...and couple new ones today...

Samsung SyncMaster 997 MB CRT, Compaq Deskpro EN (PIII 1 ghz, 256 mt ram, 6 gt hd, 8x cd-rom)

Fujitsu-Siemens 17P4 CRT

...and this, what cable is this? somekind of display cable perhaps?

I think that cable goes to an EGA monitor or Monochrome one for a Word Processor.
I haven't seen one for a very long time.

tokroger wrote:

...and this, what cable is this? somekind of display cable perhaps?

9-to15-pin VGA cable (Old VGA monitors used the 9-pin variant).

For free :

Synoptic wrote:

For free :

5u3 wrote:

tokroger wrote:

...and this, what cable is this? somekind of display cable perhaps?

9-to15-pin VGA cable (Old VGA monitors used the 9-pin variant).

I had a brother word processor long ago that used a cable like that, but the display was monochrome?
Was it actually a VGA display then?

you just don't post a picture like that together with the word free...

just don't

@Synoptic

awesome! 😁

AlphaWing wrote:

5u3 wrote:

tokroger wrote:

...and this, what cable is this? somekind of display cable perhaps?

9-to15-pin VGA cable (Old VGA monitors used the 9-pin variant).

I had a brother word processor long ago that used a cable like that, but the display was monochrome?
Was it actually a VGA display then?

Monochrome VGA displays definitely did exist, and Brother do describe at least their NB-60 model as being monochrome VGA, so it is possible.

Synoptic wrote:

For free :

No way I can compete with that, but...

I've recently started playing UT99 again with a friend from school (we used to do this frequently in '99-'00).

Today, he gave his old machine to me. He didn't know what was inside anymore, and I didn't know either. We both thought it was a K6-2 (which would've been awesome regardless), but as soon as I saw the ATX case, I doubted that theory.

Opened it up, hoping it wouldn't be a Slot-1 system:

Saw the slot processor (still hoping), aaand:

YES! Score! Original Slot-A Athlon, 700 Mhz, and a GeForce 256 DDR to boot! Plus niceties like a DVD drive and CD burner. Works perfectly well, no visible cap damage.

It's a wonder how I beat him back then. Compared to my K6-2, this is a monster.

oerk wrote:

YES! Score! Original Slot-A Athlon, 700 Mhz, and a GeForce 256 DDR to boot! Plus niceties like a DVD drive and CD burner. Works perfectly well, no visible cap damage.

Great find oerk! Like that case! 😀

Saw this the other day on ebay, looked like the perfect candidate for my 2000-2001 rig.

64mb 3D Prophet II GTS, Geforce 2 GTS Pro with DVI - Are these rare? It's the first one I've seen on the bay with DVI, unless I'm not looking hard enough! 😵

holy awesome tower batman!!

Lukeno94 wrote:

Monochrome VGA displays definitely did exist, and Brother do describe at least their NB-60 model as being monochrome VGA, so it is possible.

I always wondered about that, thanks.

foey wrote:

Saw this the other day on ebay, looked like the perfect candidate for my 2000-2001 rig.

64mb 3D Prophet II GTS, Geforce 2 GTS Pro with DVI - Are these rare? It's the first one I've seen on the bay with DVI, unless I'm not looking hard enough! 😵

I have one of those, had to replace the heatsink on it, fan stopped working. Gets quite hot without the fan.

foey wrote:

Great find oerk! Like that case! 😀

luckybob wrote:

holy awesome tower batman!!

Thanks!! I've decided to leave it mostly as it us, just up the memory to 256MB and add a nice sound card (shame there's no ISA slot, but you can't have everything...).

THEN I'll have to make the other big tower I have (Slot 1 BX) accept a Coppermine PIII and see which one is faster :p (hint: doesn't matter, the Athlon is still more awesome)

@foey: Don't know if the GTS Pro is rare, but it's a cool looking card. Like the blue RAM heatsinks, and the DVI sure is practical.

I have a 3d Prophet II Ultra and I also had to replace the fan - Hercules seems to be quite famous for this isse =)

That tower is just epic, and nice to see the early Athlon in Slot-A form. That computer must've been about as good as you could get when it was built, with a 700 MHz Athlon and a GeForce 256 DDR! Strange that it didn't have 256 or 512MB of RAM to match though. Is it an Argon Athlon, or a newer one?

Lukeno94 wrote:

That tower is just epic, and nice to see the early Athlon in Slot-A form. That computer must've been about as good as you could get when it was built, with a 700 MHz Athlon and a GeForce 256 DDR! Strange that it didn't have 256 or 512MB of RAM to match though. Is it an Argon Athlon, or a newer one?

It certainly was expensive. Well, not as expensive as a P3, but in that era it would've been idiotic to buy a P3 instead.

The Socket A system I built a year later (fall 2000) also originally only had 128MB RAM. For 98SE, 128MB really was enough.

Don't know which revision it is yet. Guessing it's an Argon. How can I check this? CPU-Z?

got the SC-55 MK2 service manual today, I am unsure how to proceed and scan it, the pages are 2x A4 size or something... but the info in there is great! check out these thumbnails (click on them and eventually you'll get the full version)

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Lukeno94 wrote:

That tower is just epic, and nice to see the early Athlon in Slot-A form. That computer must've been about as good as you could get when it was built, with a 700 MHz Athlon and a GeForce 256 DDR! Strange that it didn't have 256 or 512MB of RAM to match though. Is it an Argon Athlon, or a newer one?

It certainly was expensive. Well, not as expensive as a P3, but in that era it would've been idiotic to buy a P3 instead.

The Socket A system I built a year later (fall 2000) also originally only had 128MB RAM. For 98SE, 128MB really was enough.

Don't know which revision it is yet. Guessing it's an Argon. How can I check this? CPU-Z?

CPU-Z should tell you, as will AIDA64/Everest if you have that. I wouldn't say it would've been idiotic to buy a P3 then, because AMD's motherboards weren't really a match for the 440BX/440GX series at that point - the VIA KT133A and KT266/266A didn't appear until 2001, and if you already had a 440BX board that worked with the P3, then it would've made sense to get one.