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Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Reply 39501 of 52352, by aitotat

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Exactly! I thought someone here would notice very soon. There was no mention about Roland in the item description. It had two pictures similar as the one on my post. It was impossible to see if the case was full length from the pictures. However the sound card did seem different than usual. It took a while before I recognized it. However, the asking price was 500 €.

But when I contacted the seller she mentioned right away that it has rare Roland in it. I got the idea that she was waiting for someone to know what was on sale. I got the computer for 275 €. It is expensive (unless you compare to ebay prices) but this was the first time I had change to get LAPC-I (and I've wanted it for 31 years, ever since I read a review from a finnish magazine PC-pelit 1990).

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Reply 39502 of 52352, by devius

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aitotat wrote on 2021-06-16, 18:38:

...this was the first time I had change to get LAPC-I (and I've wanted it for 31 years, ever since I read a review from a finnish magazine PC-pelit 1990).

Same here 😃 Still waiting for that chance though.

Reply 39503 of 52352, by Caluser2000

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This thing has been laying about in the kitchen. Is it useful for anything?:

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There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 39504 of 52352, by Repo Man11

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A001 wrote on 2021-06-16, 18:31:

Who'd be able to ID this behemoth on the left?

It's very similar to the CSX 917 A (scroll down the page) - maybe built by the same company but older?
https://aiyamicro.com/legacy-products/cases_computer.htm

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Reply 39505 of 52352, by EvieSigma

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Repo Man11 wrote on 2021-06-17, 01:53:
A001 wrote on 2021-06-16, 18:31:

Who'd be able to ID this behemoth on the left?

It's very similar to the CSX 917 A (scroll down the page) - maybe built by the same company but older?
https://aiyamicro.com/legacy-products/cases_computer.htm

Oh hey, I own the CSX240 there, though the blue on mine doesn't look like their stock photo.

Reply 39506 of 52352, by Doornkaat

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subnet_zero wrote on 2021-06-16, 16:14:
I got a nice deal on a ASUS P4P800 SE with socket 478 and an Geforce 6800GT APG with 256MB DDR3 with the mermaid artwork from th […]
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I got a nice deal on a ASUS P4P800 SE with socket 478 and an Geforce 6800GT APG with 256MB DDR3 with the mermaid artwork from the NVIDIA Nalu Tech-Demo.

Also included 1x 512MB DDR400 RAM from MTD that was "Made in Germany", a Northwood 3GHz Pentium 4 (sadly with 2 missing pins, see picture) and a beefy CPU cooler with adjustable fan, the I/O shield, a IDE and a Floppy cable.
This was 46€ with shipping, i guess it's a good deal these days on ebay.

The P4 CPU might work despite those two missing pins. The seller shows a picture from the initial boot screen of the board. I will find out in the future.

Quick question: Is the seller from Oberhausen, Germany?
I believe I was promised a system with identical parts but the guy didn't show up when I went to pick the stuff up.
Just curious wether this is a coincidence or parts from that exact system. 😄

Reply 39507 of 52352, by devius

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-06-16, 21:44:

This thing has been laying about in the kitchen. Is it useful for anything?:

Depends on your definition of useful 😉 If you enjoy tinkering with these early 3D accelerators then this one should be fun.

Reply 39508 of 52352, by Caluser2000

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devius wrote on 2021-06-17, 17:17:
Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-06-16, 21:44:

This thing has been laying about in the kitchen. Is it useful for anything?:

Depends on your definition of useful 😉 If you enjoy tinkering with these early 3D accelerators then this one should be fun.

Cool. Thanks 😉

I kinda, sorted mist that era in computers totally. Just was happily chugging along on with my P133(which was a clone 286/16 system) with Dos/Win 3.x on it.....

There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 39509 of 52352, by Salient

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Not really computer related but since they both sport the Yamaha YM3812 FM sound chip I figured it somewhat belongs here. 😀

Managed to get a Yamaha pss-470 and pss-570 keyboard for very cheap.

(photo's fom the net, but they are both in good condition, the 470 actually near-mint)

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Reply 39510 of 52352, by Miphee

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Gold rush!
And a few soviet ECL chips from the 80's, almost as old as I am.

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Reply 39511 of 52352, by NyLan

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I found someone giving for free some ATA and floppies Cables. Just had to pay 3$ for shipping

I actually received all this stuff, adapters, RAMs, and a SCSI Card 😀
Always nice to "save" this kind of all stuff even if I actually don't need them 😉

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Reply 39512 of 52352, by bjwil1991

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Bought yet another CT2230 bundle with the CR-563-B CD-ROM drive with all of the cables.

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Reply 39513 of 52352, by bjwil1991

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Won 2 NES consoles with 2 controllers, the RF module, the power brick, Zapp controller, and the SMB+Duck Hunter game.

Both of these consoles will get looked inside, cleaned, and get new 72-pin cartridge slots with a bit of TLC.

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Reply 39514 of 52352, by cyclone3d

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-06-19, 03:22:
Won 2 NES consoles with 2 controllers, the RF module, the power brick, Zapp controller, and the SMB+Duck Hunter game. […]
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Won 2 NES consoles with 2 controllers, the RF module, the power brick, Zapp controller, and the SMB+Duck Hunter game.

Both of these consoles will get looked inside, cleaned, and get new 72-pin cartridge slots with a bit of TLC.

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Nice. I sold my NES, SNES, and Gamecube a few years ago. They didn't get used that much and I figured I could just use an emulator on my Wii for when I did want to play the NES and SNES games and the Wii can play Gamecube games natively.

I had put a new cart slot in the NES when I originally got it. Just had too many systems and decided to cut down and get rid of a few I didn't really need.

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Reply 39515 of 52352, by RetroPC_King

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Yesterday I got a Intex PCI 5.1 Sound card with C-Media CMI8738-MX chipset.

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Reply 39516 of 52352, by Joakim

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New toys. Ct479 and p4p800-e deluxe some Pentium m and some 2gig ram included.

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Reply 39517 of 52352, by debs3759

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Joakim wrote on 2021-06-19, 16:23:

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Nice find! A much sought after adapter.

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Reply 39518 of 52352, by Joakim

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debs3759 wrote on 2021-06-19, 16:45:
Joakim wrote on 2021-06-19, 16:23:

Ct479

Nice find! A much sought after adapter.

I figured as much. I will put up a thread on it later when I have tested that it works. I need a fitting case.. preferably something small and feisty.. Maybe just a single 5.25 drive..

Reply 39519 of 52352, by buckeye

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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-06-19, 03:50:
bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-06-19, 03:22:
Won 2 NES consoles with 2 controllers, the RF module, the power brick, Zapp controller, and the SMB+Duck Hunter game. […]
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Won 2 NES consoles with 2 controllers, the RF module, the power brick, Zapp controller, and the SMB+Duck Hunter game.

Both of these consoles will get looked inside, cleaned, and get new 72-pin cartridge slots with a bit of TLC.

Seller's photo:

NES.jpg

Nice. I sold my NES, SNES, and Gamecube a few years ago. They didn't get used that much and I figured I could just use an emulator on my Wii for when I did want to play the NES and SNES games and the Wii can play Gamecube games natively.

I had put a new cart slot in the NES when I originally got it. Just had too many systems and decided to cut down and get rid of a few I didn't really need.

Wow, didn't know a Wii could play Gamecube games natively, been looking for a cube in decent condition but like other retro stuff prices are goofy.

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