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Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Reply 39180 of 52357, by kixs

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If you frequently work with large or many small files the loading times would decrease dramatically. But it's a specific thing. I've only used it for testing/benchmarking.

Requests are also possible... /msg kixs

Reply 39181 of 52357, by HanJammer

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This NOS dual display adapter based on two CL-GD5429 chips. Found it in local ads for cheap.

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Reply 39182 of 52357, by seleryba

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HanJammer wrote on 2021-05-26, 14:54:

This NOS dual display adapter based on two CL-GD5429 chips. Found it in local ads for cheap.

Great find! Do you know what's the use case? I suppose it can't be used on Windows 3.1 or DOS but on NT/ other systems?

Reply 39183 of 52357, by imi

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great find indeed, and with the cable too ^^

seleryba wrote on 2021-05-26, 15:42:

Great find! Do you know what's the use case? I suppose it can't be used on Windows 3.1 or DOS but on NT/ other systems?

I mean, the usecase is right there on the box ^^
it all depends on the software, DOS can do multiple screens as well if the software supports it.

Reply 39184 of 52357, by Intel486dx33

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HanJammer wrote on 2021-05-26, 14:54:

This NOS dual display adapter based on two CL-GD5429 chips. Found it in local ads for cheap.

Thats a cool photo but does this card just mirror the primary display ?
If so what good is it ?

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Reply 39185 of 52357, by cyclone3d

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appiah4 wrote on 2021-05-26, 10:43:
cyclone3d wrote on 2021-05-25, 20:22:

Even 16MB 30-pin Simms can be had new for a good price.

Not sure what shipping from the USA would be though.

They are damn rare where I live. I actually managed to find 2 16MB 30-pin SIMMs two years ago, from a guy who got them custom produced for himself many many years ago and they are on an AWE32 currently. I would be OK with having just 8MB on that card, but I till don't have any 4MB ones.

Here is a set of 4x 4MB 30pin in Canada. I know shipping from Canada to the USA is cheaper than from the USA to Canada so maybe it is true elsewhere.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-used-workin ... 4883981965

As for getting whatever 30-pin Simms you want, I could always order some for you and then ship them... No added cost over what I buy them for. Shipping for up to I think 4lb is about $24 or so for international shipping.

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Reply 39186 of 52357, by Miphee

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I just had to snipe this: a big ass box of ribbon cables. Nobody else showed interest for some reason.

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Reply 39187 of 52357, by Brickpad

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Bought this new Supermicro Super 370DLE dual socket 370 board. Originally listed for $89.99, but got an offer from the seller for $59.99 + shipping. Thinking of pairing this with dual 733MHz PIIIs. I've got 2x 512MB PC133 that will hopefully work with this board. The only downside is there is no AGP slot, which is a bummer because I would love to turn this into a retro workstation PC.

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Reply 39188 of 52357, by BitWrangler

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Cool, shame about the AGP, guess you're looking for one of these https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/qid-pro.c3525
Though later gen 32bit PCI cards might bury it.

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Reply 39189 of 52357, by bjwil1991

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Bought the last Snark Barker SB 1.0 clone card.

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Reply 39190 of 52357, by BitWrangler

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May it ever bark most snarkily. 🤣

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Reply 39191 of 52357, by BitWrangler

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Miphee wrote on 2021-05-26, 19:14:

I just had to snipe this: a big ass box of ribbon cables....

I hope that's an extremely wise buy and not just a bag of someone else's problems. I see some ports in there, w00t. I am starting to wish I bought that set of dies for stamping out D connector holes I saw 5 years ago, as I'm sure I'll end up making port cables at some point to get everything hooked up.

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Reply 39192 of 52357, by bjwil1991

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Also won these video cards 0n shopgoodwill.com with some or all of the items:

XFX GeForce 6800XTreme AGP video card:

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Reply 39193 of 52357, by pan069

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-05-27, 03:36:

Bought the last Snark Barker SB 1.0 clone card.

I have two kits sitting here waiting to be build. The only thing I'm missing is the bracket and I don't like the 3D printed ones. Does anyone know if proper metal ones are available somewhere? I guess the big problem is the DB15 hole since it's oddly shaped....

Reply 39194 of 52357, by bjwil1991

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I'm not sure if a standard SB 1.0 bracket would fit on there (if a dead one pops up that is beyond repairs), but I digress.

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Reply 39195 of 52357, by PC Hoarder Patrol

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Brickpad wrote on 2021-05-27, 01:35:

Bought this new Supermicro Super 370DLE dual socket 370 board. Originally listed for $89.99, but got an offer from the seller for $59.99 + shipping. Thinking of pairing this with dual 733MHz PIIIs. I've got 2x 512MB PC133 that will hopefully work with this board. The only downside is there is no AGP slot, which is a bummer because I would love to turn this into a retro workstation PC.

Nice board - I have its bigger brother, the DL3, with onboard SCSI. Plan on a SATA or SCSI system as the onboard ServerWorks IDE is dire 🙁

Reply 39196 of 52357, by Miphee

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BitWrangler wrote on 2021-05-27, 03:48:

I hope that's an extremely wise buy and not just a bag of someone else's problems. I see some ports in there, w00t. I am starting to wish I bought that set of dies for stamping out D connector holes I saw 5 years ago, as I'm sure I'll end up making port cables at some point to get everything hooked up.

Well, it was a bit of a mystery box. I bought it because I saw an MFM data cable in it and I needed it bad. For some reason whenever the word MFM comes up sellers just go mad and ask outrageous prices even for simple ribbon cables.

Reply 39199 of 52357, by assasincz

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-05-27, 08:25:

How much was the card?

It came in a 25EUR bulk with a ECS P6SET-ML mainboard (Slot 1 and Socket 370) with Celeron 466MHz and three sticks of SD-RAM, all working
Makes me happy 😀