appiah4 wrote:

It's what I get in 90% of such mystery boxes 🤣 Maybe it's just my luck..

There was the one time I opened up such a box to find a Tomato Celeron system with a Voodoo 3 and AWE64 Gold though, so you never know.

I hope you get whatever awesome hardware you hope it has though.

I hope it's an i7 8700K!

oeuvre wrote:

appiah4 wrote:

It's what I get in 90% of such mystery boxes 🤣 Maybe it's just my luck..

There was the one time I opened up such a box to find a Tomato Celeron system with a Voodoo 3 and AWE64 Gold though, so you never know.

I hope you get whatever awesome hardware you hope it has though.

I hope it's an i7 8700K!

Given the choice between that and a working NexGen system with an AdLib Gold and a GUS Extreme and a 4MB VLB VGA (S3 Trio or ATi Mach64), I'd probably take the latter. I wish 😜

3DFX Voodoo - Diamond Monster 3D 4MB PCI (US) #2 (Boxed) (1997)

3DFX Voodoo Banshee - Diamond Monster Fusion (Z100) 16MB AGP (US - Tank Artwork) (NOS) (1999)

Creative CT2760 (Sound Blaster AWE32) ISA (Boxed) #2 (1994)

Creative CT3980 (Sound Blaster AWE32 PnP) ISA (Sealed/NOS) (1995)

NVIDIA RIVA TNT - Creative Graphics Blaster RivaTNT (NV4) 16MB AGP #2 (Sealed/NOS) (1998)

NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Ultra - Guillemot Maxi Gamer Xentor 32 AGP 32MB (NV5) (Boxed) (1999)

S3Vision 968 - Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM 3000 & Memory Upgrade Kit PCI (Boxed) (1996)

TSENG ET4000AX - Cardinal SnapPlus 1+1MB ISA (Boxed) (1991)

FluffyBunnyFeet wrote:

i picked these up at a local recycling center... […]
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i picked these up at a local recycling center...

Gigabyte GA-5SMM motherboard with a Rise MP65RPAPG5-ES (mP6 PR333 engineering sample). The mobo/cpu combo posted fine but the bios reports the cpu as a mP6 PR233.

DPT PM2654U2 1-Channel SCSI RAID Controller with a SX4054U2-2 2-Channel upgrade module and a RA4050 RAID Accelerator module with 32MB RAM attached.

I just had too... 😊

The bus speed and/or multiplier is probably just set wrong for the CPU.

FluffyBunnyFeet wrote:

https://i.ibb.co/7yFGSTw/mouse-resize.jpg I just had too... :blush: […]
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I just had too... 😊

Yes, yes you did. haha Awesome sauce right there.

Artex wrote:

S3Vision 968 - Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM 3000 & Memory Upgrade Kit PCI (Boxed) (1996) […]
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S3Vision 968 - Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM 3000 & Memory Upgrade Kit PCI (Boxed) (1996)

Love it when vintage hardware comes with the original receipts.

Artex wrote:

*all the awesomeness*

I started to comment on individual items in that lot but it's too much, I'm overwhelmed 😎

Yeah as always the artex things are awesome 😀

gex85 wrote:

@Benetton93: That's quite a nice haul. Where did you source all these boards? The Intel MARL and the AOpen S370 are great finds! […]
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@Benetton93: That's quite a nice haul. Where did you source all these boards? The Intel MARL and the AOpen S370 are great finds!

Today I just couldn't resist to buy this NOS AT case (sellers photo):

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I just sold a complete system with this exact case a few days ago, but it was badly yellowed and I found the build quality to be too cheap to meet my expectations.
Now the build quality of this new one will still be crap, but hey, NOS, including power supply, for 25€ shipped. That's just too good to let it pass.
I'm not quite sure what to do with it yet, but I think it's going to be home to another midrange Super Socket 7 system. Another option would be to use it for an AOpen AP5S Socket 7 board that I've had for like 20 years now and that is patiently sitting in its box, waiting to be brought back to life 😀

is not an atx case with an at backplate?

2x DX 33MHz untested, one with heatsink glued into and 1x Weitek 3172A for Sun Sparcstation IPC/SLC also untested

0x5f4e2a wrote:

2x DX 33MHz untested, one with heatsink glued into and 1x Weitek 3172A for Sun Sparcstation IPC/SLC also untested https://i.imgu […]
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2x DX 33MHz untested, one with heatsink glued into and 1x Weitek 3172A for Sun Sparcstation IPC/SLC also untested

Yeah, you might want to hang on to that tasty ALR heatsink. Actually have never seen one of those in my hunting.

I removed it, because glue was old. There was an 486 without SX/DX markings from 1989 😀 I'll keep the heatsink, but i want to test the CPU first and i can't do that with heatsink because it could short something on the motherboard.

0x5f4e2a wrote:

There was an 486 without SX/DX markings from 1989 😀

Under the heatsink? I can read 486DX-33 on that CPU through the hole in the heatsink even on your tiny picture.

0x5f4e2a wrote:

I removed it, because glue was old. There was an 486 without SX/DX markings from 1989 😀 I'll keep the heatsink, but i want to test the CPU first and i can't do that with heatsink because it could short something on the motherboard.

Yeah, keep that heatsink intact. Someone who collects ALR gear will appreciate that. Try to make sure the decal/text doesn't get any more damage to it. Just my two cents.

derSammler wrote:

0x5f4e2a wrote:

There was an 486 without SX/DX markings from 1989 😀

Under the heatsink? I can read 486DX-33 on that CPU through the hole in the heatsink even on your tiny picture.

Just look, right CPU is the ALR one.
EDIT: also no trademark

Maybe the ALR systems had their own heatsink and CPU, perhaps?

mmm 486

Artex, don't know how the heck you found a Monster 3D boxed with all the "trimmings" but it gives me hope!

buckeye wrote:

Artex, don't know how the heck you found a Monster 3D boxed with all the "trimmings" but it gives me hope!

You know that giant black hole chinese scientists had found a couple weeks ago? That's Artex. The retro hardware simply can't excape his gravity.

buckeye wrote:

Artex, don't know how the heck you found a Monster 3D boxed with all the "trimmings" but it gives me hope!

Patience!! 😀

Artex wrote:

buckeye wrote:

Artex, don't know how the heck you found a Monster 3D boxed with all the "trimmings" but it gives me hope!

Patience!! 😀

That is a big thing. I bought and sold all manner of vintage parts over the years and I know how having patience will alow you to get some nice parts if your not picky on witch parts.