aries-mu wrote on 2023-09-25, 08:19:
("tantalum caps"...?? I'm new to this)
The small bead shaped blue components are tantalum capacitors. They're obsolete today, replaced by better/cheaper technologies. You wouldn't find them on a recently produced card.
aries-mu wrote on 2023-09-25, 08:46:Oh wow!
But that's exploitation of people's troubles pure and simple!
Textbook exploitation. […]
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keropi wrote on 2023-09-25, 08:29:
This card is a specialized "industrial equipment" one , it has a dedicated flat panel connector (that looks like a LPT port)
It is and old one and a part of some larger setup - it is common that these parts even used/old have these prices because if your factory production stops from a dead VGA then you will easily pay this price to continue production. It's a pretty common tactic...
Oh wow!
But that's exploitation of people's troubles pure and simple!
Textbook exploitation.
Well, without wishing to turn this too political or philosophical, don't we all exploit someone else's needs to put food on our own tables?
A while ago a monitor in an old electronic charting system broke down irreparably at work. The manufacturer wanted ~€7000 for the replacement. It's a regular panel mounted 1280x1024 monitor, nothing special at all, the only difference from something I could pick up just about anywhere is that it comes with a couple of certification papers.
If I needed that particular card to resume some kind of production, I'd actually be grateful that someone had bothered to keep and make that odd piece of obsolete hardware available for what could only be considered peanuts in the context, possibly for years, before someone finally bought it 😀