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Reply 26140 of 52343, by SETBLASTER

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has anyone posted photos of those old CD_rom kits that were sold during the 486 era?
the kits came with a Sony 1X CD-rom drive and a mediavision soundcard, plus skeakers and some free games.

Reply 26141 of 52343, by bjwil1991

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Never heard of that before, but, I remember seeing a Sound Blaster kit being sold on eBay at one point in time that came with a 2x CD-ROM drive, games, the sound card itself, and speakers. I did, however, purchase a CD-ROM drive & Sound Card combo on eBay (the CD-ROM drive needed repairs, and it's fully functional). If I come across one, I'll let you know.

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Reply 26142 of 52343, by gca

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SETBLASTER wrote:

has anyone posted photos of those old CD_rom kits that were sold during the 486 era?
the kits came with a Sony 1X CD-rom drive and a mediavision soundcard, plus skeakers and some free games.

I don't recall one made by Sony but I do have a Reveal Voyager model MFX18 which consists of Sound Card, 2x CD ROM, Speakers (passive), a small software bundle consisting of a encyclopaedia and Megarace plus a load of utilities for Win3.x and DOS.

Plays nice with Linux as well (back in the day it did anyway) but you needed to boot from floppy for that and continue the install from CD when you've pointed out to the installer what type of CD drive you have.

Reply 26143 of 52343, by Intel486dx33

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SETBLASTER wrote:

has anyone posted photos of those old CD_rom kits that were sold during the 486 era?
the kits came with a Sony 1X CD-rom drive and a mediavision soundcard, plus skeakers and some free games.

My first 486dx-33 computer came with a Sony 2x cd-rom and Sony IDE controller.

Reply 26144 of 52343, by liqmat

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Not retro hardware, but retro hardware related. Saw this on the "free" table at a thrift store. Third edition circa 1990 which has first edition (1971) and second edition (1985) info mixed in. Nice that this book somehow is in almost mint condition. Should be fun (for a geek like me) to flip through.

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Reply 26145 of 52343, by PC Hoarder Patrol

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Pick this up locally from friend looking to clear some stuff - told that it might have been used to connect an external SCSI drive enclosure. NCR chip, but It enumerates at POST from a company called Rodime.

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Reply 26146 of 52343, by appiah4

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Got this 486 lot for less than $30, I think I got a great deal.

Seller said he has more 486 and Pentium era stuff for sale for cheap (hard times, so he's unloading a personal collection) and will be sending me a list soon.

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Reply 26148 of 52343, by appiah4

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Wow, all that for $30? Really nice!

Yeah; it posts too so everything in there is working.

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Reply 26150 of 52343, by appiah4

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Not too many options; I wish I had a fitting Full AT Tower or an AT Desktop but it will have to be one of these mini towers.. Pick your poison:

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Reply 26151 of 52343, by Intel486dx33

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appiah4 wrote:

Got this 486 lot for less than $30, I think I got a great deal.

Seller said he has more 486 and Pentium era stuff for sale for cheap (hard times, so he's unloading a personal collection) and will be sending me a list soon.

Nice, That's all you need to setup a Novell 3.12 server or Client workstation.

Reply 26152 of 52343, by Katmai500

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A couple of recent pickups, a Dell OEM Geforce 3 Ti 500 and a Creative TNT2 Ultra CT6810. The fan on the TNT2 was noisy, but a bit of cleaning and lithium grease in the bearing seems to have brought it back to life. 😁

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Reply 26154 of 52343, by appiah4

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Predator99 wrote:
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Did you notice that GUS Extreme auction? Curious what the final price will be 😲 I am already out... 🤣

Crazy .... $960!!! 😲 😲 😲

Thats just insane..

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Reply 26155 of 52343, by Camtheman

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IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486

Has a 486-25mhz complex installed.

Looking for a P90 or P60 complex if anyone has one just laying around =P also looking for a Ps/2 floppy drive either 1.44mb or 2.88

https://imgur.com/a/o3DIUvc

Unfortunately, yeah. Its case was damaged in shipping. I should have figured considering the distance it came and its size (from Louisiana to Michigan)

I kept all of the shards in case I can somehow glue them all back together to make one big shard... but it doesnt seem promising. The plastic is very brittle, and non-porous, superglue I tried didnt work very well...

If anyone has a non-working Model 90 XP or just the case, ill take that off your hands too. Unlikely but I might as well ask =P

Early 90s: IBM PS/2 Server 95/A, Pentium 66, 16MB RAM, XGA-2, IBM SCSI Corvette, SCSI2SD, 3 Com EtherLink III MCA, Resound 2 AdLib MCA
Late 90s: Micron Millenia MXE, ABIT VH6-II, Coppermine 1ghz, 1024MB, Voodoo 5 5500 PCI, GUS Max 2.1, 128GB SATA PNY SSD

Reply 26156 of 52343, by Intel486dx33

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Camtheman wrote:
IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486 […]
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IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486

Has a 486-25mhz complex installed.

Looking for a P90 or P60 complex if anyone has one just laying around =P also looking for a Ps/2 floppy drive either 1.44mb or 2.88

https://imgur.com/a/o3DIUvc

Unfortunately, yeah. Its case was damaged in shipping. I should have figured considering the distance it came and its size (from Louisiana to Michigan)

I kept all of the shards in case I can somehow glue them all back together to make one big shard... but it doesnt seem promising. The plastic is very brittle, and non-porous, superglue I tried didnt work very well...

If anyone has a non-working Model 90 XP or just the case, ill take that off your hands too. Unlikely but I might as well ask =P

I have a non-working one somewhere in my garage.
These PS/2 are a pain to work with. All Proprietary IBM parts.
If you want the IBM 486 Cadillac then get the PS/1
Really easy to work with , All ISA slots, and no proprietary parts.
They run very good and fairly quiet.
IBM PS/1 Consultant 1993 with Sound blaster.

Reply 26157 of 52343, by Camtheman

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Intel486dx33 wrote:
I have a non-working one somewhere in my garage. These PS/2 are a pain to work with. All Proprietary IBM parts. If you want the […]
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Camtheman wrote:
IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486 […]
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IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486

Has a 486-25mhz complex installed.

Looking for a P90 or P60 complex if anyone has one just laying around =P also looking for a Ps/2 floppy drive either 1.44mb or 2.88

https://imgur.com/a/o3DIUvc

Unfortunately, yeah. Its case was damaged in shipping. I should have figured considering the distance it came and its size (from Louisiana to Michigan)

I kept all of the shards in case I can somehow glue them all back together to make one big shard... but it doesnt seem promising. The plastic is very brittle, and non-porous, superglue I tried didnt work very well...

If anyone has a non-working Model 90 XP or just the case, ill take that off your hands too. Unlikely but I might as well ask =P

I have a non-working one somewhere in my garage.
These PS/2 are a pain to work with. All Proprietary IBM parts.
If you want the IBM 486 Cadillac then get the PS/1
Really easy to work with , All ISA slots, and no proprietary parts.
They run very good and fairly quiet.
IBM PS/1 Consultant 1993 with Sound blaster.

I’m well aware. I have a model 80 already that I love. I have a boatload of MCA cards as well. Email me at camtheman155@yahoo.com if you want to get rid of that 90 XP, you’ll be my fricken hero.

Early 90s: IBM PS/2 Server 95/A, Pentium 66, 16MB RAM, XGA-2, IBM SCSI Corvette, SCSI2SD, 3 Com EtherLink III MCA, Resound 2 AdLib MCA
Late 90s: Micron Millenia MXE, ABIT VH6-II, Coppermine 1ghz, 1024MB, Voodoo 5 5500 PCI, GUS Max 2.1, 128GB SATA PNY SSD

Reply 26158 of 52343, by arncht

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Predator99 wrote:
Predator99 wrote:

Did you notice that GUS Extreme auction? Curious what the final price will be 😲 I am already out... 🤣

Crazy .... $960!!! 😲 😲 😲

death of the retro 😀 i always use the pc parts, how could you do that with a very expensive one?

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Reply 26159 of 52343, by yawetaG

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Hit the BIN on a Kawai GMCat yesterday. That's a 37-key mini-keyboard MIDI controller with the Kawai GMouse MIDI module integrated into the same case. Very seldom seen.