LewisRaz wrote on 2020-05-11, 17:31:

I am going to try and fix that but the awe32 was the item I wanted. Seller said the awe32 looks to be in really good shape and has packed it seperate.

Nice ! That is a CT3910 Jumper Set SB AWE32, great for older systems due to not being Plug-n-Pray ( I have one similar, think mine's a CT3900), they are quite rare and very expensive if you find a working one. Hope your works !

pentiumspeed wrote on 2020-05-11, 21:20:

Ah rather nice slim line clone. I liked very very slim case but with good expansion ablity and cache built in, (rarely done back in the day.).

Just curious, why does lot of OEMs back in the day skip the regular motherboards and use all in one motheboards with limited slot risers, even the ones with 5 slot riser is roomy enough to have a 7 or 8 slot chassis would use standard board or semi standard motherboard instead?

Because serial, ltp, mouse, keyboard even in some cases sound were incorporated in the mobo including stuff like vlb hdd and video support hardware. No need for extra expansion slots at all.

Horun wrote on 2020-05-11, 22:18:

LewisRaz wrote on 2020-05-11, 17:31:

I am going to try and fix that but the awe32 was the item I wanted. Seller said the awe32 looks to be in really good shape and has packed it seperate.

Nice ! That is a CT3910 Jumper Set SB AWE32, great for older systems due to not being Plug-n-Pray ( I have one similar, think mine's a CT3900), they are quite rare and very expensive if you find a working one. Hope your works !

I was not aware of that. Only that I wanted to own and play around with an awe32. Bonus 😀

I spent a little, almost nothing and way too much today…

For my next retro project, an ISA/AT slot for my dual Tualatin board, I ordered some card edge connectors from the bay … well, shipping times from Taiwan - got to be patient. Furthermore the cost for shipping is higher than the price for the 5pc set.

On "Kleinanzeigen" I found a really beautiful Samtron 98PDF CRT, it needs a little refurbishing and cleaning but I got it for free (almost - it was a two hour ride).

Finally I payed a ridiculous amount of money for a Voodoo5 5500 AGP from the bay.

CMB75 wrote on 2020-05-12, 06:32:

For my next retro project, an ISA/AT slot for my dual Tualatin board, I ordered some card edge connectors from the bay … well, shipping times from Taiwan - got to be patient. Furthermore the cost for shipping is higher than the price for the 5pc set.

Seeing as you say "Kleinanzeigen" I guess you're in Germany. I can unsolder you an ISA slot from a donor board and send it to you for shipping cost if you're interested.

Doornkaat wrote on 2020-05-12, 08:08:

CMB75 wrote on 2020-05-12, 06:32:

For my next retro project, an ISA/AT slot for my dual Tualatin board, I ordered some card edge connectors from the bay … well, shipping times from Taiwan - got to be patient. Furthermore the cost for shipping is higher than the price for the 5pc set.

Seeing as you say "Kleinanzeigen" I guess you're in Germany. I can unsolder you an ISA slot from a donor board and send it to you for shipping cost if you're interested.

Your assumption is correct, Sir 😀.

Thank you for your kind offer but I already ordered and payed for those card edge connectors. A 5pc set for 3.33 Euros, NOS probably.

Impulse-buy:

A Packard Bell Club 2705C

Insides:

GA-6WMM7 rev 4.1 motherboard (i810 plastic fantastic)
Celeron 700
Askey AMR modem
256MB RAM
20GB HD
145W FSP PSU

Was surprised by the case - I expected a Squarius II case (which I love), this one is... different and ugly IMHO. Apart from extra RAM and WinXP OS, this thing is entirely in original state. Given I don't like the case I'll not use it for other builds, so I'll probably just restore it to its original WinME glory - there's a valid key on the side in any event.

Won a Sega Mega CD 2 (PAL) on eBay. Received it last week, wouldn't read discs. Seller told me that it was working the moment they packaged it. Turns out that during shipping, the spindle sat a little downwards and trapped the laser assembly... Easy fix. Was very noisy, too. At some point in this machine's life, the spindle's metal plate broke loose, and the magnet under the CD lid had become unstuck, breaking the plastic damper disc's holders. During a botched repair, somebody used that metal plate in the bottom part of the lid to hold the magnet in place, just above the plastic damper disc, so when the CD was rotating inside, the top part knocked it sideways causing both read failures and horrible noise as the plastic parts hit. Took a while to understand how all of this is supposed to work, but it was nothing some glue couldn't fix - now every CD is always level while rotating and it's all silent now! Been playing Sonic CD since Sunday... The ML2016 battery seems to hold a charge too. Don't know for how long, but it seems to be charging!

Love that console. Had to sell off my entire console/games collection when my daughter was born. Miss them a bit!

Predator99 wrote on 2020-05-05, 07:31:

I have taken the risk and agreed a price for that (sellers pic, part of 15 kg lot). Bracket seems to be bent and fans are missing but in overall it seems to look ok. Seller confirmed to pack the cards individually for a safe shipment...
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Scrap Voodoo arrived...together with some other nice (but not very retro..) stuff in the box. Did a quick test and works - great deal!

Predator99 wrote on 2020-05-12, 13:59:

Scrap Voodoo arrived...together with some other nice (but not very retro..) stuff in the box. Did a quick test and works - great […]
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Predator99 wrote on 2020-05-05, 07:31:

I have taken the risk and agreed a price for that (sellers pic, part of 15 kg lot). Bracket seems to be bent and fans are missing but in overall it seems to look ok. Seller confirmed to pack the cards individually for a safe shipment...
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Scrap Voodoo arrived...together with some other nice (but not very retro..) stuff in the box. Did a quick test and works - great deal!

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Is it just me or dose every voodoo5500 have a twisted heatsink?

boxpressed wrote on 2020-04-26, 23:16:

I bought this NOS ASUS MediaBus VGA/Audio card without even owning a MediaBus motherboard. It's just so strange that I had to have it for my collection: S3 Vision868 and Creative Vibra16 (and OPL3) on the same card. Maybe one day I'll build a system around it.

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I was digging through my motherboards and discovered that I did in fact own an Asus Media Bus motherboard! Unfortunately, it is a Media Bus 2.0 motherboard and the video/audio card I bought is a 1.2. Still cool to have one -- I don't think I even knew about this bus when I got the motherboard years ago.

Terratec 24/96 sound card.

Cyrix200+ wrote on 2020-05-08, 08:58:

maverick85 wrote on 2020-05-07, 17:04:

Cyrix200+ wrote on 2017-01-11, 17:28:

An Aureal Vortex 2.

Hi, do you have the manual for this card. I'm trying to connect the dvd to the card so i can have clean sound via S/PDIF

No I don't have a manual I'm afraid. But I guess you could find it on Google maybe? It's not really rare or old 😀

stumped here. using analogue wire from dvd drive to cd in is noisy

Gravis Ultrasound Classic v3.4 - eBay seller counter-offered me at $120, so pretty fair IMO.

Another NiMH battery for the NEC Versa 486. One so I can put new cells in the original, and two so I can try two batteries (est 4 hours of life) at once using the "versa bays".

YES... FINALLY. I have been looking for one for the last 5 years. At a reasonable price that is. And today I bought it for 33 Euro and 3 kilometers walk with it in my arms.

It is an 20 inch Dell 2001-fp monitor. It is from 2004. This means 15khz signal for my Amiga's and because it has VGA, DVI, Composit and S-Video. Then I can use it for my Commodore64's as well. 50hz smooth scrolling. Spaghetti lines / jailbars can be eliminated with a lumafix if I want to. I have only tested it with Commodore64 with the use of S-Video cable. Only one tiny dead pixel, and that is well to the right in the screen. I did not notice it when playing Winter Games.

brostenen wrote on 2020-05-12, 19:09:

YES... FINALLY. I have been looking for one for the last 5 years. At a reasonable price that is. And today I bought it for 33 Eu […]
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YES... FINALLY. I have been looking for one for the last 5 years. At a reasonable price that is. And today I bought it for 33 Euro and 3 kilometers walk with it in my arms.

It is an 20 inch Dell 2001-fp monitor. It is from 2004. This means 15khz signal for my Amiga's and because it has VGA, DVI, Composit and S-Video. Then I can use it for my Commodore64's as well. 50hz smooth scrolling. Spaghetti lines / jailbars can be eliminated with a lumafix if I want to. I have only tested it with Commodore64 with the use of S-Video cable. Only one tiny dead pixel, and that is well to the right in the screen. I did not notice it when playing Winter Games.

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Ah that's nice, great find! Mine is a 2006, so no 15KHz. But every time I see one I check the date 😀

brostenen wrote on 2020-05-12, 19:09:

YES... FINALLY. I have been looking for one for the last 5 years. At a reasonable price that is. And today I bought it for 33 Euro and 3 kilometers walk with it in my arms.

It is an 20 inch Dell 2001-fp monitor. It is from 2004. This means 15khz signal for my Amiga's and because it has VGA, DVI, Composit and S-Video. Then I can use it for my Commodore64's as well. 50hz smooth scrolling. Spaghetti lines / jailbars can be eliminated with a lumafix if I want to. I have only tested it with Commodore64 with the use of S-Video cable. Only one tiny dead pixel, and that is well to the right in the screen. I did not notice it when playing Winter Games.

Cool. I have one that was made in July 2004 but didn't know it can accept 15 KHz. I almost recycled it many times over but just couldn't do it. Now I'm glad I didn't.

Cyrix200+ wrote on 2020-05-12, 19:13:

brostenen wrote on 2020-05-12, 19:09:

YES... FINALLY. I have been looking for one for the last 5 years. At a reasonable price that is. And today I bought it for 33 Eu […]
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YES... FINALLY. I have been looking for one for the last 5 years. At a reasonable price that is. And today I bought it for 33 Euro and 3 kilometers walk with it in my arms.

It is an 20 inch Dell 2001-fp monitor. It is from 2004. This means 15khz signal for my Amiga's and because it has VGA, DVI, Composit and S-Video. Then I can use it for my Commodore64's as well. 50hz smooth scrolling. Spaghetti lines / jailbars can be eliminated with a lumafix if I want to. I have only tested it with Commodore64 with the use of S-Video cable. Only one tiny dead pixel, and that is well to the right in the screen. I did not notice it when playing Winter Games.

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Ah that's nice, great find! Mine is a 2006, so no 15KHz. But every time I see one I check the date 😀

Thanks... Yup. Pretty happy with my purchase. I bought it for both my C64 collection and my Amiga collection.
Everything else have failed so far, when dealing with LCD monitors and televisions.
The best for C64's are still a RetroTink 2X upscaler or an OSSC. (for the money that is) This is next best.