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Reply 2121 of 52813, by sliderider

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SiliconClassics wrote:

...except it uses PS/2 style keyboard and mouse connectors. You'll need to find another Gateway if you want to connect it to your AT AnyKey, probably a 486. Or you'll need an adapter.

Either way, I wouldn't buy any Pentium 60MHz system. The first Pentium chips were known for division bugs and they don't offer much more performance than a fast 486. Pentiums started to be worth having at 90Mhz and up, and personally I wouldn't buy any Pentium under 133MHz if you plan to run Windows 95.

Pentiums started getting really good once they hit 150-166mhz. Before then, performance was still mediocre. 150-166mhz was the point where a lot of people finally gave up their fast 486/5x86 systems. I went from 486 to Pentium 150 because that was a big enough jump ahead for me to justify the money to upgrade. Slower Pentiums were a lot of money for questionable benefits for a lot of people.

Reply 2123 of 52813, by DonutKing

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Socket 4 pentiums with the FDIV bug are actually fairly uncommon as they were recalled by Intel. I had a P60 that did not have the bug. I found that a Dx4-100 roughly matched it for general usage and 2d games. However, 3d games like quake were much faster on the P60 due to the stronger FPU.

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Reply 2127 of 52813, by Robin4

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Artex wrote:

Why should you buy a gameblaster for that rediculous price, if you can get a cheaper soundblaster CT-1350 that could play

Adlib, CMS and soundblaster.. And it cost you a slot less.

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Reply 2128 of 52813, by Artex

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Robin4 wrote:
Artex wrote:

Why should you buy a gameblaster for that rediculous price, if you can get a cheaper soundblaster CT-1350 that could play

Adlib, CMS and soundblaster.. And it cost you a slot less.

Ridiculous to you, a bargain to me. Once again, it's the fact that this was the "OG" Creative Labs card. Not to mention, it's a complete boxed version with Silpheed which makes it rare. I already have several CT-1320C cards, one (boxed) with original CMS chips and one with some added Philips chips - same with the 1350B, which is much more common and doesn't have the 'cool' factor of the original Sound Blaster.

Reply 2129 of 52813, by Mau1wurf1977

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Robin4 wrote:
Artex wrote:

Why should you buy a gameblaster for that rediculous price, if you can get a cheaper soundblaster CT-1350 that could play.

Not all games work on a Sound Blaster + CMS chips...

I also think the price is totally fair considering I have never ever even seen a Game Blaster or CMS on eBay...

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Reply 2131 of 52813, by Mau1wurf1977

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robertmo wrote:

luckily they work in dosbox 😀

At the wrong frequency 😀

Haven't purchased something for ages, but when I saw this on eBay Australia, it was mine 😎

Yes, it's another Super Socket 7 board. This one is from Gigabyte.

I will be using this for my upcoming YT video: Building a DOS gaming time machine.

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Reply 2133 of 52813, by F2bnp

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Easily one of the best SS7 boards. Still, I run into trouble with it. The semi-final revision apparently slows the Voodoo 3 PCI down. Quite a bit too. The AGP version works like charm though and I know because I had two such boards and both had the same problem.
Also, my V2 cards showed noticable artifacts and I think also crashed on one of my boards. Didn't really try them out too much though, I think this was with a GeForce 2 MX on the AGP bus.

Reply 2134 of 52813, by sliderider

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Robin4 wrote:
Artex wrote:

Why should you buy a gameblaster for that rediculous price, if you can get a cheaper soundblaster CT-1350 that could play

Adlib, CMS and soundblaster.. And it cost you a slot less.

Firstly, because it's a lot rarer than a CT1350 and secondly, it's complete in box and you don't find them that way very often anymore. This card is almost as hard to find as an Adlib and you practically never see an Adlib CIB. It's actually harder to find than a Gravis Ultrasound and you see what those go for unboxed.

Reply 2135 of 52813, by Cloudschatze

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sliderider wrote:
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...it's complete in box and you don't find them that way very often anymore.

More often than you might think. These are just the ones that I've noticed...

eBay Item#	  End Date	  Price		  Condition
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5197955573 05/22/2005 $ 17.51 Complete-in-box
8718785521 11/09/2005 $ 10.50 Complete-in-box
8795297928 04/19/2006 $ 27.00 Complete-in-box
260111426252 05/01/2007 $ 25.00 Complete-in-box
290166309880 11/24/2007 $ 50.00 Card only, larger lot
200621064927 07/01/2011 $ 13.00 Complete-in-box
140794538032 07/15/2012 $104.49 Complete-in-box
120950759853 07/22/2012 $ 47.00 Card only
230871867421 10/27/2012 $100.00 Card only, larger lot
261142480663 12/22/2012 $157.50 Complete-in-box
170996204427 02/24/2013 $150.00 Boxed, incomplete
221215718619 04/17/2013 $120.00 Complete-in-box

Reply 2137 of 52813, by carlostex

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DonutKing wrote:

I've got two CMS/game blasters, complete in box, they're not SUPER rare.

Gimme one!!! Gimme!!!

TBH i'd be happy today with a CT1320 or a CT1350 with CMS upgrade but these are getting ridiculously expensive.

Reply 2138 of 52813, by sliderider

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Cloudschatze wrote:
More often than you might think. These are just the ones that I've noticed... […]
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sliderider wrote:
Artex wrote:

...it's complete in box and you don't find them that way very often anymore.

More often than you might think. These are just the ones that I've noticed...

eBay Item#	  End Date	  Price		  Condition
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5197955573 05/22/2005 $ 17.51 Complete-in-box
8718785521 11/09/2005 $ 10.50 Complete-in-box
8795297928 04/19/2006 $ 27.00 Complete-in-box
260111426252 05/01/2007 $ 25.00 Complete-in-box
290166309880 11/24/2007 $ 50.00 Card only, larger lot
200621064927 07/01/2011 $ 13.00 Complete-in-box
140794538032 07/15/2012 $104.49 Complete-in-box
120950759853 07/22/2012 $ 47.00 Card only
230871867421 10/27/2012 $100.00 Card only, larger lot
261142480663 12/22/2012 $157.50 Complete-in-box
170996204427 02/24/2013 $150.00 Boxed, incomplete
221215718619 04/17/2013 $120.00 Complete-in-box

You call that often? 2 in 2005,1 in 2006,2 in 2007 and then it's 2011 before the next one. There's usually 4 or 5 GUS for sale at any one time on ebay. So you found 11 Gameblasters over an 8 year time span and only 8 of them were actually CIB which averages to 1 CIB a year and you have to figure that 1 or 2 of those will be ones that sold previously being resold for profit. That is definitely NOT common.

Reply 2139 of 52813, by Artex

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sliderider wrote:
Cloudschatze wrote:
More often than you might think. These are just the ones that I've noticed... […]
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sliderider wrote:

...it's complete in box and you don't find them that way very often anymore.

More often than you might think. These are just the ones that I've noticed...

eBay Item#	  End Date	  Price		  Condition
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5197955573 05/22/2005 $ 17.51 Complete-in-box
8718785521 11/09/2005 $ 10.50 Complete-in-box
8795297928 04/19/2006 $ 27.00 Complete-in-box
260111426252 05/01/2007 $ 25.00 Complete-in-box
290166309880 11/24/2007 $ 50.00 Card only, larger lot
200621064927 07/01/2011 $ 13.00 Complete-in-box
140794538032 07/15/2012 $104.49 Complete-in-box
120950759853 07/22/2012 $ 47.00 Card only
230871867421 10/27/2012 $100.00 Card only, larger lot
261142480663 12/22/2012 $157.50 Complete-in-box
170996204427 02/24/2013 $150.00 Boxed, incomplete
221215718619 04/17/2013 $120.00 Complete-in-box

You call that often? 2 in 2005,1 in 2006,2 in 2007 and then it's 2011 before the next one. There's usually 4 or 5 GUS for sale at any one time on ebay. So you found 11 Gameblasters over an 8 year time span and only 8 of them were actually CIB which averages to 1 CIB a year and you have to figure that 1 or 2 of those will be ones that sold previously being resold for profit. That is definitely NOT common.

The 02/24/2013 and 04/17/2013 are mine. 😁
Bought these (retro) hardware today