Those old Intel boxes were beautiful!!

martin939 wrote:

Those old Intel boxes were beautiful!!

Wow that MMX box just set me into a full flashback of the day we picked ours up. Shame I threw the box straight in the trash but funny how things live in the back of our mind for so many years. I got a Pentium 133 for myself in a brown and white box too, tossed my 486 for it 😒

I bought something I don't want and don't need, but I could not leave it there for a few euro. I will probably sell it, since I don't have a caddy to test it with...

This thing is built like a tank!

Veeb0rg wrote:

Found a bunch of goodies at various places today. Even found a new "vintage" shop that had some computers and audio stuff, its w […]
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Found a bunch of goodies at various places today. Even found a new "vintage" shop that had some computers and audio stuff, its where I picked up the vic-20 at. Unfortunately the shop owner tried to test the vic-20 and plugged it directly into the wall with out the power pack. The fuse blew, but I don't know if it survived. I have no hookups for it at this time, so it will have to wait.

as a follow up on the Vic-20. I replaced the fuse and it turned on like nothing happened. Basic pop'd right up.

Now you need the 32K RAM expansion board so you can run some of the 32K homebrews for the VIC-20.

Popeye Arcade (32K)
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/ … opic.php?t=7630

DOOM (32K)
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62271

Legend Of The Lost Catacombs (24K)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreVIC2 … 60186704083886/

liqmat wrote:

Now you need the 32K RAM expansion board so you can run some of the 32K homebrews for the VIC-20. […]
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Now you need the 32K RAM expansion board so you can run some of the 32K homebrews for the VIC-20.

Popeye Arcade (32K)
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/ … opic.php?t=7630

DOOM (32K)
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62271

Legend Of The Lost Catacombs (24K)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreVIC2 … 60186704083886/

actually I'm probably going to end up selling it, I'm more of a vintage pc guy. i've also got a Macintosh plus I'm gonna sell for the same reason.

Veeb0rg wrote:

liqmat wrote:

Now you need the 32K RAM expansion board so you can run some of the 32K homebrews for the VIC-20. […]
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Now you need the 32K RAM expansion board so you can run some of the 32K homebrews for the VIC-20.

Popeye Arcade (32K)
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/ … opic.php?t=7630

DOOM (32K)
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62271

Legend Of The Lost Catacombs (24K)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreVIC2 … 60186704083886/

actually I'm probably going to end up selling it, I'm more of a vintage pc guy. i've also got a Macintosh plus I'm gonna sell for the same reason.

What PSU do you have for it? I'm looking for a DIN style PSU for my C64, but I might sell that as well.

bjwil1991 wrote:

Veeb0rg wrote:

liqmat wrote:

Now you need the 32K RAM expansion board so you can run some of the 32K homebrews for the VIC-20. […]
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Now you need the 32K RAM expansion board so you can run some of the 32K homebrews for the VIC-20.

Popeye Arcade (32K)
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/ … opic.php?t=7630

DOOM (32K)
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62271

Legend Of The Lost Catacombs (24K)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreVIC2 … 60186704083886/

actually I'm probably going to end up selling it, I'm more of a vintage pc guy. i've also got a Macintosh plus I'm gonna sell for the same reason.

What PSU do you have for it? I'm looking for a DIN style PSU for my C64, but I might sell that as well.

Its the older 2 pin connector. I borrowed a psu from a buddy to test with. The only thing I have is the unit, no other hookups.

I'm just going to leave this here... See if you can guess what it is just from the cooler ...

When someone finds out what it is, i'll post more pictures and maybe tell you how much I paid for it...

Tip: It's a very rare graphic card 😀

6600-gt 3D1? Dual 6600gt...

xeon3d wrote:

Tip: It's a very rare graphic card 😀

Not a WORKING Gigabyte card???!!!

(Gigabytch as I like to call them have not been kind to me over the years. 😁 )

BitWrangler wrote:

xeon3d wrote:

Tip: It's a very rare graphic card 😀

Not a WORKING Gigabyte card???!!!

(Gigabytch as I like to call them have not been kind to me over the years. 😁 )

I guess I'm on the other side of the coin, everything I've bought from them has worked fine. 😜

luckybob wrote:

BitWrangler wrote:

(Gigabytch as I like to call them have not been kind to me over the years. 😁 )

I guess I'm on the other side of the coin, everything I've bought from them has worked fine. 😜

That's why it stings, some people have them ranked with Asus etc, me, I have good luck with PC Chips, I have 2 functional JTS Hard drives, hell there's even a Deathstar around somewhere that's still apparently all good and working, but most of my expensive failures have been gigabyte.

xeon3d wrote:

I'm just going to leave this here... See if you can guess what it is just from the cooler ... […]
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I'm just going to leave this here... See if you can guess what it is just from the cooler ...

When someone finds out what it is, i'll post more pictures and maybe tell you how much I paid for it...

Tip: It's a very rare graphic card 😀

Now test it please.
It came bundle with a Gigabyte motherboard and according to the manual one is required. I've also seen it for sale but the motherboard requirement made me skip it.

BitWrangler wrote:

people have them ranked with Asus etc,[...], but most of my expensive failures have been gigabyte.

Oh man. Exact opposite here. I swore I would never purchase another ASUS board so long as I live and have sworn by Gigabyte ever since. Gosh. I guess it has been 15 years now.

Always sad to hear about someone’s bad experiences!

BitWrangler wrote:

hell there's even a Deathstar around somewhere that's still apparently all good and working

Not all IBM Deskstar drives suck. AFAIK only the ones manufactured during a relatively short period around 1999-2000. The later, larger drives work entirely fine.

Damn. You guys are good. I dunno why I even thought it could be a challenge.

It is a Gigabyte 3D1, Dual 6600GT SLI on a Single Card.

Originally sold for $500 in a bundle with a Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI, it was on par or better than the X850 Ultra / 6800 Ultra. According to some sites, only 1000 of them were made, but even if it's not true, it's still a damn rare vídeo card.

Even tho most websites just say that it only works with the GA-K8NXP-SLI, it will also work with some other models like the GA-8N-SLI and it's three variants, The GA-K8N-SLI and it's variants and basically every Gigabyte Card that has one of these:

The way Gigabyte was able to do this, is by splitting the top x16 pci-ex slot into 2 x8. That card when plugged in normal mode will make the top slot work as a x16, when in sli mode will make the top x8 and the 2nd one as x8 too.

I've read that in other motherboards it does work as a normal 6600GT, unless some new drivers unlocked the ability to use it on normal motherboards. I'll test it this afternoon.

I did get the original Motherboard CD, the S-Video output conector, and extra bracket for support.

Veeb0rg wrote:

as a follow up on the Vic-20. I replaced the fuse and it turned on like nothing happened. Basic pop'd right up. […]
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Veeb0rg wrote:

Found a bunch of goodies at various places today. Even found a new "vintage" shop that had some computers and audio stuff, its w […]
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Found a bunch of goodies at various places today. Even found a new "vintage" shop that had some computers and audio stuff, its where I picked up the vic-20 at. Unfortunately the shop owner tried to test the vic-20 and plugged it directly into the wall with out the power pack. The fuse blew, but I don't know if it survived. I have no hookups for it at this time, so it will have to wait.

as a follow up on the Vic-20. I replaced the fuse and it turned on like nothing happened. Basic pop'd right up.

Cool.... Good to hear that it is working. Though they are not really super rare, I think you will be able to sell it anyway. Lots of potential buyers out there. Personally, I am more a kind of C64 and Amiga guy, when it comes to non-X86 stuff. If I was to buy a Vic20, it would just end up in the closet. Anything prior to 286's, then I am all C64.

That said. Good find, and great that it is working. Hope it will go to a new home were it will recieve oceans of love.

Bought this WD 80 GB drive, which finally accepted Windows 98 as its companion 😀 I already had the same one, but with SATA interface, and that just wouldn't work at all (installation hang at the end).

I think I have one of those but in 250GB, I've bought an external HDD enclosure and to my surprised it turned out to be IDE with a WD2500.