ragefury32 wrote:

wirerogue wrote:

should my adaptec card have a battery? i can't seem to locate any headers for it on the card and no mention in manual.

The Dallas Real Time Clock chip on the card - that's the battery. It's supposed to hold your RAID cache in case you have a catastrophic loss of power, but in the PERC5s and 6s having the battery go ga-ga on you typically triggers alerts or (worse) errors - in modern SSD equipped machines those pesky batteries are replaced by supercaps. It's one of the first things you check for when you get a secondhand RAID card...is the battery good? Is the onboard RAM modules good? That practice wa beaten into my head when I was a data center youngun', and what I beat into the heads of the guys that I manage - saw way too many issues from the past to let the issue breeze by.

Dude, I think you are confused. First, you are attaching my name with a quote from Vogons user wirerogue who actually asked that question. Also, if you go back and look at the post, the RAID card we are talking about (AAA-133U2) does not have a Dallas on it. Most of us here know what a Dallas is and its function.

liqmat wrote:

ragefury32 wrote:

wirerogue wrote:

should my adaptec card have a battery? i can't seem to locate any headers for it on the card and no mention in manual.

The Dallas Real Time Clock chip...

Dude, I think you are confused. First, you are attaching my name with a quote from Vogons user wirerogue who actually asked that question.

Fixed...

appiah4 wrote:

I have never been into SCSI and especially for PCI stuff I really fail to see the point considering how easy it is to get an ATA-100 or SATA controller for that bus. For ISA, I can see the appeal, but for PCI, is it really there?

For PCI-X equipped machines where storage writing speed is more important then reading speed or size (video capture for one) they work great. Old 68 pin and SCA SCSI drives used to be pretty cheap and plentiful to play around with.

Raid on a caching controller is nice to have.

Generic normal PCI SATA cards would have the whole PCI bus saturated before the HD hit top performance.

Just paid for an Aztech Waverider 32+ ISA sound card, I hope it would work in my SS7 machine because I'm unable to make ESS ES1869 to work properly in Windows 98.

Looks like we are on page 1571, aka, the Commodore 1571 diskette drive.

This is yesterday's retro hardware, rather than today's, but it was broken yesterday. As I understand it, this is one of the first Pentium laptops, the Toshiba T4900CT:

bjwil1991 wrote:

Looks like we are on page 1571, aka, the Commodore 1571 diskette drive.

Early this year, when I had brief access to someone passing through a lot of discarded hardware, I got an in-box 1571, 1541, 1701 and C64. No manuals or disks, but with cords. Unfortunately some of the accessories had their cables chopped off, so I still need to find a cable and pinout for the joystick, tape drive and MIDI keyboard (oh and the 10-key, which will be hard to find).

I think I posted some pics of the uncabled accessories at the time.

Also slightly retro is an Adaptec 16-port RAID card to test my mega-expansion for my file server - still need to get SATA power splitters and upgrade the PSU. If it works I'll probably get another card.

(Edit: 🤣 thought this was the activity thread)

hi all just joined and im new to this hope i posted in the correct place. i like collecting old hardware from 1995-2008 and this is what i have aquired over these past few weeks 😊
https://i.imgur.com/6NQbH42.jpg
Geforce 7800GTX 512MB - Ordered a 7900GTX 512 .....7800 GTX 512mb Came very happy 😎
https://i.imgur.com/TJEgvS8.jpg
MSI 694D Pro - got in a joblot of motherboards needed a recap. replaced 10 caps on it now its working fine. came with dual Pnetium 3s 700Mhz
https://i.imgur.com/uOA8Vv8.jpg
Aopen AX4SPE MAX II - cost 30 pounds came with a pentium 4 3ghz and 2gb of ram plus zalman cooler
https://i.imgur.com/tO0qleq.jpg
Saphire Radeon X1900XT Boxed - Gigabyte 8800GT 512MB Boxed - Asus V8200/64 Geforce 3 TI 200 With 3D Glasses

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hi all just joined and im new to this hope i posted in the correct place. i like collecting old hardware from 1995-2008 and this is what i have aquired over these past few weeks 😊
https://i.imgur.com/6NQbH42.jpg
Geforce 7800GTX 512MB - Ordered a 7900GTX 512 .....7800 GTX 512mb Came very happy 😎
https://i.imgur.com/TJEgvS8.jpg
MSI 694D Pro - got in a joblot of motherboards needed a recap. replaced 10 caps on it now its working fine. came with dual Pnetium 3s 700Mhz
https://i.imgur.com/uOA8Vv8.jpg
Aopen AX4SPE MAX II - cost 30 pounds came with a pentium 4 3ghz and 2gb of ram plus zalman cooler
https://i.imgur.com/tO0qleq.jpg
Saphire Radeon X1900XT Boxed - Gigabyte 8800GT 512MB Boxed - Asus V8200/64 Geforce 3 TI 200 With 3D Glasses

i like your msi 694d pro. same chipset as my tyan tiger i'm currently working on except my board is slot 1 and yours is socket 370.

wirerogue wrote:

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hi all just joined and im new to this hope i posted in the correct place. i like collecting old hardware from 1995-2008 and this […]
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hi all just joined and im new to this hope i posted in the correct place. i like collecting old hardware from 1995-2008 and this is what i have aquired over these past few weeks 😊
https://i.imgur.com/6NQbH42.jpg
Geforce 7800GTX 512MB - Ordered a 7900GTX 512 .....7800 GTX 512mb Came very happy 😎
https://i.imgur.com/TJEgvS8.jpg
MSI 694D Pro - got in a joblot of motherboards needed a recap. replaced 10 caps on it now its working fine. came with dual Pnetium 3s 700Mhz
https://i.imgur.com/uOA8Vv8.jpg
Aopen AX4SPE MAX II - cost 30 pounds came with a pentium 4 3ghz and 2gb of ram plus zalman cooler
https://i.imgur.com/tO0qleq.jpg
Saphire Radeon X1900XT Boxed - Gigabyte 8800GT 512MB Boxed - Asus V8200/64 Geforce 3 TI 200 With 3D Glasses

i like your msi 694d pro. same chipset as my tyan tiger i'm currently working on except my board is slot 1 and yours is socket 370.

I may try and upgrade the CPUS on it not sure what the best CPU that is compatible. Probably will run a Voodoo 3 3000 or Geforce 3 with it

Ashley98 wrote:

wirerogue wrote:

Ashley98 wrote:

hi all just joined and im new to this hope i posted in the correct place. i like collecting old hardware from 1995-2008 and this […]
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hi all just joined and im new to this hope i posted in the correct place. i like collecting old hardware from 1995-2008 and this is what i have aquired over these past few weeks 😊
https://i.imgur.com/6NQbH42.jpg
Geforce 7800GTX 512MB - Ordered a 7900GTX 512 .....7800 GTX 512mb Came very happy 😎
https://i.imgur.com/TJEgvS8.jpg
MSI 694D Pro - got in a joblot of motherboards needed a recap. replaced 10 caps on it now its working fine. came with dual Pnetium 3s 700Mhz
https://i.imgur.com/uOA8Vv8.jpg
Aopen AX4SPE MAX II - cost 30 pounds came with a pentium 4 3ghz and 2gb of ram plus zalman cooler
https://i.imgur.com/tO0qleq.jpg
Saphire Radeon X1900XT Boxed - Gigabyte 8800GT 512MB Boxed - Asus V8200/64 Geforce 3 TI 200 With 3D Glasses

i like your msi 694d pro. same chipset as my tyan tiger i'm currently working on except my board is slot 1 and yours is socket 370.

I may try and upgrade the CPUS on it not sure what the best CPU that is compatible. Probably will run a Voodoo 3 3000 or Geforce 3 with it

If you go with the voodoo, the cpus you have will be more than enough. If you decide I'm a geForce 3 then I would definitely consider upgrading. Coppermine 1 ghz is the highest you can go. Unfortunately that means no tualatin.

gex85 wrote:

appiah4 wrote:

Another Sound Blaster 16.. What can I say, I'm a sucker for collecting different models of these cards (even though they are pretty bad cards..)

I almost got a CT3900 (the original AWE32) for a mere 10€ yesterday. Dirty, dusty, bent pins on the IDE header, and the seller obviously didn't know its value. The listing had been viewed less than 10 times when I wrote him, but someone was quicker than me. 😐 So if someone on this forum got this card (on eBay Kleinanzeigen in Germany), consider yourself lucky 😉

I just read your post. I believe I got that card. I was the first to view the listing and called right away. The seller wasn't that quick with the shipping but it arrived a couple of days ago.
One capacitor is bent so far the leg is pulled out and I'll have to fix the card before trying it out. Also I'll have to replace the usual broken SIMM slots at some point. I hope you find some consolidation in knowing it got into good hands where it's going to be used and wasn't bought to be resold at a huge markup.

Got these today Saved them from being scraped and destroyed by gold salvagers 😊
2 X Barton Core 2800+ With Date codes 19th week 2004 - 20th week 2004
1 X T-Bred 2400+ with date code 28th week 2004
1 X T-Bred 2000+ with date code 42nd Week 2003

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Today was a good day. A customer came by and gave me this:

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Amiga 500, Amiga 500Plus, a bunch of games and some other stuff. The manuals and one of the PSUs belongs to an Amiga 600HD, also got the box for it but sadly not the machine itself.
He said there had also been both c64 and c128 back then. But they too seem to be gone.
Anyway, free is always welcome 😎 . I had three A500s already, but I didn't have the Plus model.

Congrats. 😀

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hi all just joined and im new to this hope i posted in the correct place. i like collecting old hardware from 1995-2008 and this […]
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hi all just joined and im new to this hope i posted in the correct place. i like collecting old hardware from 1995-2008 and this is what i have aquired over these past few weeks 😊
https://i.imgur.com/6NQbH42.jpg
Geforce 7800GTX 512MB - Ordered a 7900GTX 512 .....7800 GTX 512mb Came very happy 😎
https://i.imgur.com/TJEgvS8.jpg
MSI 694D Pro - got in a joblot of motherboards needed a recap. replaced 10 caps on it now its working fine. came with dual Pnetium 3s 700Mhz
https://i.imgur.com/uOA8Vv8.jpg
Aopen AX4SPE MAX II - cost 30 pounds came with a pentium 4 3ghz and 2gb of ram plus zalman cooler
https://i.imgur.com/tO0qleq.jpg
Saphire Radeon X1900XT Boxed - Gigabyte 8800GT 512MB Boxed - Asus V8200/64 Geforce 3 TI 200 With 3D Glasses

Welcome.

I already feel old when I see that such things are becoming collectible..

Is that 7800GTX an AOpen card? It looks very similar compared with my AOpen Aeolus 7800GTX DVDC512. The cooler looks impressive.

Yamaha PLG-150PC supposedly new-in-box for 86 dollars shipped (i.e. about half of the going rate at the time I bought it - the seller has now wised up and raised the price to above 100 dollars). Arrived today, and indeed was brand new including all paperwork, CD-ROM, etc.

I tested it in my MU-128v2*, and it has a lot of Latin and African percussion, but only some drum sets are fully XG-compatible. It also includes GM drum sets. However, what makes it truly useful for music production is the included effect block and accompanying preset drum sets, many of which make the drums sound positively electronic/industrial. The presets with effects included are repeats of the effect-free presets, and include the XG/GM drum sets.

* So I can also confirm that the MU128 with the "version 2" firmware upgrade can make full use of PLG-150 cards, including saving to the user bank...

IBM 750 for parts.
I have a working IBM 750 but the display was artifacting.
So I bought a NEW LCD panel for it but it turned out the display ribbon cable was bad.
These old IBM thinkpads used a funky coiled up ribbon cable for the folding LCD panel lid.
That was IBM's solution at the time.
Well , it turned out this solution did not last as the coiled up ribbon cable would rub on itself and the Thinkpad housing and eventually wear threw
the protective coating in the ribbon cable and traces and cause it to fail.
This was a common point of failure on this model Thinkpad.

There was someone selling complete LCD panels on ebay but they sold out before I could purchase one.
So I found this one for a few bucks on ebay. It is a NON-working 750 but all I need it the lid and ribbon cable.
I am going to replace the LCD display with a NEW one that I had previously purchase.

Hope it works out.

Today I received a new DB-15 I/O PCI bracket for use on my ASUS K8V SE Deluxe. Also I got a collection of PC Case elements (I/O Shields, Backplates, Faceplates and many more).

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Ashley98 wrote:

hi all just joined and im new to this hope i posted in the correct place. i like collecting old hardware from 1995-2008 and this […]
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hi all just joined and im new to this hope i posted in the correct place. i like collecting old hardware from 1995-2008 and this is what i have aquired over these past few weeks 😊
https://i.imgur.com/6NQbH42.jpg
Geforce 7800GTX 512MB - Ordered a 7900GTX 512 .....7800 GTX 512mb Came very happy 😎
https://i.imgur.com/TJEgvS8.jpg
MSI 694D Pro - got in a joblot of motherboards needed a recap. replaced 10 caps on it now its working fine. came with dual Pnetium 3s 700Mhz
https://i.imgur.com/uOA8Vv8.jpg
Aopen AX4SPE MAX II - cost 30 pounds came with a pentium 4 3ghz and 2gb of ram plus zalman cooler
https://i.imgur.com/tO0qleq.jpg
Saphire Radeon X1900XT Boxed - Gigabyte 8800GT 512MB Boxed - Asus V8200/64 Geforce 3 TI 200 With 3D Glasses

Welcome.

I already feel old when I see that such things are becoming collectible..

Is that 7800GTX an AOpen card? It looks very similar compared with my AOpen Aeolus 7800GTX DVDC512. The cooler looks impressive.

Its a XFX Brand Card. i barely have seen 7800gtx 512mb on ebay they seem extremly rare 😕

Got a £5 graphics card for my SE/30.