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Reply 480 of 1353, by bjt

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sliderider wrote:

Probably because it's 8-bit ISA. Finding high quality sound cards that fit an 8-bit slot isn't so easy these days.

Any SB16 with jumpers/non-PnP will work in an 8-bit slot, at least the digital sound and FM parts.
I understand that it's nice to have a period-correct card though.

Reply 481 of 1353, by sliderider

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tayyare wrote:

This Bulgarian guy was very reasonable in the recent past (2013-2014) probably because it was new to the business. He was also a very decent guy, solving it to your advantage when a problem occurs. I purchased many nice items from him, all with reasonable prices, sometimes even with my ridiculous best offers. But it changed into this in late 2014-2015. Now he is asking ridiculous prices for everything he is selling.

Another one of his listings:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIEMENS-NIXDORF-SCENI … =item2a521ed437

Socket 8 inflation. With so many Pentium Pro's going to the gold scrappers, finding complete systems with them installed is getting harder.

Reply 483 of 1353, by PeterLI

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Sometimes a machine is used in a very specific setup that still runs critical legacy applications / CAD / CAM. In that case a company will gladly pay to avoid disruption.

Sometimes certain collectors do not care about the price and just buy it.

It is those people the sellers are waiting for. It is like fishing and waiting for someone to bite (usually never: but sometimes yes).

Reply 484 of 1353, by fillosaurus

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I have a pair of Cyrix 486DLC and 87DLC, how much should I ask for them?

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Reply 485 of 1353, by brostenen

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fillosaurus wrote:

I have a pair of Cyrix 486DLC and 87DLC, how much should I ask for them?

2000 US Dollars, and you are shure to make it on this list 😁 🤣

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Reply 486 of 1353, by brostenen

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PeterLI wrote:

Sometimes a machine is used in a very specific setup that still runs critical legacy applications / CAD / CAM. In that case a company will gladly pay to avoid disruption.

Sometimes certain collectors do not care about the price and just buy it.

It is those people the sellers are waiting for. It is like fishing and waiting for someone to bite (usually never: but sometimes yes).

Yeah...
I had a chat with this guy who sold me my GF4, and he explained that he had buyers from the US, who wanted to buy old parts.
The reason was, that they needed the exact specified parts for a CT-Scanner, because it was a really expensive machine, that was approved for medical use with those specific parts. Well... He sold the parts cheap, yet the shipping ended up costing the buyer 5 times more than the part.

So yes... Parts can be expensive, especially if they can be used in something like a CT-Scanner that needs original and specific parts in order to be used at all. Or the parts can be cheap, and you will end up paying extremely large sum's, for private express shipping, and A LOT OF packaging material. When needing those parts halfway across the globe in less than 24 hours.

Personally. I am really glad that I don't have to find those parts for the health sector, when the expensive machine break's.
And if someone want to make good money, they really need to know what GFX-Cards, Mobo's and HDD's that are used in those type of machines. Not just in the healt sector. Just everywhere, all those expensive mission-chritical machines are deployed.

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Reply 492 of 1353, by JayCeeBee64

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dexter311 wrote:

I have no words for this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151143711980

Now that's what I call 'well done to a crisp' 🤣

The asking price is still too much though.

Ooohh, the pain......

Reply 494 of 1353, by Artex

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bjt wrote:

The price of entry to the PowerVR Fun Thread is rising! Blending artifacts don't come cheap y'know. Buy before it's too late!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VideoLogic-Apocalyp … =item2a578bbe6f

Lol - agreed! Although the NEC/Videlogic versions of the PCX2 seem to be more rare than the Matrox m3Ds at least from my experience. I don't think I've ever seen a boxed version of the Apocalypse 3d/3dx either... can't imagine what those would go for. My sealed Neon250 was NOT cheap.

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Reply 498 of 1353, by brostenen

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Yeah. Only a few people want that model, and it is not for it's specs.
That price is a joke. Yeah... I would say it is worth something like 30 to 40 bucks max.

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