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Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Reply 39740 of 52745, by gex85

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vad4r wrote on 2021-07-06, 16:09:
The Hercules Dynamite 128 looks beautiful from the back. Have been looking for this card, but they were all too expensive for me […]
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Miphee wrote on 2021-07-06, 10:38:

A 2 MB Matrox MGA-2064W without the upgrade card and a 4 MB Hercules Dynamite 128.

The Hercules Dynamite 128 looks beautiful from the back. Have been looking for this card, but they were all too expensive for me.

I took a group photo of all the graphics cards that arrived:
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And a standalone from the V5 5500 Macintosh PCI (with PC Bios 😀 )
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Holy crap, that's one impressive lot! Even two Rage Fury MAXX cards in there, you don't find these too often! Congratulations man. Where did you find all this stuff?

My retro computers

Reply 39741 of 52745, by vad4r

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gex85 wrote on 2021-07-07, 17:52:
vad4r wrote on 2021-07-06, 16:09:
The Hercules Dynamite 128 looks beautiful from the back. Have been looking for this card, but they were all too expensive for me […]
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Miphee wrote on 2021-07-06, 10:38:

A 2 MB Matrox MGA-2064W without the upgrade card and a 4 MB Hercules Dynamite 128.

The Hercules Dynamite 128 looks beautiful from the back. Have been looking for this card, but they were all too expensive for me.

I took a group photo of all the graphics cards that arrived:
2021_07 Grafikkarten 01.jpg

And a standalone from the V5 5500 Macintosh PCI (with PC Bios 😀 )
2021_07 V5 5500 Mac PCI.jpg

Holy crap, that's one impressive lot! Even two Rage Fury MAXX cards in there, you don't find these too often! Congratulations man. Where did you find all this stuff?

In der Schweiz 😁
Wohne übrigens in der Nähe von Neumünster ^^

vae victis!

Reply 39742 of 52745, by BetaC

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Well, I think this might be the best deal I've ever gotten. It was $5 total, with the 8MB upgrade included.

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Reply 39744 of 52745, by chrismeyer6

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BetaC wrote on 2021-07-07, 20:57:

Well, I think this might be the best deal I've ever gotten. It was $5 total, with the 8MB upgrade included.
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Wow that's quite the fantastic price.

Reply 39745 of 52745, by Miphee

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Another gold rush and a few more goodies.

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Reply 39746 of 52745, by PTherapist

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A small and cheap purchase today, a CPU for an upcoming build - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600.

About £8 including postage and not from China, why not. Could have gotten it for a few £££ less if I'd waited/shopped around, but not going to quibble.

The Q6600 is to be an upgrade for a PC I was given recently for free, which currently has a Core 2 Duo E7400. This will be turned into a modest 2007-era gaming build to twin up with another Q6600-based PC that I've had since 2007. Both will be paired with a GeForce 8800 GT, for some LAN gaming goodness.

Reply 39747 of 52745, by Miphee

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The last of the "affordable" Core 2 Quad-series, the Q9500.
China post is unusually fast lately, it took a week to arrive from China to Hungary.

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Reply 39748 of 52745, by Horun

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Bought a USB external HD, never opened box from 2005 (so not very Vintage) has a WD 160GB 7200rpm IDE drive inside. Tested it and was powered up only once before I started playing with it, probably by SimpleTech or WD.

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Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun

Reply 39749 of 52745, by GuillermoXT

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Got this nice soundcard for a few bucks 🙂
Does anyone have the documentation for me for setting it up?

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My Retrosystems:
PIII on GA-6BA running Win98SE
AMD K6 233 on GA-586HX with Win95
Tandon 286-8MHZ Running DOS 6.22 on XTIDE-CF
M326 486DLC + 4c87dlc (Dos+Win3.11)
ECS UM4980 AMD DX2 80 5V (Dos & Win3.11)

Reply 39750 of 52745, by LewisRaz

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GuillermoXT wrote on 2021-07-10, 11:19:

Got this nice soundcard for a few bucks 🙂
Does anyone have the documentation for me for setting it up?
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Non PnP and supports nearly all the CDrom interfaces, nice card!

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Reply 39751 of 52745, by devius

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GuillermoXT wrote on 2021-07-10, 11:19:

Does anyone have the documentation for me for setting it up?
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As far as I know ES688 "just works". No drivers required to get sound in DOS games. Just select the Sound Blaster Pro option if the game doesn't have native ESS support: Address 220, IRQ 5, DMA 1 (or whatever is configured in the jumpers).

Reply 39752 of 52745, by GuillermoXT

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devius wrote on 2021-07-10, 11:54:
GuillermoXT wrote on 2021-07-10, 11:19:

Does anyone have the documentation for me for setting it up?
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As far as I know ES688 "just works". No drivers required to get sound in DOS games. Just select the Sound Blaster Pro option if the game doesn't have native ESS support: Address 220, IRQ 5, DMA 1 (or whatever is configured in the jumpers).

I want to use the IDE header as well with a CF card. With the XTIDE BIOS i have to set up the right IDE port. That's why I ask for the manual or better the Jumper settings- i can't find it on stason

My Retrosystems:
PIII on GA-6BA running Win98SE
AMD K6 233 on GA-586HX with Win95
Tandon 286-8MHZ Running DOS 6.22 on XTIDE-CF
M326 486DLC + 4c87dlc (Dos+Win3.11)
ECS UM4980 AMD DX2 80 5V (Dos & Win3.11)

Reply 39753 of 52745, by Murugan

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Bought it for 39€ in Japan but with import,shipping, EU adapter and new battery....Still not Ebay price level haha.
Mini MIDI tower 😀

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My retro collection: too much...

Reply 39754 of 52745, by GuillermoXT

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Murugan wrote on 2021-07-10, 13:15:

Bought it for 39€ in Japan but with import,shipping, EU adapter and new battery....Still not Ebay price level haha.
Mini MIDI tower 😀

Really Lucky ! 😀

My Retrosystems:
PIII on GA-6BA running Win98SE
AMD K6 233 on GA-586HX with Win95
Tandon 286-8MHZ Running DOS 6.22 on XTIDE-CF
M326 486DLC + 4c87dlc (Dos+Win3.11)
ECS UM4980 AMD DX2 80 5V (Dos & Win3.11)

Reply 39756 of 52745, by GuillermoXT

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Murugan wrote on 2021-07-10, 13:24:

Yeah there was one other bidder but I was so happy with the price 😀

I got my SC-55 ST recently with the help of a friend from Switzerland 😀

My Retrosystems:
PIII on GA-6BA running Win98SE
AMD K6 233 on GA-586HX with Win95
Tandon 286-8MHZ Running DOS 6.22 on XTIDE-CF
M326 486DLC + 4c87dlc (Dos+Win3.11)
ECS UM4980 AMD DX2 80 5V (Dos & Win3.11)

Reply 39757 of 52745, by vad4r

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~28€ Ebay+shipping

vae victis!

Reply 39758 of 52745, by Horun

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GuillermoXT wrote on 2021-07-10, 11:19:

Got this nice soundcard for a few bucks 🙂
Does anyone have the documentation for me for setting it up?
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this may help: Re: Where to find Jumper settings for Audio Drive ES688
added: it is also called a MF-1115 sound card according to this page: http://dosdays.co.uk/topics/Manufacturers/ess.php

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun

Reply 39759 of 52745, by bearking

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Today I went to the flea market after 1,5 years, the flea markets in my area where closed, and I found these:

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- a generic ISA graphics card with OAK OTI037C
- a Media Magic ISA sound card with Cristal CS4231A-KL chip and Yamaha OPL YMF262-M
- a Skywell Magic 3D II (or Trust Voodoo Dragon 2) 12 MB
I paid less then 2 Euro for all the cards 😀)

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Yamaha YST-M7 active speakers for 6 Euro.

It was a really fruitful comeback 😀