PeterLI wrote:

Bought a MPU-401 BOB on CL in TX to preserve it.

Didn't I buy an MPU-401 BOB from you on amibay awhile back? 😎

Bought two very old ISA video card for $1 each. A PHILIPS VGA/EGA ISA card, and a Paradise EGA card. The Philips card works, but I can't test the EGA card.

Lukeno94 wrote:

ODwilly wrote:

A guy dropped off a "desktop" today. Apparently it used to be a HP Pavilion A000 according to the sticker on the side. No side panels, no front panel and it was thrown out a window and sat in the woods for a month. Unknown Athlon xp, powersupply, and an Asus K7vbx-la motherboard. Needs a good cleaning but it will be interesting to see if it works!

Video it just in case anything exciting happens.

So far around 30 cpu pins stayed in the socket when I pulled the HSF off 😊 the plastic of the cpu is actually rotted away! Hmm I wonder if an old 750 Duron would work in this board? Def not testing it with the included 3200+

PeterLI wrote:

Bought a MPU-401 BOB on CL in TX to preserve it.

CL? TX? Are you aware that some internet users are not based in the U.S.?

I've heard of those people. Oh, wait, I am one actually. FWIW I had no trouble parsing Craiglist in Texas.

badmojo wrote:

PeterLI wrote:

Bought a MPU-401 BOB on CL in TX to preserve it.

CL? TX? Are you aware that some internet users are not based in the U.S.?

Craigslist...CL.

Texas, TX.

50 states and all have the own little 2 letter abbreviation. UT for Utah. =)

Sutekh94 wrote:

I was wanting to buy one of those a couple of years back. From what I've heard, the EliteBooks are way better, way more durable than HP's consumer grade portable furnaces by far. And it somehow manages to look better than those things as well.

Don't swear on that.
At work we use the latest Elitebooks (as well as older ones), aka HP 840 G1 and G2, with i7, touchscreen monitors, ultraslim yet durable design, backlit keyboard, touchsticks, 4G internal modem, SSD and HDD, radeon R7 M265X etc etc and.... already one out of five has experienced some kind of problem. The older ones seem to be much more reliable.

Bought a bunch of 30-pin SIMM modules - they were sold as 1MB parts. I tested the 9-chip modules and actually 8 of them are 4MB 😁 The rest (~40) are 1MB and a few don't work. Only tested to boot and size check. I'll error check them later as I don't have the time at the moment.

Bought a bunch of ISA/VLB cards (~15) - 3 video cards, one doesn't work. The rest are controllers ISA and VLB - didn't yet tested them. Even one 8-bit sound card - don't know the model (it isn't Creative).

Also got 4 CPU's. AMD 486DX2-66, AMD 486DX4-100, Intel Celeron 366 s370 and Intel Celeron 466 s370 - none tested yet.

Things are definitely getting rarer and more expensive. I've made 200km trip to get this.

kithylin wrote:

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Screw that.. that thing needs two of these:

No way, I would stick to PPro (already have a P2 233), but thanks for the advice. 😀

sliderider wrote:

Trevize wrote:

I've just bought on an Integraph TD-310 graphical workstation with a Pentium Pro 200 MHz (256 KB L2) procerssor, 128 MB FPM RAM, two SCSI HDDs (one with Windows NT 4, the other with Windows 2000 Workstation installed) and a Matrox Millenium II 8MB graphic card. If everything goes well, I'll pick it up on this Sunday. I'm considering upgrading the CPU to another 200 MHz Pentium Pro with 1024KB L2 cache from Ebay.

You can see the pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/A8Qg7

That may not work out like you planned. I have a TDZ 410 and it has two PPro's in it but only one is socketed, the other one is soldered. You may have to match the one you put in the socket with the soldered one. I wish they were both socketed so I could upgrade them both to Pentium II Overdrives.

Thank you very much for pointing this out. Do you think that the motherboard won't be able to handle two Pentium Pro processors with different cache sizes? I've just run into a rather old Google group post (url) where the poster wasn't able to use both processors despite of having the same types (even stepping). I've also found the service manual for Intergraph machines which only lists Pentium Pros with 256K L2 cache as supported processors.

GeorgeMan wrote:

Sutekh94 wrote:

I was wanting to buy one of those a couple of years back. From what I've heard, the EliteBooks are way better, way more durable than HP's consumer grade portable furnaces by far. And it somehow manages to look better than those things as well.

Don't swear on that.
At work we use the latest Elitebooks (as well as older ones), aka HP 840 G1 and G2, with i7, touchscreen monitors, ultraslim yet durable design, backlit keyboard, touchsticks, 4G internal modem, SSD and HDD, radeon R7 M265X etc etc and.... already one out of five has experienced some kind of problem. The older ones seem to be much more reliable.

Yeah... typing this on a 850 G1. It's fast especially for a 15W processor, I give it that, but! Costs more than a MacBook Pro and has worse ergonomics, somehow. Flimsy touchpad. Full HD screen, but abysmal contrast and viewing angle. I could go on.

Trevize wrote:

sliderider wrote:

Trevize wrote:

I've just bought on an Integraph TD-310 graphical workstation with a Pentium Pro 200 MHz (256 KB L2) procerssor, 128 MB FPM RAM, two SCSI HDDs (one with Windows NT 4, the other with Windows 2000 Workstation installed) and a Matrox Millenium II 8MB graphic card. If everything goes well, I'll pick it up on this Sunday. I'm considering upgrading the CPU to another 200 MHz Pentium Pro with 1024KB L2 cache from Ebay.

You can see the pictures here: http://imgur.com/a/A8Qg7

That may not work out like you planned. I have a TDZ 410 and it has two PPro's in it but only one is socketed, the other one is soldered. You may have to match the one you put in the socket with the soldered one. I wish they were both socketed so I could upgrade them both to Pentium II Overdrives.

Thank you very much for pointing this out. Do you think that the motherboard won't be able to handle two Pentium Pro processors with different cache sizes? I've just run into a rather old Google group post (url) where the poster wasn't able to use both processors despite of having the same types (even stepping). I've also found the service manual for Intergraph machines which only lists Pentium Pros with 256K L2 cache as supported processors.

Mine came with matched processors, and they work. I never tried upgrading the socketed one. If Intergraph's own documentation specifically state the 1024k cache PPro is not supported, I'd go with that. If you're going to fill that empty socket, though, you should do it soon. The gold capped PPro's keep shooting up in price. It's hard to find one cheap anymore because of the gold in them.

alexanrs wrote:

An HP notebook that actually doesn't look stupid?! And durable as well?! Well, all HP notebooks I usually see are the cheaper consumer-grade models, and they generally suck (trying too hard to look cool while overheating), but this thing looks awesome.

Bought a few of their Elitebook tablets and found them to be dodgy, I prefer classic Thinkpads and they are built like tanks.

Ooooh, look what I got in the mail today 😀

I remember those topless memory modules. They where on the low-end of the memory you could buy. I had a few of those that just had a blob of black goo on top of the IC. Really crappy memory

seob wrote:

I remember those topless memory modules. They where on the low-end of the memory you could buy. I had a few of those that just had a blob of black goo on top of the IC. Really crappy memory

Haha, at least they look cool. 🤣

I sold quite a few MPU-401s indeed. I like to save hardware from recycling when possible. Not everything: rare pieces. Found someone today who will likely send me 3 PS2/s : I pay shipping & a pack of beers. Including The Beast: a 95.

TX: don't mess with TX MOFO! 😀

Cyrix200+ wrote:

seob wrote:

I remember those topless memory modules. They where on the low-end of the memory you could buy. I had a few of those that just had a blob of black goo on top of the IC. Really crappy memory

Haha, at least they look cool. 🤣

I have one too!
First impression? Cardboard "heatspreader" ? YUCK 🤣

seob wrote:

I remember those topless memory modules. They where on the low-end of the memory you could buy. I had a few of those that just had a blob of black goo on top of the IC. Really crappy memory

Gold plated (you don't have to clean oxidation over time) 🤣
Work like a charm at the tightest/fastest settings and are mostly 60 NS ones, plus they don't run hot because of the "black goo" that let the air flow between each sticks (advantage of not being tall DIP's that touch the back of the next stick).
If all crappy memory could be like this 😵

Bought a Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital 3D Joystick, a Genius Flight2000 F-22 and a Logic 3 Speedpad all for $10. Some Joystick porn:

Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital 3D

Genius Flight2000 F-22

and

Logic 3 Speedpad

I have that Genius stick. Nice quality as far as I remember (haven't used it in a while)