this pc achieved nice price (for the seller)
do you see anything special in this setup?
wondering what caused such interest in this offer
https://allegro.pl/oferta/stary-komputer-pc-8 … on_announcement
The sound card.
Terratec Maestro 32/96. Pretty much the ULTIMATE ISA sound card.
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And some Matrox graphics card, complete with memory expansion daughterboard.
And a SCSI CD recorder.
Overall, that price isn't high.
Żywotwór planetarny, jego gnijące błoto, jest świtem egzystencji, fazą wstępną, i wyłoni się z krwawych ciastomózgowych miedź miłująca...
There's a pretty fancy sound card in it, rest doesn't seem overly interesting to me.
T-04YBSC, a new YMF71x based sound card & Official VOGONS thread about it
Newly made 4MB 60ns 30pin SIMMs ~
mida sa loed ? nagunii aru ei saa 😜
Asus motherboard with PLB and a TagRAM socket - probably a late revision P55T2P4, which is pretty much the ultimate Intel chipset So7 board. Add the tag and it can cache 512MB RAM, if it's as late revision as it looks, it can run K6-2 or 3 without modification. Probably can do 83MHz FSB too, so you can run that K6-2 at 500MHz (83.3x6=500)
Hmmm I had (and still have) 2 of these ( 3.0 and 3.10) for sale and no one cared on Amibay...Good to know it probably can run a K6-2
My retro collection: too much...
3.10 definitely can. Looking at your Amibay pics, the one in this machine is the 3.10, so as good as they come. Just checked and with an unofficial modded BIOS it can handle K6-2+ and 3+, and support HDD >32GB
Would a K6-2 450 work? I think I have this one in my spares.
But first I need to socket the Dallas RTC chips.
I might try to sell them again too.Enough socket 7 stuff...
My retro collection: too much...
wrote:Would a K6-2 450 work? I think I have this one in my spares.
But first I need to socket the Dallas RTC chips.
I might try to sell them again too.Enough socket 7 stuff...
K6-2 450: sure. Set it to 6x75MHz (jumper for 2x multiplier) for correct clock and good performance. With an L2-less K6-2, you really want that tag ram (any 12ns SRAM should do) to be able to cache >64MB.
On the to-do list then! Thanks!
My retro collection: too much...
ha, I was interested because of this gold-plated soundcard, but was not aware what model it is or what value it has (in terms of rare not the $ ). I lost the auction / it was not worth to bid so high, but good to know what card it was. I was thinking it was china low quality product...
wrote:The sound card.
Terratec Maestro 32/96. Pretty much the ULTIMATE ISA sound card.
Why? I mean, it’s rare and looks pretty feature-rich and high quality, but what makes it ultimate?
AFAIK it has very nice GM instruments (there are recordings on YT) and noise level is very low. Unfortunately the FM synthesis is pretty bad so it's better suited for later DOS games.
wrote:wrote:The sound card.
Terratec Maestro 32/96. Pretty much the ULTIMATE ISA sound card.
Why? I mean, it’s rare and looks pretty feature-rich and high quality, but what makes it ultimate?
Terratec's great build quality, CS4232 Crystal Codec, onboard Dream SAM Wavetable Synth with Chorus/Reverb, 4MB Sample ROM with real Roland SoundCanvas soundfont, Wavetable Header for secondary MIDI, Bugless MPU-401, absolutely fantastic sound quality.
It only lacks decent FM synthesis, but so does the GUS *shrug* you can always add a second card with OPL3 for just that purpose.
It's my unicorn. I really hope to own one some day.
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Needs a good cleanup too!
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
