Tetrium wrote:

Mau1wurf1977 wrote:

Bargain 🤣

Seconded.

Btw shock, I noticed you live in NRW. Do you happen to live anywhere near Warstein by any chance? 😉

Actually one of the guys over at the dosforum made a f-ing bargain. A boxed GUS ACE + SB 2.0 + DX2@40Mhz + board + 2 floppy drives for $30.

About Warstein ... somewhat ... but would still be a 2-3 hour travel by train. Why do you ask?

I have family living in that area. I used to spend many vacations there when I was a kid 😀

15€ - AZTECH Sound Galaxy NX Pro 16 boxed and like new
(it's that one card that supports wss, adlib, soundblaster pro, wavetable (onboard or daughterboard) and Covox/DSS, while including a SCSI connector) ... possibly the most feature packed card for the IBM

I always way overspend, just bought all this for 72$ shipped, motherboards are in unknown condition though 🙁

VooDoo5 3dfx 5500 64mb AGP
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 (Gold:SB0240)
Asus A7V-VM Socket 462 Motherboard
Abit KT7 Socket 462 Motherboard
ECS Elitegroup K7VTA3 Socket 462 Motherboard
Transcend TS-AKT4 Socket 462 Motherboard
ePoX EP-8KTA3+ Socket 462 Motherboard
ECS Elitegroup K7VVZA Rev 3.0

Also:
$33.xx for 4x256MB Kingmax PC-150MHz micro BGA ram
$14 for BX-modded Tualatin 1.3GHz celeron chip
$9.99x2 for 2x PIII-S 1.4GHz Tualatin

List could go on for awhile, i'll stop here 😀

RogueTrip2012 wrote:

I always way overspend, just bought all this for 72$ shipped, motherboards are in unknown condition though 🙁

VooDoo5 3dfx 5500 64mb AGP
-snip-

This alone makes the buy worth the risk imo.
I once spend that amount on the card alone!

RogueTrip2012 wrote:

Also:
$33.xx for 4x256MB Kingmax PC-150MHz micro BGA ram

Lol, where are you getting this stuff?!?
I got LOTS of SDRAM, but only ONE bar of PC-133 cl2!
(Also got 2 bars of 8MB EDO ns-50...but whats the point of a retro rocket with only 16 megs of ram heh 😁).

Tetrium wrote:

This alone makes the buy worth the risk imo. I once spend that amount on the card alone! […]
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RogueTrip2012 wrote:

I always way overspend, just bought all this for 72$ shipped, motherboards are in unknown condition though 🙁

VooDoo5 3dfx 5500 64mb AGP
-snip-

This alone makes the buy worth the risk imo.
I once spend that amount on the card alone!

RogueTrip2012 wrote:

Also:
$33.xx for 4x256MB Kingmax PC-150MHz micro BGA ram

Lol, where are you getting this stuff?!?
I got LOTS of SDRAM, but only ONE bar of PC-133 cl2!
(Also got 2 bars of 8MB EDO ns-50...but whats the point of a retro rocket with only 16 megs of ram heh 😁).

The V5 is supposed to be working along with the Audigy 2. I have seen some crazy prices on ebay and paid $50 for my first V5 5500AGP on there.

As for the ram, I got it on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem … e=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Those are for 2x256MB. He also has a listing for single sticks, but it is a better deal for 2 sticks at a time. Funny thing about this ram is that is not overclocked PC-133MHz ram, and the first few revisions of the ram cannot do PC-150 @ CL2. I have no idea what revisions I'm getting yet, should be here in another week or so.

As I've not been much into EDO memory I have only recently bought 2x32MB Kingston sticks 60ns though, using 1 for my SIMMCONN adapter for my SB AWE64 Gold! Also need to test an old SB AWE32 I have and order some 30pin simms for that.

As my systems go, I'll only go back to a Super7 Jetway board that supports SDRam and EDO slots, will only populate the SDRams though as I have alot of them. Think I could build this system with a K6-2 550MHz I have, a TNT2 32MB (I would use a TNT1 16MB but the enviroment has damaged it 🙁) and a Voodoo 1 4mb. It gonna be on a back burner for some time though as I don't have room to build multiple PC's in cases 😁

Todays pickups:
Roland RAP-10 - $25
AZTech SoundGalaxy NX Basic - $3

shock__ wrote:

Todays pickups:
Roland RAP-10 - $25
AZTech SoundGalaxy NX Basic - $3

Nice!

Todays deals:
Core Dynamics Dynasonix 3-D complete in box (feature loaden GUS PnP ): $40
IBM Music Feature Card: Free

> IBM Music Feature Card:

Going to draw a schematic from it? 😁

h-a-l-9000 wrote:

> IBM Music Feature Card:

Going to draw a schematic from it? 😁

Didn't IBM cards come with a full scheme back then? I know there are for the 5150 mainboard, as well as basic flowcharts for the IBM PSUs from back then. If there's actual interest ... why not. Only problem, the IMFC is full with custom chips and is quite large even as a production style PCB.

Maybe it was published somewhere else but the technical reference doesn't include a schematic, only a block diagram (it was available here: IBM Music Feature Card/Yamaha FB-01 , I have a copy if you like)
From a picture on the internet it doesn't seem to have a lot custom chips to me - the schematic request was more meant as a joke though. But you could put it on a scanner so we can see it in high-resolution glory 😀

Today's bargain:
- SCB-55 complete in box + SB16 MCD ASP -- 30€

shock__ wrote:

Today's bargain:
- SCB-55 complete in box + SB16 MCD ASP -- 30€

Pics! 😳

Since I'm currently lazy

IBM MFC

Boxes (along with the SCB-55 [labeld SCD-15G])

Oh ... and another grab:
- Soundblaster Pro II (CT1600) complete in box - 5€

dang you shock__ and your bargains!!!!
(yep, I envy you! 🤣 )

@shock__

You show off 😁

€5 is scheisse-cheap for a boxed CT1600

Feel to urge to take pics of my boxed stuff too 😉

Added to my horde is the Alliance Semiconductor Promotion AT3D. It's sister chip, the AT25, is used in 3dfx Voodoo Rush boards. I never knew of this stand alone chip.

Quick preview: With it's 3D moniker, it's gonna rock poly's.
Quick review: This card makes Virge look good.

And another one:
GUS ACE Box with everything except the card - free (actually saved it from being dumped)

Well well well, then you see nothing special for months on end (except on Ebay of course!)...and then you see this in a second hand store...
Badly scratched, but there was NO WAY I was not buying it for €2,50!