GeorgeMan wrote:

I think that socket 7 is not up to AGP/ATA100. There is socket 370 for them to shine. […]
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I think that socket 7 is not up to AGP/ATA100.
There is socket 370 for them to shine.

I had the same opinion, but without one exhaust fan, every single socket7 AT system was getting more hot the more I was using ut.
I also don't like the fact that on AT you are stuck with headers headers headers for everything (PS2, USB, COM etc) and on most boards the IDE/floppy cable ports are in a position you actually cannot do any cable management.

FSB 100 is nice, so are K6-IIIs, but for me, socket 7 is limited to 1985-1995 games, purely DOS. Windows 3.11 just for fun, and Windows 95 just for easy file transfers over ftp.
For 9x games, 3D, etc etc a Tualatin/2x VoodooII/Geforce2-3 is what really shines.
Pentium 1 cannot keep up but the very first 3D games, so there is no point in struggling to play newer ones at 10fps anyway.
I also tend to trust intel chipsets. No other VIA for me, thanks. 😜

There's quite a few socket 7 intel chipset versions. Some are great (late ones), some are utter crap. For the MVP3 chipset, there are great implementations and horrid ones.

I play 1991-1997 and early '98 games on the P1 MMX / voodoo2 system in my signature. Even Quake 2 runs at a very good framerate at 800x600 on it (average 25 fps or so, most of the time it says over 30 but can drop as low as 9-10 when lots of stuff goes on). A K6-2 or K6-3 is overkill for those. The Pentium 233MMX is a surprisingly powerful CPU.

I use my K6 builds for 1995-1999 3D games and there's nothing in that timeframe that won't run great on a well made super seven system. I have two configurations, both with the same CPU/Mainboard (K6-II 450 OC to 500 + Lucky Tech P5MPV3). One has a Voodoo Banshee AGP, 128MB of ram and a SB PRO 2.0 (CT 2600) and the other runs a Voodoo 3 or Geforce 256 (dual boot depending on what card I use) + 256MB SDRAM an AWE64 value.

I played Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, Unreal, Mechwarrior 3, Mechwarrior 4, Homeworld, Homeworld Cataclysm, Dungeon Keeper 2 and other titles on the latter and I have to say, performance is great. I run some at 800x600 and others at 1024x768. I have no need for higher resolutions since I use a 4:3 19" LCD (never liked CRT monitors - I find them very tiresome even at 85hz - thought I had no problem with them when I was a kid.)

I do have a V2 SLI rig (Pentium 3 1GHz, 512MB ram, GF 4 Ti 4200) - there's pics of it on some thread - but because most of my games run so good on the Super Sevens I barely use it. I played Sacrifice and GTA3 on the PIII, and that's about it. It also pushes Quake 3 at great framerates @ 1280x1024, but I like the feel of playing it on my K6 @ 800x600 better.

Today's thrift store haul yielded one pack of Maxell 3.5" floppies.

...and this.

Behold the Zenith Z-Note 320L! Didn't really expect it, but there's a 386 inside.
(click image for full gallery)

It's Apple, yes, however the AAUI interface is identical to IBM's miniature AUI connector. This stupid box is turned on and off by the +5 from the host ethernet controller and supplies +5 to your AUI transceiver which makes absolutely no sense aside form DC power isolation (???) because most transceivers never used a whole lot of power to require an external power source like this.

There was also this.

It's a replica but believe me. It was not cheap.

jwt27 wrote:

...and this.

How do you people keep finding brand-new-looking old computers all the time? 😕

CelGen wrote:

It's a replica but believe me. It was not cheap.

Yes, but does it run Crysis?

devius wrote:

Yes, but does it run Crysis?

Good one 😁

Epox EP-D3VA with 2x Pentium 3 1000 and 1.5GB RAM 😁
Does anyone know where I can get a low voltage ( > 1.6v ) K6-III+ / K6-3+?

Arctic wrote:

Epox EP-D3VA with 2x Pentium 3 1000 and 1.5GB RAM 😁
Does anyone know where I can get a low voltage ( > 1.6v ) K6-III+ / K6-3+?

There are a few on ebay, but they are a bit pricey it seems

2x Trident:

And a Gainward?:

Here's a Cardbus soundcard for a change, Creative only released a 16-bit PCMCIA modem card back in the day and never a soundcard, while many other companies were doing so.
Also another version of BeOS for my rather large Be collection (the DR8 version for Power Mac), and a nice 1500 pages long book.

jwt27, this is the best looking 386 of all time! Looks like new, you're very lucky!

Creative ct3620 sb32
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Creative ct1920 awe32upg
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Creative ct2750 sb16easy
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Looks like should be a kit with external cd-rom drive.

Found roadside on this morning's walk.

Golly. P4 3ghz with a very nice 15.4 screen. Seems fine except the battery - charged to 26%, had lunch, and booted to virtually flat 7%. As if I should complain...

pewpewpew wrote:

Found roadside on this morning's walk.

Unbelievable the things that people throw away! 😲

easy_john wrote:

Looks like should be a kit with external cd-rom drive.

True that...
The package had an external CD-Rom drive.

brostenen wrote:

easy_john wrote:

Looks like should be a kit with external cd-rom drive.

The package had an external CD-Rom drive.

Can't find any picture of that kit or cdrom in google. What kind of cable do they use? What type of cdrom?

devius wrote:

pewpewpew wrote:

Found roadside on this morning's walk.

Unbelievable the things that people throw away! 😲

Some kid must have really pissed off their parents.... 😵

Bought a poorly described Pentium III with part number A25416-001 for < $15 dollars shipped today. When it arrives with any luck it will indeed be a the elusive 1000/256/100/1.7V slot 1 of my dreams.

Other hardware recently acquired include a P3B-F rev 1.04 for $52.25, ELSA Gladiac Geforce2 Ultra for $7 (the $500 MSRP still kills me) and a AWE64 Gold for $35 all shipped. Not great deals but fell within my heuristic to buy when the price is less than one standard deviation of used prices.

RacoonRider wrote:

jwt27, this is the best looking 386 of all time! Looks like new, you're very lucky!

Yeah the design is really awesome and it's so amazingly clean. There's absolutely no crud under the keyboard, in the trackball, in the embossed square pattern, or anywhere really. It's either been used very very lightly, or in a completely sterile environment.
As I mentioned the design reminded me of medical equipment, and I think I wasn't too far off. Just now I popped one of the keycaps off to check what kind of switches are underneath, I noticed the keys smell very much like a hospital. So I'm guessing it could actually be ex-medical equipment after all.

devius wrote:

jwt27 wrote:

...and this.

How do you people keep finding brand-new-looking old computers all the time? 😕

Uh, just walk into a thrift shop at the right time I guess... 😀

edit: Just found out, this trackball appears to fit on a normal IBM keyboard too.

I bought a *new* Dell P190S:

It's never been used, but the box has been opened and it doesn't come with any cables. So, to complement it, I bought a Dual-Link DVI-D/M to DVI-D/M cable from Lindy.

I bought recently 8 of these `seller refurbish` SCSI 331MB harddisks

These became a lot cheaper.. And i really like something for backup as stuff iam taking in storage. Iam using these kind of drives only on XT machines as a replacement.