Just bought a 2nd Pentium 3 1Ghz (s370 100mhz bus) to pair up with my existing one as a patched pair on my ASUS P2B-D. Also have to wait on a second slocket, but when I get them the system will be as follows:

Dual P3 1.0
ASUS P2B-D
1Gb PC133
Voodoo 5 5500 AGP
2GB compact flash on CF-IDE adapter
SATA RAID PCI CARD with 2 80GB Seagate SATA drives in Raid 0
DOS/Win2k dual boot (for those high-res later SVGA DOS games, and Win2k because of the SMP - and I just like 2k better than 9X).

Can't wait!!

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Is that what I think it is? the mythical Sega Teradrive

kikenovic wrote:

Is that what I think it is? the mythical Sega Teradrive

Sure is!

SquallStrife wrote:

kikenovic wrote:

Is that what I think it is? the mythical Sega Teradrive

Sure is!

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SquallStrife wrote:

kikenovic wrote:

Is that what I think it is? the mythical Sega Teradrive

Sure is!

How does it compare in usage to the Mega PC? I know the version of Sonic 3 I played on a Mega PC was hopelessly slow!

Got a small AMD haul today! Namely, an AMD 5x86 133:

Also an AMD K5 133 (100 MHz):

Finally, an Nvidia GeForce 2 MX400-based card:

The 5x86 is the most interesting part for me. Though I'm guessing I won't be able to use it in my Compaq Presario 433 as it is not Socket 3 compatible.

Those 5x86-133 are some nifty little chips. I remember buying mine from new, back when they came out.
It is still in use today, though the rest of the original machine is long gone.

Jumped on this XG-DLS board that just showed up on my ebay frontpage.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/182279108379?_trksid=p … K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Hopped on it immediately, was not going to chance submitting an offer and someone else grabbing it before me. It even comes with the metal backplate and the non-conductive sheet between that and the mobo.

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I got one too. 🤣

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SquallStrife wrote:

kikenovic wrote:

Is that what I think it is? the mythical Sega Teradrive

Sure is!

How does it compare in usage to the Mega PC? I know the version of Sonic 3 I played on a Mega PC was hopelessly slow!

That's because your Mega PC mega drive cpu is underclocked by about 1mhz.

I had a little time last night to tinker: https://twitter.com/RetroSwimAU/status/775657816082092034

Bought this real cheap, but it is in a terrible shape. Haven't found any info about it on the net. Most likely a 486 server board.

bishopcop wrote:

Bought this real cheap, but it is in a terrible shape. Haven't found any info about it on the net. Most likely a 486 server board.

Looks like a regular 486 board with sockets for a 486 and a 487.

Lot of RAM slots though, and proprietary format.

It uses regular 30pin simms, haven't got a dx33 yet to try it, only a dx2-66 (too new for this board).
Also the board is massive, especially compared to other 486 motherboards. This is why I thought it might be a server motherboard.

debs3759 wrote:

bishopcop wrote:

Bought this real cheap, but it is in a terrible shape. Haven't found any info about it on the net. Most likely a 486 server board.

Looks like a regular 486 board with sockets for a 486 and a 487.

Lot of RAM slots though, and proprietary format.

I don't think it's proprietary format - I think it's XL-AT or full-AT or something. It should fit in a full tower AT case since those have ~5-10 cm space in between the AT plug and the PSU. If not, it might fit in a regular ATX case since those leave a lot of room above the motherboard when installing an AT case.

Look for one of these: https://hardforum.com/proxy/CKbSwA7n6N9ugWobk … kk%3D/image.png

Got some goodies myself today:

21.3" 4:3 1600x1200 Samsung SyncMaster 214t LCD

This bad-boy is about as tall as my 27" 16:9 AOC monitor - the AOC is 34cm tall, and the Samsung is 33.2cm (panel size measured). It's freaking huge. It has VGA, DVI, S-video and composite-in - never seen an LCD monitor with S-Video before. It's also advertised at a 8ms response time so it shroud be fine for gaming.

I initially ordered a NEC multisync, but since these are "refurbished" displays, I tought it would be a good ideea to brave Bucharest's rush hour traffic and make sure the monitor doesn't have deep scratches or pressure spots - so I went to check out the NEC personally. Unfortunately it was as I feared - big ass black spot in the middle of the screen - probably from having other LCDs stacked on top of it. Shame... It was going for 50$ too - but I spotted this SyncMaster in a corner, and had the guy turn it on for me - perfection! No scratches, no spots, no dead pixels. The Samsung was 68$, but well worth it.

Dell Optiplex GX400 - socket 423 pentium 4 with RDRAM

This poor bastard is in really poor shape, but it runs and it's complete. It came with a 1.7GHz socket 423 wilamette, 384MB of RD-RAM (2x128+2x64), an ATi Rage Pro, 160gb seagate HDD, some 3Com lan card and modem card. I'll give it a good nitro-scrub and the deeper scratches should come out.

The whole thing was 20$, and I have to admit, even tough I'm an AMD fan, I've been looking for a 423 kit for quite a bit now. Lots of CPUs available, but no mainboards....

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debs3759 wrote:

bishopcop wrote:

Bought this real cheap, but it is in a terrible shape. Haven't found any info about it on the net. Most likely a 486 server board.

Looks like a regular 486 board with sockets for a 486 and a 487.

Lot of RAM slots though, and proprietary format.

I don't think it's proprietary format - I think it's XL-AT or full-AT or something. It should fit in a full tower AT case since those have ~5-10 cm space in between the AT plug and the PSU. If not, it might fit in a regular ATX case since those leave a lot of room above the motherboard when installing an AT case.

Look for one of these: https://hardforum.com/proxy/CKbSwA7n6N9ugWobk … kk%3D/image.png

Got some goodies myself today:

21.3" 4:3 1600x1200 Samsung SyncMaster 214t LCD

This bad-boy is about as tall as my 27" 16:9 AOC monitor - the AOC is 34cm tall, and the Samsung is 33.2cm (panel size measured). It's freaking huge. It has VGA, DVI, S-video and composite-in - never seen an LCD monitor with S-Video before. It's also advertised at a 8ms response time so it shroud be fine for gaming.

I initially ordered a NEC multisync, but since these are "refurbished" displays, I tought it would be a good ideea to brave Bucharest's rush hour traffic and make sure the monitor doesn't have deep scratches or pressure spots - so I went to check out the NEC personally. Unfortunately it was as I feared - big ass black spot in the middle of the screen - probably from having other LCDs stacked on top of it. Shame... It was going for 50$ too - but I spotted this SyncMaster in a corner, and had the guy turn it on for me - perfection! No scratches, no spots, no dead pixels. The Samsung was 68$, but well worth it.

Dell Optiplex GX400 - socket 423 pentium 4 with RDRAM

This poor bastard is in really poor shape, but it runs and it's complete. It came with a 1.7GHz socket 423 wilamette, 384MB of RD-RAM (2x128+2x64), an ATi Rage Pro, 160gb seagate HDD, some 3Com lan card and modem card. I'll give it a good nitro-scrub and the deeper scratches should come out.

The whole thing was 20$, and I have to admit, even tough I'm an AMD fan, I've been looking for a 423 kit for quite a bit now. Lots of CPUs available, but no mainboards....

I know of someone who's willing to sell me a GX400 for 25 bucks but thanks to a business deal gone wrong that ended up costing me like 300 USD I won't be able to get it until October. I've always assumed those would make a good very early 2000's machine. Also stock that should have had a GeForce2GTS in it, keep that in mind if you're restoring it.

TheAbandonwareGuy wrote:

I know of someone who's willing to sell me a GX400 for 25 bucks but thanks to a business deal gone wrong that ended up costing me like 300 USD I won't be able to get it until October. I've always assumed those would make a good very early 2000's machine.

300$??? Holy shit!

TheAbandonwareGuy wrote:

Also stock that should have had a GeForce2GTS in it, keep that in mind if you're restoring it.

They come with either a TNT2 M64, a Geforce 2 GTS or ATi Rage 128 ultra - mine came with the latter. Not even the nice 128bit 32mb version, but the shitty cut-down 64bit 16mb version. In any case, I'm setting the machine up right now with a Radeon 8500 (I tough it was an 8500LE, turns out it's the full fledged 275mhz deal) I got from the same place for 8$. It was missing a 47uf 16v smd electrolytic capacitor witch I installed curtsy of a dead unrecoverable radeon 9500. The reason for this GPU upgrade is that I want to be able to game at 1600x1200 - maybe with some AA enabled, and the Geforce 2 GTS is not capable of pushing some titles at comfortable framerates at that resolution... besides, my GTS is leadtek, not an original DELL part. Then again I might put the 8500 in my display case (they're extremely rare around here) and use one of my 8500LE cards.

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TheAbandonwareGuy wrote:

I know of someone who's willing to sell me a GX400 for 25 bucks but thanks to a business deal gone wrong that ended up costing me like 300 USD I won't be able to get it until October. I've always assumed those would make a good very early 2000's machine.

300$??? Holy shit!

TheAbandonwareGuy wrote:

Also stock that should have had a GeForce2GTS in it, keep that in mind if you're restoring it.

The come with either a TNT2 M64, a Geforce 2 GTS or ATi Rage 128 ultra - mine came with the latter. Not even the nice 128bit 32mb version, but the shitty cut-down 64bit 16mb version. In any case, I'm setting the machine up right now with a Radeon 8500 (I tough it was an 8500LE, turns out it's the full fledged 275mhz deal) I got from the same place for 8$. It was missing a 47uf 16v smd electrolytic capacitor witch I installed curtsy of a dead unrecoverable radeon 9500. The reason for this GPU upgrade is that I want to be able to game at 1600x1200 - maybe with some AA enabled, and the Geforce 2 GTS is not capable of pushing some titles at comfortable framerates at that resolution... besides, my GTS is leadtek, not an original DELL part. Then again I might put the 8500 in my display case (they're extremely rare around here) and use one of my 8500LE cards.

Yeah sold a guy a Nintendo 64 game for 40 and he backcharged which caused like 7 checks to bounce.

I actually wonder why the 8500 is so rare, it looks almost as hard to find as a GeForce256

Well, an 8500 LE is just an underclocked 8500, so you can OC and in the most of the cases, you'll get full 8500 perfomance (not all cards are the same though)