Not (yet) retro, however, I won myself a MacBook from late 2008 (C2D 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD) in better shape than the others I saw on eBay with the recovery media, charger, and pretty much the entire box and other items.

Seller's photos:

bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-12-28, 03:58:

Not (yet) retro, however, I won myself a MacBook from late 2008 (C2D 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD) in better shape than the others I saw on eBay with the recovery media, charger, and pretty much the entire box and other items.

I bought one of these for an iPhone programming class in college some years ago. It's really nice and very responsive. I don't use Macs or Mac software but I've kept it in my collection because of how nice it is.

Great find.

Another boxed item arrived 😀

Missing the card and speakers. But I already have those and they will fit nicely 😉

That's nice... ppl go on about finding a warehouse or container full of new old stock Adlib gold .. I'd rather something like that came up.

retrogamerguy1997 wrote on 2021-12-27, 22:14:

IIRC the MX4000 was the replacement for the MX440, the 4000 being the newer of the two.

i definitve would replace PCI Card with an AGP, it will give huge boost.
But don`t buy a MX4000 if you buy.
Rather get a GeForce 4 MX460 for budget or better grab a 3TI/4TI.
For a Athlon 700 why not install something with Pixel Shaders ?

but i would avoid the FX Series, it sucks.

matze79 wrote on 2021-12-28, 15:41:

i definitve would replace PCI Card with an AGP, it will give huge boost. But don`t buy a MX4000 if you buy. Rather get a GeForce […]
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retrogamerguy1997 wrote on 2021-12-27, 22:14:

IIRC the MX4000 was the replacement for the MX440, the 4000 being the newer of the two.

i definitve would replace PCI Card with an AGP, it will give huge boost.
But don`t buy a MX4000 if you buy.
Rather get a GeForce 4 MX460 for budget or better grab a 3TI/4TI.
For a Athlon 700 why not install something with Pixel Shaders ?

but i would avoid the FX Series, it sucks.

It all depends what titles he wants to play. I would say that everything from late 90s to 2002 or maybe even 2003-4 will be perfect on MX4*0. After all I replaced GF2MX in 2005 (O_o with GF6800GT IIR) and I didn't really complained much about performance in games prior to that (and I played alot - including titles like GTAVC and GTASA).

kixs wrote on 2021-12-28, 08:15:

Missing the card and speakers. But I already have those and they will fit nicely 😉

You have a QUICKSHOT branded card, right?
Are there CMS sockets on it?
The card pictured on the box obviously has them, but the one from this topic - http://www.ljplus.ru/img3/h/a/hardware_museum … kshot_qs803.jpg - not.
And I've seen another such a card recently - without the sockets.

Grzyb wrote on 2021-12-28, 17:11:

You have a QUICKSHOT branded card, right? Are there CMS sockets on it? The card pictured on the box obviously has them, but the […]
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kixs wrote on 2021-12-28, 08:15:

Missing the card and speakers. But I already have those and they will fit nicely 😉

You have a QUICKSHOT branded card, right?
Are there CMS sockets on it?
The card pictured on the box obviously has them, but the one from this topic - http://www.ljplus.ru/img3/h/a/hardware_museum … kshot_qs803.jpg - not.
And I've seen another such a card recently - without the sockets.

I actually have both versions. With and without sockets. The one without the sockets is a newer revision.

As a followup for my last question, today on my way home from the gym I met with the seller of the Athlon XP 2800+ and took a detour to pick up the MSI KM3M-V. Both seem to be in good shape, though as usual, no ESD bag for the motherboars. The packing for the CPU was also only some printer paper.

And I don't have a cooler for the CPU. I have some for socket 370 that would fit, but those are for CPUs with one half of the TDP the Athlon has.

Another addition to my collection via eBay:

Thrustmaster Pinball Controller bundle (with Full Tilt! Pinball)

And an odd PCMCIA external hard drive: PCMCIA Card and Quick Drive Unit 18G, 12V DC Hard Drive

bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-12-28, 20:05:

Another addition to my collection via eBay:

Thrustmaster Pinball Controller bundle (with Full Tilt! Pinball)

Never seen that before. Love oddities like this.

Grzyb wrote on 2021-12-28, 17:11:

You have a QUICKSHOT branded card, right? Are there CMS sockets on it? The card pictured on the box obviously has them, but the […]
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kixs wrote on 2021-12-28, 08:15:

Missing the card and speakers. But I already have those and they will fit nicely 😉

You have a QUICKSHOT branded card, right?
Are there CMS sockets on it?
The card pictured on the box obviously has them, but the one from this topic - http://www.ljplus.ru/img3/h/a/hardware_museum … kshot_qs803.jpg - not.
And I've seen another such a card recently - without the sockets.

Indeed. I have two or three. Both versions with and without sockets.

A Gainward Voodoo 4MB. Never owned a 3dfx card before, so I thought to have a try. For 40 euros, I don't think the price was too bad.

It's funny how things happen in life sometimes. I just ordered a bunch of AGP graphics cards on ebay, none have arrived yet and today I see a big lot of random computer parts on kijiji from a guy only a few minutes away.

So I bought this stuff for $100 Canadian. There's a socket A AMD tower, an empty Antec branded case, a white IBM Aptiva tower and a number of expansion cards and cables, including several AGP cards with DVI (just what I wanted!).

This is what I've brought in so far, there's a couple boxes still in the trunk, there was also a number of PCI modems, I tossed all those in the trash and I might chuck the 7300 AGP card it has at least one bad cap and I doubt I'll ever have a use for it.

Here's the rest of the stuff. The Aptiva is a Slot 1 P3-800 and it had a Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB graphics card. So that's neat and I'll definitely get some use out of that card. There was also a nice 256MB PC133 CL2 module in there!

Also got a box of random speakers, cords, old power supplies, etc.

EDIT - I found 4 2GB modules of Corsair DDR2 memory in the bottom of the crap box, also there was a really beaten up Acer X193 19" LCD screen but I'm probably going to toss that.

More goodies, this plastic box said laptop ram ddr2 so I assumed that's what it was but it was actually a bunch of processors wrapped in bubble wrap.

There's several Core 2 duo's, Pentium 4's and Athlon 64 processors! Most notable are an E8400 and a socket 478 P4 3.2.

Bondi wrote on 2021-12-26, 16:13:

pixelatedscraps wrote on 2021-12-26, 15:14:

Finally found what looks to be a 755CD in good condition at a decent price - roughly $110 all up. Looking forward to getting this one unwrapped!

Nice find and the price is good! Is this a 486 or P75 version?

I’m not sure, it wasn’t listed in the description nor in the screenshots. I’m torn between wanting a 486 laptop in my collection and the P75 having li-on battery compatibility.

Bought another MediaMagic Telemetry 32 card. I think this will make the 3rd one I have. Price was kind of crazy though I did make a lower offer and it was accepted:

Why would I pay a higher price for one of these... much less another one?

Well, here is the reason:

For the unobtanium software, that's why. The "software" I have for these already is just a few different pieces that I am not sure even work together. I've never tried getting them working but have supplied it to another person who said they couldn't get it working with what I gave them which was the only thing available that I was able to find.
Looks like these were also used in an AT&T NexGen system since there are NexGen diagnostics listed. Now I just need a NexGen system.. heh.

What’s so special about the MediaMagic Telemetry 32?

devius wrote on 2021-12-29, 09:29:

What’s so special about the MediaMagic Telemetry 32?

Clearly he isn't getting enough telemetry just by running Windows.