MMaximus wrote on 2020-01-10, 20:24:

Bought 2 NOS Adaptec Ultra 160 cards on ebay recently. Unfortunately It looks like I've bricked one while flashing the BIOS. :/ […]
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Bought 2 NOS Adaptec Ultra 160 cards on ebay recently. Unfortunately It looks like I've bricked one while flashing the BIOS. 😒

I wonder if they can't be reflashed even if bricked whitout getting the ROM chip off.

Yes, usually

I agreed to pick up this case for 10 bucks tonight.

Not a looker but it looks a lot like the Dell Dimension XPS D cases, which I really love, so I am looking forward to moving my K6-2/500 Voodoo 2 SLI system to this case. No idea what the hardware inside is at all, if there is anything useful that will be a bonus. Otherwise, it will be scrapped.

appiah4 wrote on 2020-01-13, 07:32:

I agreed to pick up this case for 10 bucks tonight. […]
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I agreed to pick up this case for 10 bucks tonight.

Not a looker but it looks a lot like the Dell Dimension XPS D cases, which I really love, so I am looking forward to moving my K6-2/500 Voodoo 2 SLI system to this case. No idea what the hardware inside is at all, if there is anything useful that will be a bonus. Otherwise, it will be scrapped.

i see a socket 478 there

Living wrote on 2020-01-13, 13:50:

i see a socket 478 there

I have zero interest in it so it will be scrapped. I may retain the graphics card if it's an MX440 or something, I need a card of that caliber for an IBM Thinkcenter I am working on..

Have this bad boy on the way! An 8-bit MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum.

oeuvre wrote on 2020-01-12, 18:23:

This Dell Dimension XPS T450. https://imgur.com/a/jZLGTf5 […]
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This Dell Dimension XPS T450. https://imgur.com/a/jZLGTf5

Intel Pentium III 500MHz Slot 1 processor
256MB PC100 SDRAM (2x128MB)
3.5" floppy drive
IOMEGA 100 zip drive
Toshiba SD-M1212 DVD-ROM drive
Western Digital WD400BB 40GB 7200RPM IDE hard drive
Windows 98SE
Diamond Viper V550 16MB AGP video card
Quadrant Cinemaster 3.0 DVD encoder PCI card
Turtle Beach Montego II AU8830 PCI sound card
Netgear GA311 gigabit PCI network card

Spic and span!!!

Just got this baby for under 22€.
https://imgur.com/a/74WkJqg (seller's image)

Only description is that with some random vga card, the picture didn't come up. But we'll see.

It does have Math-co processor also. (Y)

appiah4 wrote on 2020-01-13, 07:32:

I agreed to pick up this case for 10 bucks tonight. […]
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I agreed to pick up this case for 10 bucks tonight.

Not a looker but it looks a lot like the Dell Dimension XPS D cases, which I really love, so I am looking forward to moving my K6-2/500 Voodoo 2 SLI system to this case. No idea what the hardware inside is at all, if there is anything useful that will be a bonus. Otherwise, it will be scrapped.

I have a Micron Pentium II box in one of those Dell cases. They were also used for some Mac clones.

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-01-13, 15:51:

Have this bad boy on the way! An 8-bit MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum.

That looks like a rare card.

GigAHerZ wrote on 2020-01-13, 16:23:

Just got this baby for under 22€. https://imgur.com/a/74WkJqg (seller's image) […]
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Just got this baby for under 22€.
https://imgur.com/a/74WkJqg (seller's image)

Only description is that with some random vga card, the picture didn't come up. But we'll see.

It does have Math-co processor also. (Y)

That would be worth the gamble for less than 22 euro for me as well. Hopefully the leaking battery didn't do too much damage.

some vintage ATi

I decided to re-enter the world of retro laptop computers by bidding on this Highscreen "LeBook Advance".

Specs:
CPU = Pentium MMX 200 MHz
RAM = 80 MB
Display = 13.3" XGA TFT, 1024x768
HDD = apparently missing, but I have several in storage, so not a big deal

So why did I get this particular model? Long story short: It is very similar to the first notebook that my parents purchased back in 1997 (although I doubt they had the 13 inch model, if I recall correctly theirs was 12 inch and 800x600). So I bought it out of pure nostalgia. Highscreen used to be a trademark of the German retailer VOBIS.
This unit was in good shape, came with the power supply, and was very reasonably priced at only 5€ + shipping.
Next time I am at my parents' house, I will try to find the original invoice...

I even found the original ad from 1997-07-24, which has all the specs. It was priced at 7499 Deutsche Mark, which would be about 4000€ in todays money.
Unfortunately my unit seems to lack the CD-ROM drive, so getting Win 95 installed is going to be a bit of a challenge. Probably I'll just stick the HDD in another pc, partition it, throw the Win 95 CD's contents on it, boot from a floppy and run setup. Should work well.

Hi,

I bought this set today
All New old stock,
4x mouse M-SBF96 by Logitech
2x mouse MO28KC with ball
1x Lenovo SK8820 keyboard
1x KU-0225 Keyboard (only this one got usb, rest is ps/2)
This make my day!

Got myself this cute lil' Sony 9042QM monitor, well, I bought it on the 9th of January, and it only arrived today, it came from all the way in Italy.

This unit is dated from January 2002, and it's in very good condition, the tube looks brand new.

I have a PVM-9L1 from 2004 that has a composite video issue, but S-video and audio work without issues. Going to replace the composite BNC stacked jacks with a new one since some of my equipment only works with composite and I cannot remember where I placed the composite to s-video adapter.

Intel486dx33 wrote on 2020-01-13, 18:46:

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-01-13, 15:51:

Have this bad boy on the way! An 8-bit MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum.

That looks like a rare card.

That is an an understatement.

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-01-14, 17:20:

Intel486dx33 wrote on 2020-01-13, 18:46:

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-01-13, 15:51:

Have this bad boy on the way! An 8-bit MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum.

That looks like a rare card.

That is an an understatement.

Come to think of it, haven't we seen more AdLib Golds and Creative 3D Blasters surface in the last few years than we've seen original Pro Audio Spectrums?

MrSmiley381 wrote on 2020-01-14, 18:03:

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-01-14, 17:20:

Intel486dx33 wrote on 2020-01-13, 18:46:

That looks like a rare card.

That is an an understatement.

Come to think of it, haven't we seen more AdLib Golds and Creative 3D Blasters surface in the last few years than we've seen original Pro Audio Spectrums?

Well, we do have Hard1k and Artex, so it makes sense. Still, I don't think the 8 bit PAS are as rare as MCA audio cards.

gdjacobs wrote on 2020-01-14, 18:27:

MrSmiley381 wrote on 2020-01-14, 18:03:

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-01-14, 17:20:

That is an an understatement.

Come to think of it, haven't we seen more AdLib Golds and Creative 3D Blasters surface in the last few years than we've seen original Pro Audio Spectrums?

Well, we do have Hard1k and Artex, so it makes sense. Still, I don't think the 8 bit PAS are as rare as MCA audio cards.

I've see more MCA audio cards show up for sale than 8-bit PAS... as in, This is the only 8-bit PAS I have seen for sale at my normal hunting places compared to MCA cards.

There are 4 different sellers that have the MCA m-acpa sound card listed on eBay right now.

I think I've seen at least one of the MCA Sound Blaster cards for sale. But then again, I don't really keep an eye out for MCA stuff either so I probably missed some.

The MCA cards tend to go for crazy high prices as well.

Granted, there is a lot less to choose from for MCA systems.
http://ohlandl.ipv7.net/sound/sound_index.html

I just don't have any real desire to have an MCA system. Not enough different available hardware compared to other setups.
I did have an IBM MCA system given to me about 20 years ago, but back then I couldn't find anything to help me get it going so I am pretty sure it got scrapped.
Pretty sure it was a pretty tall and super heavy tower. Nothing really exciting as far as actual hardware goes.