has anyone posted photos of those old CD_rom kits that were sold during the 486 era?
the kits came with a Sony 1X CD-rom drive and a mediavision soundcard, plus skeakers and some free games.
Never heard of that before, but, I remember seeing a Sound Blaster kit being sold on eBay at one point in time that came with a 2x CD-ROM drive, games, the sound card itself, and speakers. I did, however, purchase a CD-ROM drive & Sound Card combo on eBay (the CD-ROM drive needed repairs, and it's fully functional). If I come across one, I'll let you know.
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wrote:has anyone posted photos of those old CD_rom kits that were sold during the 486 era?
the kits came with a Sony 1X CD-rom drive and a mediavision soundcard, plus skeakers and some free games.
I don't recall one made by Sony but I do have a Reveal Voyager model MFX18 which consists of Sound Card, 2x CD ROM, Speakers (passive), a small software bundle consisting of a encyclopaedia and Megarace plus a load of utilities for Win3.x and DOS.
Plays nice with Linux as well (back in the day it did anyway) but you needed to boot from floppy for that and continue the install from CD when you've pointed out to the installer what type of CD drive you have.
wrote:has anyone posted photos of those old CD_rom kits that were sold during the 486 era?
the kits came with a Sony 1X CD-rom drive and a mediavision soundcard, plus skeakers and some free games.
My first 486dx-33 computer came with a Sony 2x cd-rom and Sony IDE controller.
Not retro hardware, but retro hardware related. Saw this on the "free" table at a thrift store. Third edition circa 1990 which has first edition (1971) and second edition (1985) info mixed in. Nice that this book somehow is in almost mint condition. Should be fun (for a geek like me) to flip through.
Pick this up locally from friend looking to clear some stuff - told that it might have been used to connect an external SCSI drive enclosure. NCR chip, but It enumerates at POST from a company called Rodime.
Got this 486 lot for less than $30, I think I got a great deal.
Seller said he has more 486 and Pentium era stuff for sale for cheap (hard times, so he's unloading a personal collection) and will be sending me a list soon.
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Wow, all that for $30? Really nice!
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
wrote:Wow, all that for $30? Really nice!
Yeah; it posts too so everything in there is working.
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what case is it going in?
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
Not too many options; I wish I had a fitting Full AT Tower or an AT Desktop but it will have to be one of these mini towers.. Pick your poison:
Retronautics: A digital gallery of my retro computers, hardware and projects.
wrote:Got this 486 lot for less than $30, I think I got a great deal.
Seller said he has more 486 and Pentium era stuff for sale for cheap (hard times, so he's unloading a personal collection) and will be sending me a list soon.
Nice, That's all you need to setup a Novell 3.12 server or Client workstation.
A couple of recent pickups, a Dell OEM Geforce 3 Ti 500 and a Creative TNT2 Ultra CT6810. The fan on the TNT2 was noisy, but a bit of cleaning and lithium grease in the bearing seems to have brought it back to life. 😁
wrote:Did you notice that GUS Extreme auction? Curious what the final price will be 😲 I am already out... 🤣
Crazy .... $960!!! 😲 😲 😲
wrote:wrote:Did you notice that GUS Extreme auction? Curious what the final price will be 😲 I am already out... 🤣
Crazy .... $960!!! 😲 😲 😲
Thats just insane..
Retronautics: A digital gallery of my retro computers, hardware and projects.
IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486
Has a 486-25mhz complex installed.
Looking for a P90 or P60 complex if anyone has one just laying around =P also looking for a Ps/2 floppy drive either 1.44mb or 2.88
Unfortunately, yeah. Its case was damaged in shipping. I should have figured considering the distance it came and its size (from Louisiana to Michigan)
I kept all of the shards in case I can somehow glue them all back together to make one big shard... but it doesnt seem promising. The plastic is very brittle, and non-porous, superglue I tried didnt work very well...
If anyone has a non-working Model 90 XP or just the case, ill take that off your hands too. Unlikely but I might as well ask =P
Early 90s: IBM PS/2 Server 95/A, Pentium 66, 16MB RAM, XGA-2, IBM SCSI Corvette, SCSI2SD, 3 Com EtherLink III MCA, Resound 2 AdLib MCA
Late 90s: Micron Millenia MXE, ABIT VH6-II, Coppermine 1ghz, 1024MB, Voodoo 5 5500 PCI, GUS Max 2.1, 128GB SATA PNY SSD
wrote:IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486 […]
IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486
Has a 486-25mhz complex installed.
Looking for a P90 or P60 complex if anyone has one just laying around =P also looking for a Ps/2 floppy drive either 1.44mb or 2.88
Unfortunately, yeah. Its case was damaged in shipping. I should have figured considering the distance it came and its size (from Louisiana to Michigan)
I kept all of the shards in case I can somehow glue them all back together to make one big shard... but it doesnt seem promising. The plastic is very brittle, and non-porous, superglue I tried didnt work very well...
If anyone has a non-working Model 90 XP or just the case, ill take that off your hands too. Unlikely but I might as well ask =P
I have a non-working one somewhere in my garage.
These PS/2 are a pain to work with. All Proprietary IBM parts.
If you want the IBM 486 Cadillac then get the PS/1
Really easy to work with , All ISA slots, and no proprietary parts.
They run very good and fairly quiet.
IBM PS/1 Consultant 1993 with Sound blaster.
wrote:I have a non-working one somewhere in my garage. These PS/2 are a pain to work with. All Proprietary IBM parts. If you want the […]
wrote:IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486 […]
IBM PS/2 Model 90 XP 486
Has a 486-25mhz complex installed.
Looking for a P90 or P60 complex if anyone has one just laying around =P also looking for a Ps/2 floppy drive either 1.44mb or 2.88
Unfortunately, yeah. Its case was damaged in shipping. I should have figured considering the distance it came and its size (from Louisiana to Michigan)
I kept all of the shards in case I can somehow glue them all back together to make one big shard... but it doesnt seem promising. The plastic is very brittle, and non-porous, superglue I tried didnt work very well...
If anyone has a non-working Model 90 XP or just the case, ill take that off your hands too. Unlikely but I might as well ask =P
I have a non-working one somewhere in my garage.
These PS/2 are a pain to work with. All Proprietary IBM parts.
If you want the IBM 486 Cadillac then get the PS/1
Really easy to work with , All ISA slots, and no proprietary parts.
They run very good and fairly quiet.
IBM PS/1 Consultant 1993 with Sound blaster.
I’m well aware. I have a model 80 already that I love. I have a boatload of MCA cards as well. Email me at camtheman155@yahoo.com if you want to get rid of that 90 XP, you’ll be my fricken hero.
Early 90s: IBM PS/2 Server 95/A, Pentium 66, 16MB RAM, XGA-2, IBM SCSI Corvette, SCSI2SD, 3 Com EtherLink III MCA, Resound 2 AdLib MCA
Late 90s: Micron Millenia MXE, ABIT VH6-II, Coppermine 1ghz, 1024MB, Voodoo 5 5500 PCI, GUS Max 2.1, 128GB SATA PNY SSD
wrote:wrote:Did you notice that GUS Extreme auction? Curious what the final price will be 😲 I am already out... 🤣
Crazy .... $960!!! 😲 😲 😲
death of the retro 😀 i always use the pc parts, how could you do that with a very expensive one?
Hit the BIN on a Kawai GMCat yesterday. That's a 37-key mini-keyboard MIDI controller with the Kawai GMouse MIDI module integrated into the same case. Very seldom seen.
