BitWrangler wrote on 2022-02-07, 17:20:

Hey look, top left you got a mini wind tunnel, you can carve aerodynamic models out of cherry pits or something and test them in it. 🤣

Ok man, stop! Some of your comments make me chuckle, but this split me wide open. 🤣 You're killin me.

Just done a trade. I'm giving an AT case + PSU in exchange for a Graphics Ultra Pro ISA and a WDC 90C31 based ISA card. I think we both got a nice deal.

fool wrote on 2022-02-07, 17:13:

Some processors, again. This time random Pentium II. I got 4x 450MHz SL2U7 which will be enough to upgrade my PII builds including one dual-slot board.

Uh.. Still need a PII 400 or 450 in my collection 🙁

TrashPanda wrote on 2022-02-07, 10:38:

Living wrote on 2022-02-07, 10:33:

kolmio wrote on 2022-02-07, 07:19:

Zida Tomato TX-100 with Pentium 200 MMX in this AT case which I really don't like and would be happy to sell

fake pentium mmx 200

How can you tell?

Fake painted Pentium CPUs

just sand the numbers, maybe its a bad print

BitWrangler wrote on 2022-02-07, 17:20:

Hey look, top left you got a mini wind tunnel, you can carve aerodynamic models out of cherry pits or something and test them in it. 🤣

Sounds fun, but I'm lazy... Maybe I should satisfy my perversions in form of scandinavian berries through pentium II wind turbine modern art.

Bought an Aixun 200W intelligent soldering station with C245 handle option. This C245 handle takes JBC T245 tips. Which I ordered 2 more genuine JBC tips from Germany website.

Big upgrade from my two stations to help with heavy copper plane soldering like capacitor replacements on motherboards.

Cheers,

fool wrote on 2022-02-07, 17:13:

Some processors, again. This time random Pentium II.

You can never have too many Slot 1 CPUs.

devius wrote on 2022-02-07, 19:17:

fool wrote on 2022-02-07, 17:13:

Some processors, again. This time random Pentium II.

You can never have too many Slot 1 CPUs.

You can never have too many CPUs.

Come to think of it, you can never have too many computers or parts 😀

Some Lego for nerds - PCBs for retro projects.

Necroware's Silly Sound Bastard (covox clone)
Necroware and Phil's Voltage Blaster for -5V supply
Snark Barker (SB 1.0 clone, I bought also elements from the BoM)
Alt12887 (replacement for Dallas RTC)
Monotech XT-CF mini (XT-IDE and CF on one card)
Audio DAC board for MT32-PI (MT32 emulator on Raspberry Pi)

And a few kits of rubber belts. I've got a Tascam Portastudio 244 and I'm going to restore it.

appiah4 wrote on 2022-02-07, 18:14:

fool wrote on 2022-02-07, 17:13:

Some processors, again. This time random Pentium II. I got 4x 450MHz SL2U7 which will be enough to upgrade my PII builds including one dual-slot board.

Uh.. Still need a PII 400 or 450 in my collection 🙁

Oh I just checked, I only have a 350 and an 800. Slot CPUS. Well I guess the 800 is a PIII actually.

devius wrote on 2022-02-07, 19:17:

fool wrote on 2022-02-07, 17:13:

Some processors, again. This time random Pentium II.

You can never have too many Slot 1 CPUs.

Eh, I have a couple extras, I don't really care for them.

debs3759 wrote on 2022-02-07, 19:25:

devius wrote on 2022-02-07, 19:17:

fool wrote on 2022-02-07, 17:13:

Some processors, again. This time random Pentium II.

You can never have too many Slot 1 CPUs.

You can never have too many CPUs.

Come to think of it, you can never have too many computers or parts 😀

My free storage space respectfully disagrees with that opinion 😀

HanSolo wrote on 2022-02-07, 21:42:

debs3759 wrote on 2022-02-07, 19:25:

devius wrote on 2022-02-07, 19:17:

You can never have too many Slot 1 CPUs.

You can never have too many CPUs.

Come to think of it, you can never have too many computers or parts 😀

My free storage space respectfully disagrees with that opinion 😀

I could see my carpets a few years ago 😀

Mmmm, a nice soft blanket for computers to sit on.

C.A.R.P.E.T.
Computer-And-Related Padded Earth Terrain

debs3759 wrote on 2022-02-07, 21:46:

I could see my carpets a few years ago 😀

I went Brazilian years ago when I got my Husky/GSD mix.

If I stopped sweeping, I'd have carpet again. 😜

luckybob wrote on 2022-02-07, 23:51:

debs3759 wrote on 2022-02-07, 21:46:

I could see my carpets a few years ago 😀

I went Brazilian years ago when I got my Husky/GSD mix.

If I stopped sweeping, I'd have carpet again. 😜

I have a concrete floor 😉 My lab is in the basement. So many stripped wire "shirts"....

I was grinding away at aluminum in my concrete basement area, then a few weeks later I was grinding away at rust.... 10 mins into that it occurs to me, "Crap, I'm coating my basement floor in thermite*...".... so I decided I should sweep up .... and ever since it's been a semi annual tradition... unless I did anything particularly messy.

*yeah, hard to light off, but not beyond the bounds of possibility I'd drop an arcing cable on it at some point in the future... or decide to hold a piece of steel to the floor for "a small weld" or something.

edit: guess it's also the first place I'd throw a lithium battery if it lit up on me when I was screwing around.

luckybob wrote on 2022-02-07, 23:51:

debs3759 wrote on 2022-02-07, 21:46:

I could see my carpets a few years ago 😀

I went Brazilian years ago when I got my Husky/GSD mix.

If I stopped sweeping, I'd have carpet again. 😜

luckybob getting waxed is an image I can't get out of my head now 🤣

Not really a "Retro" item but I snagged an old HP w19b 19" LCD for 35 AUD, its only 1440x900 @75hz but thats a pretty nice wide screen resolution for a lower spec GPU that cant handle 1080p, the panel looks to be in A grade condition too, not a scratch or mark on it.

Seller appears to have been a retro collector that parted out the build this belonged too which might explain why the panel is in such nice condition.

appiah4 wrote on 2022-02-08, 05:32:

luckybob wrote on 2022-02-07, 23:51:

debs3759 wrote on 2022-02-07, 21:46:

I could see my carpets a few years ago 😀

I went Brazilian years ago when I got my Husky/GSD mix.

If I stopped sweeping, I'd have carpet again. 😜

luckybob getting waxed is an image I can't get out of my head now 🤣

Why you do this ...great now I need to get mind bleach.

Finally I can post here too.

My first retro purchase: a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4340. I received it yesterday.

Here the seller pics.

• Pentium III 650 Mhz
• 320 MB SDRAM (max allowed on this system)
• S3 Savage/IX
• Yamaha DS-XG

It's in very good condition, it was sold as not working\tested since the original power adapter was missing.
It powers up with a universal adapter and everything works, battery has life too! And also 30 gb hard drive seems pretty all ok (some bad sectors).

I'm having game issues tho, I will make a new topic later.

In the next days will arrive a Mitac 5033 (always wanted a K6 system) and a Dell Latitude C540.