maybe, the other near identical case was branded "e&s" so I guess it's just a generic case that was used by different system builders. I'm going to keep the case badge on cause I find the name amusing ^^

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