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Reply 40 of 62, by Skyscraper

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I never seem to remember the correct name for the Berg connector thats why I call it a "small Molex" or floppy power connector. I think I will use the fan controller I just need to figure out which one of my 2001 - 2004 systems this cooler will be able to cool without having to run at 6000 RPM. The reviewers were not convinced... but I bought it for its rareness for 5 Euro. Now I just have to find a way to clean off all the tar as the previous owner seems to have been a heavy smoker, the fan runs perfectly though.

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Reply 41 of 62, by obobskivich

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Skyscraper wrote:

I never seem to remember the correct name for the Berg connector thats why I call it a "small Molex" or floppy power connector. I think I will use the fan controller I just need to figure out which one of my 2001 - 2004 systems this cooler will be able to cool without having to run at 6000 RPM. The reviewers were not convinced... but I bought it for its rareness for 5 Euro. Now I just have to find a way to clean off all the tar as the previous owner seems to have been a heavy smoker, the fan runs perfectly though.

Mine was fine with an Athlon64 X2 for years; that's a ~90W TDP chip. FWIW. I'd use the plastic 3.5" mount for the fan controller too - the PCI slot thing isn't well insulated, and its easy to short the pot into itself (it goes BANG, there's some fire, and a lot of nasty smoke - that's how mine died 🤣).

Reply 42 of 62, by HighTreason

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Skyscraper wrote:
Well could it be a ZX Spectrum+ ? :) Dosnt look flat enough though. […]
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Well could it be a ZX Spectrum+ ? 😀
Dosnt look flat enough though.

I have very little knowledge about stuff that old.

Or perhaps the SCSI card is just named ZX for random reason 😀

It isn't for a ZX Spectrum, it also isn't SCSI though before posting I did a quick search, there are two such cards appearing on eBay which are not correctly described... I hoped people's minds would jump onto these paths. Not sure I'm operating in the rules but then, nor is anyone else and my picture probably isn't entirely fair, so here's a cryptic clue; The BUS which looks like SCSI seems to be called XBUS, has an interesting pinout... Pin 24 seems to be a 14.31818MHz clock.

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Reply 43 of 62, by TELEPACMAN

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Man you're killing us here! Is it related with Commodore 64?

Reply 44 of 62, by obobskivich

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HighTreason wrote:

It isn't for a ZX Spectrum, it also isn't SCSI though before posting I did a quick search, there are two such cards appearing on eBay which are not correctly described... I hoped people's minds would jump onto these paths. Not sure I'm operating in the rules but then, nor is anyone else and my picture probably isn't entirely fair, so here's a cryptic clue; The BUS which looks like SCSI seems to be called XBUS, has an interesting pinout... Pin 24 seems to be a 14.31818MHz clock.

A SPARCstation/SPARCserver?

"Xbus" seems to unfortunately be used for tons of proprietary/generic stuff as well.

Reply 45 of 62, by CelGen

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It's a breakout interface for something. It runs on an ISA bus so it isn't Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum related.

Here's one that will stump a few of you. 😎

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Reply 46 of 62, by MrEWhite

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Thats a Voodoo 2 SLI im pretty sure, what brand tho

Reply 47 of 62, by Anonymous Coward

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It's some kind of microchannel board. Looks to have video output. Maybe some kind of proprietary high end video board?

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Reply 48 of 62, by vlask

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SGI IrisVision?

Id like to see more cards like that in mine collection. Profi cards are hard to get.

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Reply 49 of 62, by Sutekh94

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I wanna say that one of those boards is a CPU board, but I'm not 100% sure.

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Reply 50 of 62, by CelGen

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SGI IrisVision?

Id like to see more cards like that in mine collection. Profi cards are hard to get.

You got it. Silicon Gaphics's IrisVision IrisGL 3D accelerator. Arguably one of the first 3D cards for the PC.

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Reply 51 of 62, by MrEWhite

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CelGen wrote:
vlask wrote:

SGI IrisVision?

Id like to see more cards like that in mine collection. Profi cards are hard to get.

You got it. Silicon Gaphics's IrisVision IrisGL 3D accelerator. Arguably one of the first 3D cards for the PC.

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Reply 52 of 62, by calvin

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I think a lot could consider the first to be the PGA.

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Reply 53 of 62, by vlask

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Ok then, guess mine turn. Don't want exact card name (dont think its have one). Enough is exact type of card (sound, vga....) and company name (easy one). Had to delete card number from image (with it it would be too easy).

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Reply 54 of 62, by obobskivich

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I'm going to assume MCA graphics card, and guess that it's an IBM.

Reply 55 of 62, by vlask

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obobskivich wrote:

I'm going to assume MCA graphics card, and guess that it's an IBM.

Your guess is from 2/3 right. But one thing is wrong.

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Reply 57 of 62, by CelGen

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Green dot on the back indicates it's a token ring card. 4 megabit?

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Reply 58 of 62, by vlask

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CelGen wrote:

Green dot on the back indicates it's a token ring card. 4 megabit?

Yep, its IBM Token Ring (83X7488) MCA.

Nice, never known that they got different dots on cards back.....Seen info about token ring only in IT books at highschool, but never seen real card or cables. This one i got as possible video card, but soon found out that it is not. So it ended in mine trade list - would be shame recycle card like that.

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Reply 59 of 62, by obobskivich

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CelGen wrote:

Green dot on the back indicates it's a token ring card. 4 megabit?

What green dot? 😕