Reply 20060 of 27521, by RandomStranger
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There were a lot of things I picked up recently
RandomStranger wrote on 2021-10-03, 09:52:On the monthly flea market I picked up a Diamond Viper V330 PCI for 3$.
It's dirty, but I see no missing parts or damaged traces. The seller claimed it works, so there is a 10-20% chance that it actually does so I took the gamble.
And so far it seems I won. It posts. It looks brand new after an isopropyl bath.
Same with the MX200 I picked up a couple of weeks ago. I used to have the exact same card I misplaced when I moved to my current place. I'm happy I got it back in a way.
RandomStranger wrote on 2021-09-08, 15:41:So, while building my recent PII PC, I was thinking that maybe the Ensoniq AudioPCI should be replaced with something more decen […]
So, while building my recent PII PC, I was thinking that maybe the Ensoniq AudioPCI should be replaced with something more decent. Since it already had a Sound Blaster Vibra 16S I thought maybe something different, so I started looking for Yamaha XG cards. Last weekend I found a YMF724F-V for 3 times the price I was willing to pay, BUT as part of a bundle of sound cards. Today they arrived.
These are also seem to work.
Now I can start the real work with all the early 3D accelerators. I'm still looking to get some. I just missed an Intel I740, I have to get a SiS 6326, I still couldn't get to post the Permedia 2 and a Kyro would be nice too. But this was enough positive energy. I'll sleep well tonight.