Hmm, wonder what would happen if I coupled a Trident with my HP Vectra PIII...

So, what would be the worst and most pathetic piece of graphics adapter back then? (ISA/VLB period) - I mean something that bad that it becomes interesting?

Got my 8bit 3com 3c503 for my 8088 build! I did some googling, you can apparently put the XTIDE ROM into the socket and it works (not 100% on the details tho).

tikoellner wrote:

So, what would be the worst and most pathetic piece of graphics adapter back then? (ISA/VLB period) - I mean something that bad that it becomes interesting?

That would be the Rendition Verite / V2200 card. Which when used in DOS, is actually a "Decelerator" in that it is so bad for DOOM performance that i can slow down DOOM run on a pentium-166 system to at or below 386 speeds.

I'm back 😀

Anyways I just bought a Quadro4 900 XGL (GeForce4 Ti4600) for a new build. Still trying to make my perfect Windows 98 box. It was listed as working with a swollen capacitor. Only cost $30 total with shipping. I will order a full set of replacement caps tomorrow.

squareguy wrote:

I'm back 😀

Anyways I just bought a Quadro4 900 XGL (GeForce4 Ti4600) for a new build. Still trying to make my perfect Windows 98 box. It was listed as working with a swollen capacitor. Only cost $30 total with shipping. I will order a full set of replacement caps tomorrow.

Good to have you back 😀

Lukeno94 wrote:

Hmm, wonder what would happen if I coupled a Trident with my HP Vectra PIII...

I actually extracted one of my tridents from a Tualeron system at work. It had AGP, PCI and only a single ISA slot, which housed the videocard! I can hardly imagine the torturous experience 😀 Unfortunately, the mobo was toast.

Radeon X800 GT

GeForce 6600 LE (NV43 rev. A2, might unlock to 8 PP)

GeForce FX 5600

Radeon 9200 VIVO

Grrr. I want this SCC-1 card that just showed up on ebay, but I won't pay $400 for it.

Where did you find that? I'm unable to locate it so maybe it has already ended?

rad wrote:

Where did you find that? I'm unable to locate it so maybe it has already ended?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roland-SCC-1-ISA-Soun … 6420&rmvSB=true

And it looks like another d-bag stole my description. Man I HATE when people do that.

EDIT: Just sent seller a strongly-worded message.

kithylin wrote:

tikoellner wrote:

So, what would be the worst and most pathetic piece of graphics adapter back then? (ISA/VLB period) - I mean something that bad that it becomes interesting?

That would be the Rendition Verite / V2200 card. Which when used in DOS, is actually a "Decelerator" in that it is so bad for DOOM performance that i can slow down DOOM run on a pentium-166 system to at or below 386 speeds.

Scroll down and choose anything you like.... http://vgamuseum.info/index.php/benchmarks/quake-320 . Almost all early VGA cards were really slow and they had problems even with drawing fonts on screen - you can see drawing text on screen with some cards.

$5! still has the sealed pouch in the back with the disk, never used.

Book's. Mmmmm........ Refreshing to see something other than hardware.

tikoellner wrote:

So, what would be the worst and most pathetic piece of graphics adapter back then? (ISA/VLB period) - I mean something that bad that it becomes interesting?

I can only speak for my 10mhz 286 machine. I have a Trident-9000 in it at the moment.
I have ordered a Trident-8900c, just for testing the speed out, on the 286.
The machine came with an EGA adaptor, wich are slower than the Trident.
The benefits are that I can use a "modern" monitor, and yes, a bit faster.
If it was a 486, I would go for something better. CL-54XX, ET4000 or something like that.
Tridents are cheap, and fine enough for machines up to 386sx33, perhaps the cheap
pricetag are what's making them become attractive for 286's.

Lukeno94 wrote:

Hmm, wonder what would happen if I coupled a Trident with my HP Vectra PIII...

wow, thats an expensive book on ePay! I want one now!

Anyway, this is what I found at a thrift store today:

No cables or accessories for either one. I will go back in a few days, hopefully the ac adapters/ pointer/ etc will show up. Everything was 50% off, so it was all priced right. I will probably sell both. haven't given it any thought yet.

Well this got delivered while I was at work yesterday.

Unfortunately, as mentioned, the plastics didn't hold (no thanks to AusPost in their part). Seems it was mishandled a bit, surprise surprise. I'll see how I'll go about fixing it, but I intend on merging my existing unit with this one and try to make a whole good unit.

New machine:

Side by side with my existing one:

A Libretto is definitely on my to-get list when I finally get my own place and some funds together. What was wrong with t'other one?

Ooh... So jealous 😁
I hope that turns out well, I always think those would make great travel gaming machines.

luckybob wrote:

wow, thats an expensive book on ePay! I want one now!

heh I didnt check ebay, I see indeed it is more expensive there.. wow. lots more.. I got both for $5 off amazon used books, free shipping.