Nobody can have too many Socket 5 so I bought this FIC PA-2000.

It is going to be first VIA chipset covered in my Pentium Chipset comparison. Several people asked be to add VIA.

This one has Via Apollo Plus (575MV) which is actually cost reduced version of the Apollo Master (575M) chipset without pipelined burst support. So I might eventually add also FIC PA-2001 with full version of the chipset.

Also buffered RAM and 8 SIMM slots so I don't have high hopes for performance....

mpe wrote on 2021-03-25, 20:45:

Nobody can have too many Socket 5 so I bought this FIC PA-2000.

Clean looking board ! Have a PT-2000 that is similar but Intel chipset. FIC made good boards !
Forgot to mention bought another MS Sidewinder 3D Pro, this time a Plus version, for verp cheap, not tested yet...

Brand new, sealed in box VCR and some brand new cassettes (Hi8 and betas). Just need a decent tube flat TV and I can reimgine some of my youth..

I picked up two things today, only one of which is fully retro by most people's standards.

Yeah, dud, I got a dell. It's a rubber dome keyboard, but hey, it feels rather nice for one. It's also much smaller in volume and size when compared to my previous cheap keytronics model M clone.

I also picked up a rather nicely preserved iPod Mini 2nd Gen, and promptly flash modded it.

And I can't complain about the results.

stege wrote on 2021-03-26, 00:27:

Brand new, sealed in box VCR and some brand new cassettes (Hi8 and betas). Just need a decent tube flat TV and I can reimgine some of my youth..

Nice ! Finding a working VCR that includes the remote is very hard. Great find !
I have a 20" old Magnavox CRT TV that is used for such things but am afraid it may not live much longer 🙁

stege wrote on 2021-03-26, 00:27:

Brand new, sealed in box VCR and some brand new cassettes (Hi8 and betas). Just need a decent tube flat TV and I can reimgine some of my youth..

Awesome! I'd love to tinker around with VHS stuff again but most of these systems are pretty unreliable as there is so much cheap fault-prone mechanics involved.
All the better that you could find a new system.

I won't get my Sony CRT.
The vendor canceled the transaction.
I don't know why, I just know he wasn't able to find a big enough box to send it.
What the hell...
At least I got my money back.

mpe wrote on 2021-03-25, 20:45:

Nobody can have too many Socket 5 so I bought this FIC PA-2000. […]
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Nobody can have too many Socket 5 so I bought this FIC PA-2000.

It is going to be first VIA chipset covered in my Pentium Chipset comparison. Several people asked be to add VIA.

This one has Via Apollo Plus (575MV) which is actually cost reduced version of the Apollo Master (575M) chipset without pipelined burst support. So I might eventually add also FIC PA-2001 with full version of the chipset.

Also buffered RAM and 8 SIMM slots so I don't have high hopes for performance....

I have added your photo here http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/2417

BetaC wrote on 2021-03-26, 03:13:

I picked up two things today, only one of which is fully retro by most people's standards. image0.jpg Yeah, dud, I got a dell. I […]
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I picked up two things today, only one of which is fully retro by most people's standards.
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Yeah, dud, I got a dell. It's a rubber dome keyboard, but hey, it feels rather nice for one. It's also much smaller in volume and size when compared to my previous cheap keytronics model M clone.

I also picked up a rather nicely preserved iPod Mini 2nd Gen, and promptly flash modded it.
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And I can't complain about the results.
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Flash modded? As in replaced flash for bigger ones?

bestemor wrote on 2021-03-24, 00:05:

Oh my! If THAT (199 euro) is what the public is willing to pay for this one, I'd probably better start selling all of mine.... 😂 […]
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H3nrik V! wrote on 2021-03-22, 09:42:

Probably paid WAY too much, but searches to this forum didn't give me any pointers to price, only "searching for years" and "never shows up", so I took it ..

Oh my! If THAT (199 euro) is what the public is willing to pay for this one, I'd probably better start selling all of mine.... 😂

But yes, they are pretty rare now in the wild - makes me wonder what happened to all those sold on ebay some years ago .
(this (ASUS?) guy in Thailand had crates full, selling them NiB at $19 a pop inkl shipping)...

Edit: 'this' is an ASUS CT-479 cpu adapter for socket s478...

Well, €179 including shipping .. 🤣 couldn't find any indications of what the right price should be - only the before mentioned "never shows up" statements .. 😁

I know it is not related strictly to computer hardware but it is very, very rare - also NOS!!

Dug up two Creative 12mb V2s from the same scrap bin at ewaste:

The PixelFX chip on the bottom took a noticeable ding (two pins were pretty bent, straightened them out) but otherwise they are in decent shape, and I can't complain considering what I paid =) I think they came from the same system but I'm not sure.

mtgmackid wrote on 2021-03-26, 14:47:

Dug up two Creative 12mb V2s from the same scrap bin at ewaste: […]
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Dug up two Creative 12mb V2s from the same scrap bin at ewaste:

The PixelFX chip on the bottom took a noticeable ding (two pins were pretty bent, straightened them out) but otherwise they are in decent shape, and I can't complain considering what I paid =) I think they came from the same system but I'm not sure.

Nice! I would guess they came from the same system since the SLI cable is still attached. Hard to believe there are still systems floating around out there with SLI V2s that aren't owned by people who know better than to scrap them. Worked out for you though! 😀

Didn't buy it but heres something interesting I found at ewaste.

It's still there "left on the side".

mtgmackid wrote on 2021-03-26, 14:47:

Dug up two Creative 12mb V2s from the same scrap bin at ewaste: […]
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Dug up two Creative 12mb V2s from the same scrap bin at ewaste:

The PixelFX chip on the bottom took a noticeable ding (two pins were pretty bent, straightened them out) but otherwise they are in decent shape, and I can't complain considering what I paid =) I think they came from the same system but I'm not sure.

The card with the SLI-cable attached is an early one! For instance: chip dates of both 9801 and 9802 and the SLI port looks 'upright' rather than outwards.

H3nrik V! wrote on 2021-03-26, 10:15:

BetaC wrote on 2021-03-26, 03:13:

I picked up two things today, only one of which is fully retro by most people's standards. image0.jpg Yeah, dud, I got a dell. I […]
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I picked up two things today, only one of which is fully retro by most people's standards.
image0.jpg
Yeah, dud, I got a dell. It's a rubber dome keyboard, but hey, it feels rather nice for one. It's also much smaller in volume and size when compared to my previous cheap keytronics model M clone.

I also picked up a rather nicely preserved iPod Mini 2nd Gen, and promptly flash modded it.
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And I can't complain about the results.
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Flash modded? As in replaced flash for bigger ones?

iPod Minis actually use Hitachi Microdrives, which are quite literally the spinning disk version of CF cards. They’re pin compatible, so it was a straight up drop in replacement.

Octek Hippo DCA board. Some mild corrosion and NiCD battery still installed. But working.

Obviously no ED RAM modules 🙁

blurks wrote on 2021-03-26, 07:31:

stege wrote on 2021-03-26, 00:27:

Brand new, sealed in box VCR and some brand new cassettes (Hi8 and betas). Just need a decent tube flat TV and I can reimgine some of my youth..

Awesome! I'd love to tinker around with VHS stuff again but most of these systems are pretty unreliable as there is so much cheap fault-prone mechanics involved.
All the better that you could find a new system.

Some prosumer equipment is much easier to service, because they forego the all-in-one tape mechanisms that so often fail on regular consumer models.

Oh no an infamous octek board without any sort of cache

Could you dump your mr bios ? we don't have them in UH19 : http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/4026

Picked up these two little beauties from Yahoo Auctions Japan, one with 1.5GB RAM, an ATI Rage 128 Pro and Airport card. The second unit features a GeForce 2 MX, no HDD or Airport card. Everything seems to be in working condition according to the seller.

Managed to snag these together for less than $250. Not a bad day’s hunting!