Cyrix200+ wrote:

I wanted a real vintage ISA POST analysis card for a while now, since I have two motherboards that don't work with the otherwise very decent new ISA/PCI versions you get for a few bucks on eBay. I made some money selling stuff and decided to get something nice:

Pretty much never used, the software is still sealed. One of the loopback connectors is missing but otherwise complete and in good condition. Money well wasted! 😉

Hehe, nice card. I bought the Ultra-X set:
Re: ULTRA-X Professional Hardware Diagnostics P.H.D.16 - Made in U.S.A

But dont expect too much. If Supersoft/China-card doesnt do anything, these cards will also not.

Bought this used 19" lcd with a great stand for 15€.
The 5:4 ratio is way better for retro stuff, than the everyday 16:9 or 16:10 screens i used previously. Unfortunately, i don't have that much space to get a proper CRT, so that lcd is fine enough.

The monitor stand itself was well worth of this 15€ and therefore the monitor can be considered as free. 😜

@Bancho

Are you willing to image these disks ? I have a loose NV1 and I'd like to see what it can do ^^

stoof wrote:

OK, this is the coolest thing I've seen in a while. I hope you can get it restored.

I hope so too 😀 I am just confused as to why somebody would remove the power cables and not put them back... maybe they got used to repair another machine? idk... will find out.

speaking of restoring... not retro hardware as such:

...but I hope the naked CT1350B I saved from scrap will be delighted to get it's OPL back ^^
and while I'm at it a few other audio chips that will come in handy 😀

I just hope they're all the real deal ^^

GigAHerZ wrote:

Bought this used 19" lcd with a great stand for 15€. The 5:4 ratio is way better for retro stuff, than the everyday 16:9 or 16:1 […]
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Bought this used 19" lcd with a great stand for 15€.
The 5:4 ratio is way better for retro stuff, than the everyday 16:9 or 16:10 screens i used previously. Unfortunately, i don't have that much space to get a proper CRT, so that lcd is fine enough.

The monitor stand itself was well worth of this 15€ and therefore the monitor can be considered as free. 😜

Awsome. Is it height adjustable? It's aways good when you get a bargain.

appiah4 wrote:

I also own one of these cards, I had it in my PII PC in 1998 and managed to get a hold of one again early last year. I have ver […]
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dionb wrote:

- Asus V2740TV, probably the most feature-rich Intel i740-based card out there.

I also own one of these cards, I had it in my PII PC in 1998 and managed to get a hold of one again early last year. I have very fond memories of using it alongside a Voodoo 2, it had very good image quality and I actually got a lot of use out of the video out.

ASUS made a lot of cards with fantastic VIVO functionality at the time. This GeForce DDR from my collection for example is also equally amazing:

Looks like an Asus v6600 sdram to me? The DDR version is the v6800 DDR. Sdram version is SGram and it actually says so on the board.(sorry)

imi wrote:

stoof wrote:

[...]
I just hope they're all the real deal ^^

with a datecode of 13th week of 2013 there are some possibilities:
a. they are just rebranded originals because the old ones were scratched and had cosmetic issues
b. they are rebranded clones that could work fine or not...

I think though you'll be ok

so there's no chance they were still made in '13?
I've seen some with that datecode on custombuilds around already, so I thought they'll be fine.

nah, that's just typical chinese re-branding...

Hah thats interesting...was not aware these are date codes. Few weeks ago I also got some YM3812 from China for my CT1350b with missing OPL. Mine are labeled "1040 EBAD". Manufactured CW40 2010?

USB hard-drive dock so I can image my old IDE hard-drives.
Works with PC and Macs.

keropi wrote:

nah, that's just typical chinese re-branding...

just wondering why they are doing it for the YM3812 and not the others 😕

Intel486dx33 wrote:

USB hard-drive dock so I can image my old IDE hard-drives.
Works with PC and Macs.

I got the same one... the problem is the spacing between the IDE and power connector.. this dock lets you adjust spacing but a) i've found drives that still don't fit and b) when it DOES fit, it still is a bit of a pain to get the drive pushed in all the way

DaveJustDave wrote:

Intel486dx33 wrote:

USB hard-drive dock so I can image my old IDE hard-drives.
Works with PC and Macs.

I got the same one... the problem is the spacing between the IDE and power connector.. this dock lets you adjust spacing but a) i've found drives that still don't fit and b) when it DOES fit, it still is a bit of a pain to get the drive pushed in all the way

Thanks for the feed back on that. I was considering one of those hdd cradles.Some of the earlier IDE hddsweren't completely standard. I'll go for something a bit more open.

So I managed to snag a bunch of stuff over the last two or so weeks, including a floppy drive that almost killed my CD Drive. I'm not kidding about that. Luckily, I can return the floppy drive.

Above are a P3 550, which has already been integrated in to my most recent build, a completely working Microsoft Sidewinder Pro, a Pentium MMX 166, ATi Mach 32 with an odd AT&T chip, and a Creative Graphics Blaster Exxtreme. Closer pictures of the latter two are below.

imi wrote:

also this cute thing :3c […]
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also this cute thing :3c

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it's astonishing what they crammed in there, even place for a 8bit ISA card 😀

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unfortunately the PSU is missing, but that shouldn't be too hard to figure out... but it also seems like someone already had a go at this, the front had a broken clip and some of it is missing, the HDD power cable is missing and one of the screws was rattling around inside, the speaker broke off and the FDD wasn't screwed in at all and bent a bit so the door wouldn't close properly, also the power button sticks.
I hope that I will be able to get it to work cause I really like that small form factor, and it's a 286 😀 ...from checking the chips it seems to only have CGA graphics though, not much I can do about that.
also need to find a sound card that'll work in the 8bit slot and is short enough to fit inside the case.

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I can't respond to PM's, I think my account is too new - so I'll just respond to you here. The pinout you found is correct and I also have the manual for the 80286 model, I'll scan it at some point. It doesn't really have any useful information in it other than the fact that the matching keyboard is able to automatically switch between XT and AT modes, which I tested and confirmed. It also tells you how to disable onboard CGA via dip switches if you have an 8-bit ISA VGA card installed. Unfortunately due to the extremely limited amount of space in the case, it can't fit most 8-bit ISA cards, but mine came with an official Carry-1 branded card that has its components placed in somewhat unconventional places on the board in order to fit better.

Another thing to note is that you won't be able to boot from the internal hard drive if your Dallas clock chip is dead. You can change the BIOS settings all you want, but they never save on reboot even if you keep the computer plugged in the whole time, and the settings it defaults to don't include the hard drive. I'm going to buy one of those modern Dallas replacements that lets you use a regular CR2032 at some point soon but I don't really need it since I have a parallel port HDD by BackPack. I still have to boot from floppy, but at least I can still play games from HDD.

imi wrote:

keropi wrote:

nah, that's just typical chinese re-branding...

just wondering why they are doing it for the YM3812 and not the others 😕

they do it with every chip they can get - I have even ceramic eproms painted over on top and rebranded... OPLx, eeproms, eproms, mcus, whetever it does not matter. It gets rebranded to look like new.

Artex wrote:

Inherited this guy today. A contractor was working on our home and noticed my collection. He asked if he could drop off an ol […]
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Inherited this guy today. A contractor was working on our home and noticed my collection. He asked if he could drop off an old computer - I didn't expect too much but not bad - clean inside and external battery!

It posts but cannot get it to booth the drive even after manually entering the hard drive settings. Need to do some more testing but a seemingly decent system in great shape. And the MB sheet on the reverse side of the case cover - wha?!! Awesome. 😎

Hello Artex!

Is this particular PC something you would consider selling or trading for? I've been searching for one for ages and found this post through a Google search... and amazingly we only live about 45 minutes apart. I would have PM'd you but I didn't see an option to, I suspect because my account is new.

Please send me a message! Thanks!

I like compudynes. I didn't know they used those FX3000 boards. Pretty neat.

Caluser2000 wrote:

GigAHerZ wrote:

Bought this used 19" lcd with a great stand for 15€. The 5:4 ratio is way better for retro stuff, than the everyday 16:9 or 16:1 […]
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Bought this used 19" lcd with a great stand for 15€.
The 5:4 ratio is way better for retro stuff, than the everyday 16:9 or 16:10 screens i used previously. Unfortunately, i don't have that much space to get a proper CRT, so that lcd is fine enough.

The monitor stand itself was well worth of this 15€ and therefore the monitor can be considered as free. 😜
// Picture of monitor //

Awsome. Is it height adjustable? It's aways good when you get a bargain.

Yes it is! And the pole itself has even a cable duct inside. (Y)