BitWrangler wrote on 2026-03-26, 21:37:

Nexxen wrote on 2026-03-25, 22:49:

BitWrangler wrote on 2026-03-25, 21:51:

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*Squinting into the distance*

Is it a zip?
No!
Is it a floppy?
No!
It's SUPER disk...

Never thought this would happen. Sealed three packs of LS 120 Superdisks found at thrift. They had them marked a tad spendy for a thrift, but got all of them for under the $49.99 original price sticker on some of the packs. Though I could probably have found space in my floppy drawers for them, I grabbed a distinctive, doesn't match my "classic" floppy holders (Smoked top clamshell) case to give them their own home.

Not so easy find, congrats!

Yah, I walked right past at first. Weird thing with all the LS120 stuff I've got, I missed it first go, then 3 or 4 steps later my subconscious goes "Hol' up frendo, something a bit different back there." and I turn round and take another look. These were half buried under some file folders, so pretty amazing I caught them at all.

I know the feeling of some strange tingling "dude, go back" 🤣
You knew what you were looking at, others simply don't. That counts a lot.

120 are still available even if rare, 240 are like grail level items.

giantenemycat wrote on 2026-03-26, 13:38:

Just had this MSI MS-6339 delivered, have wanted to mess around with Socket 423 for a while. 256MB RDRAM and P4 1.7GHz included along with the HSF. Not bad for £50.

That price is excellent, I like that the rd-ram blanks have the MSI logo on them.

pete8475 wrote on 2026-03-27, 00:27:

giantenemycat wrote on 2026-03-26, 13:38:

Just had this MSI MS-6339 delivered, have wanted to mess around with Socket 423 for a while. 256MB RDRAM and P4 1.7GHz included along with the HSF. Not bad for £50.

That price is excellent, I like that the rd-ram blanks have the MSI logo on them.

There's a good deal in the US right now if anyone else is looking for some 423 action - it's an OEM late model Intel D850GB from what I can tell. Search "Gateway Desktop Intel Motherboard 4000725 A49507-903 PCU SL4SG". Probably hasn't sold because of the generic title. $23 with free postage, and can likely knock down to $20 with an offer. Although no HSF included, and you may end up paying more for that than this bundle...

giantenemycat wrote on 2026-03-25, 14:56:

Guys...look at this thing. It's one of the ugliest things I've ever seen. I love it. Almost tempted to buy it.

I suspect the designer of this case had the Motorola V70 phone in mind when designing the switch area.

It took me 8+ years to find this one.

But i finally did it and i was lucky enough to find a boxed unused one !!

TASOS wrote on Yesterday, 09:47:

It took me 8+ years to find this one.

But i finally did it and i was lucky enough to find a boxed unused one !!

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Can’t find any information on this thing. Tell us more 😀

Looks like a GFD for AMD slot A processors.

(I have a ninja freespeed clone by wiretap.)

I need more memore but I'm too poor to afford this

giantenemycat wrote on Yesterday, 17:11:

I need more memore but I'm too poor to afford this

Oof. My mind transposed some letters and I thought that said Samsbung. 🤣

I wonder who the description is aimed at exactly? I guess it technically could give MY computer more "memore" if I just set this "stik" somewhere inside the case, though I don't think it would help much. But hey, rAam is expensive these days... might still be worth it?

zuldan wrote on Yesterday, 10:25:

TASOS wrote on Yesterday, 09:47:

It took me 8+ years to find this one.

But i finally did it and i was lucky enough to find a boxed unused one !!

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Can’t find any information on this thing. Tell us more 😀

It's an AMD Athlon Slot A , goldfinger device.
https://web.archive.org/web/20010119004300/ht … giclip_eng.html

But it's a rarity among the already rare devices of this kind.

PD2JK wrote on Yesterday, 10:28:

Looks like a GFD for AMD slot A processors.

(I have a ninja freespeed clone by wiretap.)

Yes you are correct.

I also have an original Free Speed Pro by NinjaMicro

TASOS wrote on Yesterday, 17:37:

It's an AMD Athlon Slot A , goldfinger device. https://web.archive.org/web/20010119004300/ht … giclip_eng.html […]
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zuldan wrote on Yesterday, 10:25:

TASOS wrote on Yesterday, 09:47:

It took me 8+ years to find this one.

But i finally did it and i was lucky enough to find a boxed unused one !!

The attachment Resized.jpg is no longer available

Can’t find any information on this thing. Tell us more 😀

It's an AMD Athlon Slot A , goldfinger device.
https://web.archive.org/web/20010119004300/ht … giclip_eng.html

But it's a rarity among the already rare devices of this kind.

Yeah, these are definitely unicorns.

I have found some pretty weird and obscure stuff over the years but I have never even seen one of these for sale.

And it makes sense too. Slot A is among the shortest lived of any processor slot\socket for PCs in the past 30 years. As far as I can tell, every CPU made for Slot A was released in a span of less than one year, from late June of 1999 to early June of 2000. Even Slot A motherboards are a bit scarce these days, so the number of devices made to unlock Slot A processors must be incredibly small now.

(The lifespan of Intel's Socket 423 was even shorter, of course, but it seems to not generate the same level of interest, and I don't know of any fancy overclocking\unlocking devices like this that were made for S423. It just didn't even have time to develop much of an enthusiast following I guess.)

Ozzuneoj wrote on Yesterday, 17:55:

Yeah, these are definitely unicorns. […]
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TASOS wrote on Yesterday, 17:37:

It's an AMD Athlon Slot A , goldfinger device. https://web.archive.org/web/20010119004300/ht … giclip_eng.html […]
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zuldan wrote on Yesterday, 10:25:

Can’t find any information on this thing. Tell us more 😀

It's an AMD Athlon Slot A , goldfinger device.
https://web.archive.org/web/20010119004300/ht … giclip_eng.html

But it's a rarity among the already rare devices of this kind.

Yeah, these are definitely unicorns.

I have found some pretty weird and obscure stuff over the years but I have never even seen one of these for sale.

And it makes sense too. Slot A is among the shortest lived of any processor slot\socket for PCs in the past 30 years. As far as I can tell, every CPU made for Slot A was released in a span of less than one year, from late June of 1999 to early June of 2000. Even Slot A motherboards are a bit scarce these days, so the number of devices made to unlock Slot A processors must be incredibly small now.

(The lifespan of Intel's Socket 423 was even shorter, of course, but it seems to not generate the same level of interest, and I don't know of any fancy overclocking\unlocking devices like this that were made for S423. It just didn't even have time to develop much of an enthusiast following I guess.)

Yes , things are exactly as you wrote it.

As for the socket 423 , i would say that the most interesting hardware part is the cpu socket adapter 423=>478

TASOS wrote on Yesterday, 19:05:

Ozzuneoj wrote on Yesterday, 17:55:

Yeah, these are definitely unicorns. […]
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TASOS wrote on Yesterday, 17:37:

It's an AMD Athlon Slot A , goldfinger device.
https://web.archive.org/web/20010119004300/ht … giclip_eng.html

But it's a rarity among the already rare devices of this kind.

Yeah, these are definitely unicorns.

I have found some pretty weird and obscure stuff over the years but I have never even seen one of these for sale.

And it makes sense too. Slot A is among the shortest lived of any processor slot\socket for PCs in the past 30 years. As far as I can tell, every CPU made for Slot A was released in a span of less than one year, from late June of 1999 to early June of 2000. Even Slot A motherboards are a bit scarce these days, so the number of devices made to unlock Slot A processors must be incredibly small now.

(The lifespan of Intel's Socket 423 was even shorter, of course, but it seems to not generate the same level of interest, and I don't know of any fancy overclocking\unlocking devices like this that were made for S423. It just didn't even have time to develop much of an enthusiast following I guess.)

Yes , things are exactly as you wrote it.

As for the socket 423 , i would say that the most interesting hardware part is the cpu socket adapter 423=>478

Ah, I forgot to mention those! Yeah, I was thinking specifically of that as basically the only really interesting part for the socket.

After almost 27 years i finally have my own Athlon Slot A, bought from a collector that happen to encounter in FB Marketplace. (when i found it i was like Homer when he learns about the free trampoline in the newspaper)

* The processor Its an Argon 500Mhz from the 44th week of 1999 (shortly after AMD solved the yield problems and ramped up the production in Dresden). Still, not many 500 ones, i think the most common slot A was the 700 one. This example still had that nasty plate paste that stuck everywhere and was very common as a "high end" solution back then.
* The motherboard its an Asus K7m rev 1.04 with the A5 rev chipset (Super Bypass enabled via the last Beta bios). I think this is the famous case of the motherboards that came in blank boxes due to fear of Intel. The quality is superb, all the capacitors are Rubycon and not a single one is bulged (this was prior to the capacitor plague)

Its incredibly rare to find these in Argentina, they were sold for like a year in very low quantities. I repaired thousands of computers in this 27 years and never, EVER encountered a Slot A, all was socket A. The only one i saw was a pc i built for a client in Q1 2000 (Argon 550Mhz with Fic SD11). The economics didnt help also, we were in the verge of the 2001 crisis, so not much people bought expensive computers.

i did a quick test and it destroys my k6-2+ @ 600Mhz even at 500Mhz by 50% in most of the games (back in the day i jumped from a k6-2 500Mhz directly to a Thunderbird 900Mhz, the difference was massive but i thought in that time that it was mostly due to raw clock speed advantage)

Congrats! And even a K7M, best of both worlds. Fast AMD northbridge and VIA southbridge for ATA66.
The 700 MHz was indeed popular, maybe because of the fastest L2 cache of all? Although at half speed, because of dividers, the 700 had the most optimal speed.

giantenemycat wrote on 2026-03-23, 12:04:

So I've only gone and bought another mystery box with no specs listed. I really wasn't going to, but then the seller immediately sent out an offer for 5% off. I countered with 20%...and they accepted.

Last time people here seemed to enjoy guessing what hardware will be inside. Bets on this one?

Ozzuneoj wrote on 2026-03-24, 19:31:

I am looking forward to seeing who has been terrorizing the local townsfolk as "The Creature from the Beige Lagoon".

It's finally here.

We have:

• SuperPower SP-586TB
  • Pentium MMX 166MHz
  • S3 Trio64 (86c764x)
  • Some amount of EDO RAM? Two different sets of 2, so likely had been upgraded over time
  • Fujitsu MPA3026AT 2.62 GB HDD
  • GoldStar GCD-R580B (LG)
  • Labway A151-A00 sound card (Yamaha YMF719)
  • D-Link DU-A2 Rev:D2 USB add-in card. OPTi 82C861 controller, so only USB 1.1?
  
  It powers on and make all the noises it should be making, but I can't get a POST. Have tried a different video card still nothing. Suspect it's something relatively easy to fix like one of the other cards not being seated properly, but don't have time right at the moment. That Labway sound card alone is worth almost as much as I paid for the whole thing, so not really worried.

Well, I got the CPU right, although I said 430VX instead of TX. Close enough 😅

A CD-ROM from Goldstar isn't that common, so that's nice.