BurnedPinguin wrote on 2022-01-28, 12:07:

Provided BIOS dump is bad, it's supposed to be compressed and probably supposed to be 128KB, and not 64KB. Please redump the BIO […]
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kixs wrote on 2022-01-22, 00:17:

Board supports EDO memory. Overall the lack of cache shows on the performance - by guess it's just around 486DX2-80. EDO helps […]
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WJG6260 wrote on 2022-01-21, 18:24:

That 486 board is so strange! No jumpers, and the "Aladdin" marking makes it even more interesting, especially since ALi's M1487/9 is the FinALi chipset, not the Aladdin. Plus that SUPER late chipset date of almost 1997...just wow! I wonder if it supports EDO?

If you benchmark it, please share results! This is a really well-thought-out board. And a weird one.

How cool! Gotta love anything Cyrix!

Board supports EDO memory. Overall the lack of cache shows on the performance - by guess it's just around 486DX2-80. EDO helps a bit as performance increases by around 10%. But this depends on the benchmark/app/game.

BurnedPinguin wrote on 2022-01-21, 22:45:

Can you dump the BIOS please?

Sure. As it's still on my test desk... BIOS settings are pretty basic too.

Provided BIOS dump is bad, it's supposed to be compressed and probably supposed to be 128KB, and not 64KB.
Please redump the BIOS as NSSI is limited to system BIOSes 64K and smaller, and uncompressed system BIOS.
See attachment for recommended flasher, when launched in DOS, the first option is to dump.

Here is a dump with UniFlash.

Just purchased this on ebay for $49 us dollars. Anybody think this was a good deal ? These are the ebay pics havent received it yet. Lottery purchase hoping a particular piece of hardware is functional in it 🤣

It looks like a budget Gateway PC. It's a nice artifact but you will have to do something about the rust on the bottom.

X86 wrote on 2022-02-03, 03:31:

Lottery purchase hoping a particular piece of hardware is functional in it 🤣

That MPEG decoder card with the passthrough, odd buy but okay.. 🎃

You dont think it could be a voodoo2 ? thats what i was hoping

Yeah, hope so, I was just yanking your chain.

ahh gotcha . yeah normally wouldn't make a dumb purchase like this. Mystery box for sure. I can at least scab the internals and chunk the case. its got some rust issues 🤣

Looks like it may have been subjected to flood water at some point, may not have gotten far into the case but still the bottom looks like the USS Rustoleum no telling how much Tetanus exists inside the case.

seller posted a pic of it booting into bios so im crossing my fingers for a working voodoo2. if not i have another dead voodoo2 i can make a piece of wall art. 2 dead voodoos in a dead mother board hanging on the wall. could call it sli art 🤣

X86 wrote on 2022-02-03, 04:42:

seller posted a pic of it booting into bios so im crossing my fingers for a working voodoo2. if not i have another dead voodoo2 i can make a piece of wall art. 2 dead voodoos in a dead mother board hanging on the wall. could call it sli art 🤣

It could be a Voodoo 1 they had pass through too.

if its a voodoo 1 I would be really happy ! looking for one to put in my pentium 233 build. guess i just figured voodoo 2 being its in a pentium 2 area machine

BitWrangler wrote on 2022-02-02, 17:18:

Why does nobody ever consider the Rage Fury MAXXXXXX 🤣

It's an awesome card but the only specimen I ever had was broken, and I only managed to break it further by trying to bake it, which resulted in dislocating all SMD components while removing it from the oven. 🙁

I just bought an AWE 32 2760 with a crushed box (no drivers) and 8 video cards including a 3D Blaster CT6760 PCI, the rest was part of the bundle: Compaq OEM GeForce2 GTS 32 MB ,ASUS V7700 /Pure 32MB, GeForce 7600 GS DDR2 256mb AGP, Geforce 4 MX480 128mb AGP, GeForce 6800GT 256MB AGP, PCI Radeon 7000 AGP, ASUS V7100 Pro/T 32 MB AGP, MSI FX5200 128mb AGP, ATI Rage 2 AGP. The other card aren’t that interesting I guess.. but all for $86 USD. That’s a pretty ok deal right?

Got these in trade with a fantastic fellow Vogoner.

BitWrangler wrote on 2022-02-02, 21:49:

Slot load!

Oh yeah! I already had a slot loading Pioneer DVD player which I bought in 1999. Very reliable, very quiet and very fast. This one is a CD player and slightly noisier but it does load CDs very fast.

X86 wrote on 2022-02-03, 04:42:

seller posted a pic of it booting into bios so im crossing my fingers for a working voodoo2. if not i have another dead voodoo2 i can make a piece of wall art. 2 dead voodoos in a dead mother board hanging on the wall. could call it sli art 🤣

Even a dead Voodoo2 can get detected in Windows 98 and work as a pass-through most of the time so it can be hard to tell. I hope you're lucky however!

red_avatar wrote on 2022-02-03, 11:25:

X86 wrote on 2022-02-03, 04:42:

seller posted a pic of it booting into bios so im crossing my fingers for a working voodoo2. if not i have another dead voodoo2 i can make a piece of wall art. 2 dead voodoos in a dead mother board hanging on the wall. could call it sli art 🤣

Even a dead Voodoo2 can get detected in Windows 98 and work as a pass-through most of the time so it can be hard to tell. I hope you're lucky however!

Might be able to take the two dead ones and make one working one.

I could have bought two Voodoo 2 cards for 85 dollars each if I were quicker. I've got only one, the second one disappeared and now we have only one proposal per Ukraine costing something like $200. Things become more and more expensive.

The rule of thumb to me - if you see something - buy it immediately.

rkurbatov wrote on 2022-02-03, 12:18:

I could have bought two Voodoo 2 cards for 85 dollars each if I were quicker. I've got only one, the second one disappeared and now we have only one proposal per Ukraine costing something like $200. Things become more and more expensive.

The rule of thumb to me - if you see something - buy it immediately.

I agree , I felt stupid for buying a voodoo 2 for 120 aud then another for 140 aud to get a sli setup going back in 2020 but looking at the prices now it doesn't seem so bad. I mean people pay stupid amounts for knowingly broken ones now , it's mental.

rkurbatov wrote on 2022-02-03, 12:18:

I could have bought two Voodoo 2 cards for 85 dollars each if I were quicker. I've got only one, the second one disappeared and now we have only one proposal per Ukraine costing something like $200. Things become more and more expensive.

The rule of thumb to me - if you see something - buy it immediately.

The Ukraine is where I just bought my two GPUs from, seller has a few others im interested in too (At what I feel are reasonable prices all considered), the Aussie market is pretty pathetic but Eastern Europe and the old Soviet Bloc countries have a wealth of older hardware. Buy a lot from Russia too the sellers I have bought from there really did go above and beyond when packaging and shipping the items too.

Hope no one gets offended by "Soviet Bloc" not sure where to place all the countries from that area of the world since some of them are not EU members.