No, it isn't an FX 5200. 🤣 It's a Quadro FX 700 128MB (it's sitting on its box; it was NIB). Kind of an odd-duck card that came out in early 2004, based on the NV35 (same as GeForce FX 5900 and Quadro FX 3000), but it's clocked fairly low (275MHz core and 550MHz RAM @ 256-bit) and runs, as you can see, passively. I'm hoping the performance will be on-par with my FX 5800 Ultra in it's idle state, which is where most of my older games load it anyways. It'll be going in a Shuttle XPC that I picked up not long ago, and the goal is to build a nearly silent retro PC. 😀

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PeterLI wrote:

I prefer Trinitrons so I gave the Gateway 2000 to a friend.

Who doesn't?

PeterLI wrote:

Craigslist is full of CRTs.

No offense, but a phrase like this reminds me of those people who always swear by Craigslist, but get 99% of their stuff from eBay =)

Dreamer_of_the_past wrote:

PeterLI wrote:

I prefer Trinitrons so I gave the Gateway 2000 to a friend.

Who doesn't?

Shadow mask master race reporting in.

Nice score on the quadro, building more along the lines of pci now days.

nforce4max wrote:

Nice score on the quadro, building more along the lines of pci now days.

It works too - tested it in 3D01 this afternoon, and it completes everything no problem. Performance is really good, and it's uncanny watching such a quiet machine hammering out multi-hundred FPS. 🤣 (And I'm not done with quieting it down yet!)

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Few days ago:

NEC D5146H 40MB MFM 5.25 drive.

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PeterLI wrote:

I have bought many things on CL and Marktplaats (NL): Music Quest PC MIDI card, CM-32L, CM-32P, LAPC-I, Eizo CRT, Sony CRTs, Del […]
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PeterLI wrote:

Craigslist is full of CRTs. No offense, but a phrase like this reminds me of those people who always swear by Craigslist, but get 99% of their stuff from eBay =)

I have bought many things on CL and Marktplaats (NL): Music Quest PC MIDI card, CM-32L, CM-32P, LAPC-I, Eizo CRT, Sony CRTs, Dell CRTs, IBM PS/2, other CRTs, diskettes, NEC PowerMate, generic PCs, IBM 5150, LapLink, MPU-IPC, MPU-IPC-T, MPU-401, SC-55, SC-55MKII and many other things.

Today I picked up a 14" clone brand CRT. And there are 100s of items I could have but never did buy.

I typically share what I find but do not buy. I have helped 50+ find things they were looking for (in some cases for years).
www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showth ... gs)/page55

IMO buying on eBay is really easy: there is more challenge and reward digging stuff up elsewhere. Usually it is cheaper as well. Actually: there is too much out there. Sometime last year there was a guy in NJ and then a few momths later a guy in PA who both had 100+ systems and 100s of parts (lots of NOS/NIB) as well. And a guy in MI I believe who had pallets full of PS/2s. I am limited by storage space and time. I prefer playing games and searching for stuff. I rarely buy really.

2 more Trinitrons ready for pick up:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/sys/4794096826.html

Man, if I could only have the access to all kinds of things like you do. 🤣

Though like you I am limited on storage space and time too. 😢

But this hobby is never ending. 🤣

Just found this website, i have TONS of retro stuff i could post, everything from old terminal computers, cga monitors, Tga monitors, old ibm PS/2 systems, ibm convertible laptop, sunfire server new in box, imacs, quicksilver 2002 mac, etc. etc. and parts if anyone is looking for anything. There is also a lot of stuff im looking for as well... =)

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PeterLI wrote:

@ Reese: exactly.

This is the 14" CRT I picked up today. It makes for a more genuine 286 experience. I had a similar Philips 14" VGA CRT with it back then. Not a 21" Trinitron. 🤣

That's a pretty sweet looking setup there. 😀

Do you use a soundcard to get the CD-rom hooked up or is it directly off an IDE port?

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Very nice Magnavox! We purchased the Headstart 386sx-20 with built in cd-rom drive from the Magnavox store when new in the 90's for our home . It was my first 386 and replaced our Tandy 1000TL 286 with CM-11 monitor.

New Commodore Plus 4 in box with warranty card. Only the box has seen any wear and the power supply and accessories are still in plastic. I ALSO have the Plus 4 monitor.

IBM PS/2 Model 25 sx 386sx-20 (12Mb ram, runs off of an 8Gb MicroSD which I have loaded with all my childhood games from 80's and 90's and Windows 3.1) The Model 25sx with the 386 is a very rare one.

Compaq Deskpro386 (power supply smoked when I first turned it on... Have done nothing since as finding another power supply wouldn't be the easiest thing to find)

IBM terminal on the left, and IBM PS/2 Model 25 286 on the right.

One of MANY misc parts stacks..

A clamshell Macbook I picked up with OS 9 on it.

Pioneer Laserdisc player I picked up also along with some other stuff... makes me want to get some laserdiscs to try 🤣.

New Sun Fire Server V120 I picked up in box.

I have a Looooooooooooooooooooooot more its just late.. i'll take more pictures later.

omg i ~LOVE~ the IBM model 25's! I have 5 of them! You should so totally sell me some of those 1mb simms!

1 mb simms? the 386 one only has 4mb onboard and 1 8mb simm so no 1mb there and the 286 i dunno yet..

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Few days ago: http://i62.tinypic.com/219x82t.jpg […]
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Few days ago:

NEC D5146H 40MB MFM 5.25 drive.

Is the gear capped or is it not protected??

I just bought a Radeon X1950XTX for 10 Euro 😀

These cards are as common as hen's teeth and unicorns, at least in Sweden.
Its arguably the fastest single GPU DX9 video card.