Bought this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RAR-Grafikkarte-Tseng … cvip=true&rt=nc

Got this instead 🙁 🙁

A totally unexpected ripp-off. (even got a invoice stating 30 euro)

brostenen wrote:

Bought this: […]
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Bought this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RAR-Grafikkarte-Tseng … cvip=true&rt=nc

Got this instead 🙁 🙁

Kortet.jpg

A totally unexpected ripp-off. (even got a invoice stating 30 euro)

Looks like a ET3000 but I might be wrong.

brostenen wrote:

Bought this: […]
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Bought this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RAR-Grafikkarte-Tseng … cvip=true&rt=nc

Got this instead 🙁 🙁

Kortet.jpg

A totally unexpected ripp-off. (even got a invoice stating 30 euro)

Wow, I can't even access the original listing 😠

Unfortunately, some sellers know how to manipulate the ebay system so that one has no chance of complaining or leaving negative feedback anymore.

oerk wrote:

Wow, I can't even access the original listing 😠

Unfortunately, some sellers know how to manipulate the ebay system so that one has no chance of complaining or leaving negative feedback anymore.

Original listing: 39.99 euro. A card that looks a bit like this, though with an heatsink instead. And ET4W32-4 written on it...

http://www.amoretro.de/2011/12/tseng-labs-et4 … rafikkarte.html

I've always wanted a Matrox Millennium I or II. I remember back in the day, they were around $300, which was almost double what I normally spent on graphics cards. Well, today is my lucky day:

Picked this guy up for $25 shipped. Maybe a little high by today's value, but it was advertised as NOS. It certainly looks like it might be, based on its pristine condition. At any rate, I might end up replacing my TNT2 M64 with this in my late DOS PC. Sure, the Millennium II is slightly slower and maybe even less compatible, but it's more period correct and has flawless color, brightness and clarity.

brostenen wrote:

A totally unexpected ripp-off. (even got a invoice stating 30 euro)

They have plenty of cards on sale with good feedback so maybe someone just mixed things up.

So, now I finally got the card I read about twenty years ago, Orchid Righteous 3D Voodoo.

Api wrote:

brostenen wrote:

A totally unexpected ripp-off. (even got a invoice stating 30 euro)

They have plenty of cards on sale with good feedback so maybe someone just mixed things up.

So, now I finally got the card I read about twenty years ago, Orchid Righteous 3D Voodoo.

Nice. Good to know. 😀

Did you get the Orchid V1 ? Wich is a great card. I have no experience with the Orichid V2.

I haven't yet received this item yet, but I'm all ears if anyone knows what it is.

As far as I can tell, it is some kind of 8-bit audio card made by Covox. It doesn't look like the Voice Master card or the Voice Master Key card shown on Great Hierophant's blog: http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2014/09/t … nd-devices.html

If you look closely at the photo, you can see the Covox logo in the upper-left hand corner. Almost completely hidden under the round orange capacitor is a date. It looks like "1987" to me.

Here's the original eBay listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/391604326631?_trksid=p2057872

I made an offer, and the seller accepted it, so I didn't pay the asking price.

brostenen wrote:

Did you get the Orchid V1 ? Wich is a great card. I have no experience with the Orichid V2.

Voodoo 1 of course. Isn't that obvious, their Voodoo 2 was called Orchid Righteous 3D II 😀

Bought it, not yet arrived.

Api wrote:

brostenen wrote:

Did you get the Orchid V1 ? Wich is a great card. I have no experience with the Orichid V2.

Voodoo 1 of course. Isn't that obvious, their Voodoo 2 was called Orchid Righteous 3D II 😀

Bought it, not yet arrived.

Cool.... Congrats. 😀

2 bucks, local pickup 😀

I am a bit worried about the "chipped off", brown contacts. One on each side.
Do you guys think this memory is broken? It is tested and working according to the seller:

@artic

I would NOT use that ram in a system that i like. Not worth the risk to a rare board.

Arctic wrote:

I am a bit worried about the "chipped off", brown contacts. One on each side.
Do you guys think this memory is broken? It is tested and working according to the seller:

It's pin 18 and 124 which are 2 of 17 VCC pins, so it might just work fine.

Kamerat wrote:

Arctic wrote:

I am a bit worried about the "chipped off", brown contacts. One on each side.
Do you guys think this memory is broken? It is tested and working according to the seller:

It's pin 18 and 124 which are 2 of 17 VCC pins, so it might just work fine.

Do you think these are scraped off pins because of improper installation?
Maybe someone mistook it for RDRAM? 😵

Api wrote:

So, now I finally got the card I read about twenty years ago, Orchid Righteous 3D Voodoo.

Ah, so you are the one who bought that. I decided to sleep on it, and this morning it was gone! 😀

Arctic wrote:

2 bucks, local pickup 😀
I am a bit worried about the "chipped off", brown contacts. One on each side.
Do you guys think this memory is broken? It is tested and working according to the seller:

Are they scraped off.. or *burned* off? I think it might have been shoved into something.. wrong, and burned off some contacts.

I agree with the other guys, I wouldnt trust it in a rare board for sure.

The pins burn off when the RAM is installed incorrectly (wrong orientation / socket). See http://dau-alarm.de/g_ram.html

Arctic wrote:

Kamerat wrote:

Arctic wrote:

I am a bit worried about the "chipped off", brown contacts. One on each side.
Do you guys think this memory is broken? It is tested and working according to the seller:

It's pin 18 and 124 which are 2 of 17 VCC pins, so it might just work fine.

Do you think these are scraped off pins because of improper installation?
Maybe someone mistook it for RDRAM? 😵

Hard to say, but it wouldn't fit very well. 😜

h-a-l-9000 wrote:

See http://dau-alarm.de/g_ram.html

Wait, there are people who modify sticks to "make 'em fit" (but unlikely work) instead of putting them in the other way around? 😵 Some people are really beyond help...

Well, it's not a Sound Master II: http://imgur.com/a/w3hKR

boxpressed wrote:

I haven't yet received this item yet, but I'm all ears if anyone knows what it is. […]
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I haven't yet received this item yet, but I'm all ears if anyone knows what it is.

As far as I can tell, it is some kind of 8-bit audio card made by Covox. It doesn't look like the Voice Master card or the Voice Master Key card shown on Great Hierophant's blog: http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2014/09/t … nd-devices.html

If you look closely at the photo, you can see the Covox logo in the upper-left hand corner. Almost completely hidden under the round orange capacitor is a date. It looks like "1987" to me.

Here's the original eBay listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/391604326631?_trksid=p2057872

I made an offer, and the seller accepted it, so I didn't pay the asking price.