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Reply 11581 of 52979, by Skyscraper

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I have already posted the seller images of the Turtle Beach Tropez Plus but I might aswell post some better images.

Except for some floppy label discolouration which is normal everything looks great!

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Reply 11583 of 52979, by matze79

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BastlerMike wrote:

Cyrix MediaGX motherboard in original box ~30€ shipped.
Board design includes fake cache, a fake DIMM slot (spots without connections) and a 133 MHz chip running at 166 MHz ...best regards from PC Chips

VGA and Sound avaible as Pinheader ? 😀

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Reply 11585 of 52979, by clueless1

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Skyscraper- I caught myself salivating a little while checking out that Tropez Plus.

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OPL3 FM vs. Roland MT-32 vs. General MIDI DOS Game Comparison
Let's benchmark our systems with cache disabled
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Reply 11586 of 52979, by BSA Starfire

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BastlerMike wrote:

Cyrix MediaGX motherboard in original box ~30€ shipped.
Board design includes fake cache, a fake DIMM slot (spots without connections) and a 133 MHz chip running at 166 MHz ...best regards from PC Chips

Very interesting board, only Cyrix Media GX I have every touched/got is a Compaq presario 2232, at least your board has a load of slots, mine has a single 8-bit ISA!!! Be interested to see how you find it.
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Reply 11587 of 52979, by Skyscraper

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gdjacobs wrote:

That's a beautiful card!

clueless1 wrote:

Skyscraper- I caught myself salivating a little while checking out that Tropez Plus.

Yea she is a beauty! 😀

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Reply 11588 of 52979, by carlostex

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Skyscraper wrote:

I have already posted the seller images of the Turtle Beach Tropez Plus but I might aswell post some better images.

Except for some floppy label discolouration which is normal everything looks great!

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Congrats i always wanted one. It's probably on my top three cards for MS-DOS SB Pro compatible gaming!

Reply 11589 of 52979, by Skyscraper

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carlostex wrote:
Skyscraper wrote:

I have already posted the seller images of the Turtle Beach Tropez Plus but I might aswell post some better images.

Except for some floppy label discolouration which is normal everything looks great!

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Congrats i always wanted one. It's probably on my top three cards for MS-DOS SB Pro compatible gaming!

Thanks! The card will be used in a fast DOS system for games such as Daggefall and the like. 😀

My "Daggerfall system" is an AMD 5x86 @ 160 but as it's a pure DOS system the hardware has changed back and forth alot. At the moment I'm using my AudioWave Platinum 16 with Dream synth daughterboard for General MIDI and I was planning to replace it with a Sound Blaster AWE32 + my Roland SCC-1a. Now I think I will try the Tropez Plus in the faster DOS system and use the Roland SCC-1a in a 386DX-40 / 486SX-25 class system. I need to build a mini DIN to DIN cable so I can use the SCC-1a to connect my MT-32 for some older games though.

Spending 80% of the time planning builds, sourcing parts and building systems and only 20% playing games is fully normal... right?

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Reply 11591 of 52979, by kanecvr

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rein_ein wrote:
Skyscraper wrote:

Spending 80% of the time planning builds, sourcing parts and building systems and only 20% playing games is fully normal... right?

This ^^ 🤣

Seconded...

Reply 11592 of 52979, by matze79

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BastlerMike wrote:

No, these options are obviously not implemented.

Hm intressenting, because its present in the cpu.

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Reply 11593 of 52979, by brostenen

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Skyscraper wrote:

Spending 80% of the time planning builds, sourcing parts and building systems and only 20% playing games is fully normal... right?

Same here... Same here... Most likely going to spending more and more time on hardware, once my "basic" collection is finished.

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Those cakes make you sick....

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Reply 11595 of 52979, by xjas

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This went down the list of my dumb hardware fetishes and ticked them ALL off. Miniature CRTs: check; 19" rack-mountable: check; repurposed ex-industrial gear: check; was high-tech in the '80s: check; formerly cost tons & now worth peanuts: check. Naturally I *had* to grab it.

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I have some specific uses in mind for it 😉 but even without any ideas I would've bought it anyway.

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Reply 11596 of 52979, by brassicGamer

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xjas wrote:

I have some specific uses in mind for it 😉 but even without any ideas I would've bought it anyway.

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Reply 11597 of 52979, by melbar

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I've not bought these cards, but for me it was little curious, the last hour on ebay: the V4 (101€ ) was even more expensive than the V5 (80€) 😵 ...

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Reply 11598 of 52979, by kixs

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About two years ago, when I was broke, one seller from Austria had a combo of Super 7 board with Voodoo 4 4500 on auction. The winning bid was around 30€ + shipping (if memory serves me right).

Requests are also possible... /msg kixs

Reply 11599 of 52979, by brassicGamer

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melbar wrote:

I've not bought these cards, but for me it was little curious, the last hour on ebay: the V4 (101€ ) was even more expensive than the V5 (80€) 😵 ...

Some guy in the UK is selling a bunch of V5s one after the other on ebay at the moment. Both the previous ones went for £50 - am wondering how many he has left and how low the price will go after the people with money all have one.

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