Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-04, 13:29

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by HanSolo

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a Soundblaster AWE 32 with OPL. The OPL being a discrete Yamaha YMF-262 on the left, next to the CD-ROM connectors? ...in addition to the one integrated in the CT1747 main Chip?!? Creative Labs never made much sense, but that seems idiotic. Maybe they had some CT1747 yield where the OPL part did …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-03, 21:53

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by HanSolo

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Got a whole lot of hardware in the last days. The highligts are an AGP Gainward 7800 GS with 512 MB and a Soundblaster AWE 32 with OPL. Gainward7800GS.JPG SBAwe32.jpg And then I got an old notebook from a local seller. The photos didn't show very much and I couldn't find any info about exactly that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-02, 10:57

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by HanSolo

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can't find a lot of information about it except that originally it came with a break-out-box and a special cable. not a lot? Have you tried Google? No, in fact I avoid google as much as I can. But that's probably not what you meant :) Of course it's easy to find the technical specifcations and also …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-01, 13:35

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by HanSolo

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Among other things I got a Hercules Game Theater XP recently. Apart from the name I haven't heard about this soundcard and can't find a lot of information about it except that originally it came with a break-out-box and a special cable. Is this card still useful? Rare? Is it worth searching for the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-24, 22:32

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by HanSolo

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There’s a seller on eBay with a pile of these. I had this exact, boxed, model a couple of years ago, but I sold it. I regretted it, of course. Fortunately, I was afforded a 2nd chance at a great price. (Don’t be afraid to make the seller an offer.) Tested and works great. A solid performing PCI …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-22, 19:34

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by HanSolo

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Pentium III 850/100/256 Slot 1 MISB I bought this with the intention of upgrading a Slot 1 800MHz P3, but I have since changed my mind and I will keep this sealed. I think what changed my mind was looking at a Quake III benchmark and noticing a P3 677/133 pulls ahead of the 850/100 and a 733 beats …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-22, 13:14

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by HanSolo

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Black ones are actually more valuable, because they're more rare. What brands? Sony MPF920 by any chance? Could give ya beige plates in exchange. :D Black ones, really? From my point of view beige is the new black for old cases. 😉 Even if that is the case (no pun intended :) ), the beige/grey ones …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-21, 15:46

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by HanSolo

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This is what retro hardware I got: ASUS A7V880 VIA KT880 motherboard + AMD Sempron 2400+ 1.667 GHz CPU with it's AMD stock cooler (AVC AV112C86) and MB I/O Shield AMD Sempron 2600+ 1.6GHz 128KB L2 (rev. D) Socket 754 CPU with cooler .. Any opinions about what I got? solid enough performers with the …

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

Posted on 2022-02-17, 00:13

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by HanSolo

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A succesful evening. Removed the leaking battery from a 386-board I unexpectedly got last week . Fortunately there were no signs of critical damage on the board and indeed it's still working :) My second PC was a 386/40 so I can rebuild my system from back then (or at least a similar one) ./thumbs/ …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-02-16, 00:09

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by HanSolo

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Some weeks ago I bought a soundcard and chatted with the seller about old computers. He told me that he still has his old Pentium 3-systems that he built into some even older slimline Escom-cases. Escom was a computer company here in Germany and in the time of 386 they already had nice black cases. …

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Re: Relocating to a new country: tips and tricks for international freight of vintage hardware

Posted on 2022-02-14, 16:24

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by HanSolo

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pixelatedscraps wrote on 2022-02-14, 00:07: Thanks HanSolo, that’s very kind of you to offer. I may very well take you up on that offer via a pm. I got your PM but apparently I can't write PM myself here, yet. Maybe you can send me an email-address that I can respond to?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-13, 22:11

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by HanSolo

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More stuff that arrived last week: Sound Blaster 16 CT 2290. Not that I need one, but you don't reject a good deal on ISA-Soundcards ;) SB16_CT2290.jpg Software.jpg And some software. Yes that's the ReelMagic-version of Dragon's Lair and unfortunately I don't have such a card. I don't know if I find …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-12, 01:46

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by HanSolo

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Last week I bought a complete retro computer from a local seller. The case contains a Pentium 166 on Gigabyte GA-586HX V2.01, HIS S3 with RAM upgrade to 4 MB and a soundcard with ES1868F P166_A.jpg P166_B.jpg P166_C.jpg He also offered me a pretty dusty 386-Board (FIC 386-SC-HQ) with an AMD 386/40 …

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Re: Relocating to a new country: tips and tricks for international freight of vintage hardware

Posted on 2022-02-11, 13:20

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by HanSolo

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As kixs already said, I would also sell heavy/bulky/not rare items and re-buy them in Germany. I'm sure the German members here (that includes me) will help you finding out the expected prices here. If the prices are roughly similiar, that should be less expensive than shipping all of it. And to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-10, 11:21

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by HanSolo

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This thing arrived this week, brand new Asus / Elan Vital T-5AB. A great seller offered these for a few bucks and I am very happy to have found it. It was made in 2000. I'm still not sure about the system it will house. Nice! I had it my watch list but just couldn't convince myself to buy one. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-07, 21:42

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by HanSolo

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debs3759 wrote on 2022-02-07, 19:25: devius wrote on 2022-02-07, 19:17: fool wrote on 2022-02-07, 17:13: Some processors, again. This time random Pentium II. You can never have too many Slot 1 CPUs. You can never have too many CPUs. Come to think of it, you can never have too many computers or …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-07, 12:11

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by HanSolo

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TrashPanda wrote on 2022-02-07, 11:59: HanSolo wrote on 2022-02-07, 11:48: Bought two Pentium II: one with 266Mhz, the other with 333Mhz PentiumII.jpg Does anybody know the difference between a P2-266 'EC' and 'non EC'? EC supports ECC memory, non EC the opposite Thank you! Sounds totally obvious - …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-07, 11:48

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by HanSolo

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Bought two Pentium II: one with 266Mhz, the other with 333Mhz Filename PentiumII.jpg File size 209.23 KiB Views 1571 views Does anybody know the difference between a P2-266 'EC' and 'non EC'?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-05, 19:33

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by HanSolo

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.... the joke however was, that the storage speed would be so impressive, that gigabyte huge lookup tables would return a result faster even than a pentium FPU, which isn't listed here https://dougx.net/gaming/coproc.html#timings but gives you an idea of how slow FPUs are for being "fast". I got …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-05, 19:07

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by HanSolo

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RaiderOfLostVoodoo wrote on 2022-02-05, 12:24: digger wrote on 2022-02-05, 11:25: Nice catch, @RaiderOfLostVoodoo! It's good to see that some good deals on eBay can still be had sometimes, if you pay attention. 😉 Interestingly it even had "3dfx Voodoo" in the title. I suppose most people only …

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