Artex wrote on 2020-08-16, 23:36:

It's been an absolutely insane few weeks. I'll leave this here for now.. more to come. 😀

Jackpot. These are awesome! Can they be run in a standard PCI slot?

alienmannequin wrote on 2020-08-17, 00:16:

Artex wrote on 2020-08-16, 23:36:

It's been an absolutely insane few weeks. I'll leave this here for now.. more to come. 😀

Jackpot. These are awesome! Can they be run in a standard PCI slot?

Yep! I just tested these in this system - all good!
Artex's Build of the Week: 1998 was great!

Artex those cards are an amazing find and they look like they've never been used

Hi there, photo of reverse side? Was wondering what these fan is doing, as I don't understand the real purpose. Not blowing on anything? Hey, no need to split one.

Cheers,

pentiumspeed wrote on 2020-08-17, 00:24:

Hi there, photo of reverse side? Was wondering what these fan is doing, as I don't understand the real purpose. Not blowing on anything? Hey, no need to split one.

Cheers,

So it's hard to see from the top-down view, but this is a dual planar card and the fan is blowing air between the layers. The dual-planar version (X-24) was the predeccesor to the 200Sbi which was the single planar version release shortly after (to address heat issues!)

200SBi

pentiumspeed wrote on 2020-08-17, 00:24:

Hi there, photo of reverse side? Was wondering what these fan is doing, as I don't understand the real purpose. Not blowing on anything? Hey, no need to split one.

Cheers,

Would be awesome if there was a heatpipe connected radiator to the rear of the gpu dies.

how do you find this stuff. Artex, how can anyone be that lucky? And you probably paid close to nothing for them I bet.

If you found that cheap, Hallelujah. Those things are very expensive.

Got this sound card a few days ago - SM16 rev 1.20.

Was this really made by LiteOn as the back of the card seems to specify?

I have been unable to find any information or pictures of this card other than the pictures of this specific card.

But I did find another card that looks to have almost the same layout as this card, except for this card has WSS support tacked on. First person to find what card has the same layout wins. No prize... you just win.

One other thing.... Anybody know what kind of sound module uses a 32-pin connector? Guessing this card is not waveblaster compatible.

don't feel like playing but it looks like some sorta Aztec Packard bell POS. Then again its almost too nice since it doesn't have a modem integrated.

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-08-17, 05:13:

But I did find another card that looks to have almost the same layout as this card, except for this card has WSS support tacked on. First person to find what card has the same layout wins. No prize... you just win.

Zoltrix AV206 Audio Plus 1600

@Artex Wat?.... Wow......

Repo Man11 wrote on 2020-08-16, 17:26:

These were included in the lot I bought a week ago Saturday. I have no motherboards to test any of them, so I'll just stash them […]
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These were included in the lot I bought a week ago Saturday. I have no motherboards to test any of them, so I'll just stash them away until I hopefully do. 266 Celeron, two Slot One P3s (400/512 and 600/512 ) a Pentium Pro, and an 800 Slot A.

I would suggest to put the pair of Slot 1 P3's in a dual slot 440BX board! 😀

Today I received this beauty. Tyan Tiger 100 Rev. F (Coppermine support) with dual P3-600 CPUs. Intel 440BX chipset. Seems to be a bit picky about the RAM used, but after trying a few different sticks it POSTed just fine 😃

It came in a bundle with four CD-ROM drives, one of them being a 4-speed CD-ROM changer which can hold up to three discs, a Torisan CDR-C3G from February 1996. Never owned a CD-ROM changer before, so this is also pretty cool. Seems to need a special driver though.
The whole (untested) lot was under 40€ shipped, so I consider myself lucky!

mkarcher wrote on 2020-08-17, 05:59:

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-08-17, 05:13:

But I did find another card that looks to have almost the same layout as this card, except for this card has WSS support tacked on. First person to find what card has the same layout wins. No prize... you just win.

Zoltrix AV206 Audio Plus 1600

You win 😁

gex85 wrote on 2020-08-17, 12:24:

It came in a bundle with four CD-ROM drives, one of them being a 4-speed CD-ROM changer which can hold up to three discs, a Torisan CDR-C3G from February 1996. Never owned a CD-ROM changer before, so this is also pretty cool. Seems to need a special driver though.

I've got a Torisan CD changer too, salvaged from an AST Socket 7 box. Have yet to actually put it in a computer, though.

It's been a bit of a hoarding spree for me lately... So far loving it 😀

First, a Chaintech 5RSA2 motherboard — microATX Super Socket 7 using Ali Aladdin V chipset with 2 ISA slots:

Thing is, I'd like to make a rig for LAN parties — something I could take with me on a taxi, along with a bag with an LCD monitor and keyboard, mice and wires. I'd want to mess around with a build using AMD K6-III+ and Voodoo Banshee or Voodoo 3. Might be too slow to comfortably play Quake 3 or UT99 at decent resolutions, but still fun.

Then, a couple of other Chaintech motherboards:

A 6BTM0 and 6BSA0. Both tested by the seller to be working and supporting Coppermine CPUs. I've already tested 6BTM0 with a SL5QW (a 11x100 Coppermine). I've updated the BIOS to some modded version meant to support Tualatins, so now the BIOS correctly shows the CPU as being a 1100 MHz.

The microATX version should at least be okay with a 10x100MHz and either a Voodoo 5 or a GeForce 3/4 with Voodoo SLI — definitely fast enough for any Win98-themed LANparty. Now I'll have to find a good case. I'm eyeing something like this:

Maybe someone has already done a "luggable" build like this? I'd be interested to see the cases others have chosen for this.

Next, a Gigabyte GA-7IXE4

I have no Socket A motherboards, and I figured two ISA slots would be a nice excuse to get one — that's kind of a rule that keeps me from spreading my hardware collection too wide 😀

Seems like this is AMD's answer to boards like Asus CUBX: older 100MHz chipset, ISA slots, DMA66. Red Hill Guide seems to love it, while some people at Vogons don't? I wonder what is the actual fastest CPU I could put in it, because Gigabyte seems to list some CPUs that were never made for 100MHz FSB (like AthlonXP 1500+).

A Diamond Monster Fusion (Voodoo Banshee)

Really love the way this card looks.

A Voodoo 3 3000

I only had PowerColor EvilKing 3 up until now, and this card was very cheap, so why not?

Elsa Gloria L/M

This a workstation class OpenGL card based on 3DLabs GLINT chipset. Dead, unfortunately. I'll try to get it to working some day.

Finally, some newly made stuff:

A Covox clone

A PS/2 adapter for ISA and a 28MB RAM upgrade for AWE64

schmatzler wrote on 2020-08-11, 20:06:

I always wanted to have an ATX Big Tower that looks cool and has plenty of room for ventilation and extensions.

The tower has arrived now and it's a goldmine.
The case is absolute bonkers - there are five 5,25" drive bays and six 2,5" drive bays in there (if you don't count the "fan bay" that blocks some of them if you use it).
The motherboard can slide out after removing two screws - very handy.

It's so heavy! I almost fell down the stairs when I moved that thing up to my room. 😁
It's much bigger than my old one:

There's a 5,25 inch "fan bay" that also includes the vents for the front panel. This was not screwed in, so it jumped around during shipping and the faceplate broke off.
I'm confident this can be easily fixed with some glue, though:

Apart from that, the case is intact - and that makes me SO happy. 😍
The board inside is an Asus P2B-S Rev1.03 with on-board SCSI ports. I've never owned any SCSI hardware, this will be a great opportunity to explore that technology.

The included Slot1 CPU is a Pentium 3 500MHz (SL35E). The cooler is interesting, I've never seen one like it (only those plastic ones that are hard to disassemble).

It's got some nice cards, too!
- ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP (silkscreen says 2MB?) with a retainer that clamps onto the AGP slot.
I don't know why such a small cards needs that clamp - maybe to prevent it from falling out of the slot when the case is moved?
- A basic 3com 3c905 network card. Already have one of those, they're compatible with everything - can't hurt to have two.
- A SCSI controller card. Not sure why they haven't used the onboard SCSI, but oh well. More cards are nice.

Paired with that, there's some more hardware:
- A "Power Man" power supply that seems to have suffered a little bit of liquid damage at some point.
I don't trust this thing at all and I won't be using it - I wouldn't even use that without liquid damage.
- ALPS floppy drive
- HP C1537 SCSI tape drive (DDS-3 DAT)
- Teac CD-532S SCSI CDROM drive
- 128MB RAM

All of that for 10€ +shipping - I think that's been a really, really good deal.

gex85 wrote on 2020-08-17, 12:24:

Today I received this beauty. Tyan Tiger 100 Rev. F (Coppermine support) with dual P3-600 CPUs. Intel 440BX chipset. Seems to be […]
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Today I received this beauty. Tyan Tiger 100 Rev. F (Coppermine support) with dual P3-600 CPUs. Intel 440BX chipset. Seems to be a bit picky about the RAM used, but after trying a few different sticks it POSTed just fine 😃
20200817_140852.jpg

It came in a bundle with four CD-ROM drives, one of them being a 4-speed CD-ROM changer which can hold up to three discs, a Torisan CDR-C3G from February 1996. Never owned a CD-ROM changer before, so this is also pretty cool. Seems to need a special driver though.
The whole (untested) lot was under 40€ shipped, so I consider myself lucky!

Lovely find! 😊

schmatzler wrote on 2020-08-17, 19:15:

The tower has arrived now and it's a goldmine. The case is absolute bonkers - there are five 5,25" drive bays and six 2,5" drive […]
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schmatzler wrote on 2020-08-11, 20:06:

I always wanted to have an ATX Big Tower that looks cool and has plenty of room for ventilation and extensions.

The tower has arrived now and it's a goldmine.
The case is absolute bonkers - there are five 5,25" drive bays and six 2,5" drive bays in there (if you don't count the "fan bay" that blocks some of them if you use it).
The motherboard can slide out after removing two screws - very handy.

It's so heavy! I almost fell down the stairs when I moved that thing up to my room. 😁
It's much bigger than my old one:
IMG_20200817_190211_284.jpg

There's a 5,25 inch "fan bay" that also includes the vents for the front panel. This was not screwed in, so it jumped around during shipping and the faceplate broke off.
I'm confident this can be easily fixed with some glue, though:
IMG_20200817_192952.jpg

Apart from that, the case is intact - and that makes me SO happy. 😍
The board inside is an Asus P2B-S Rev1.03 with on-board SCSI ports. I've never owned any SCSI hardware, this will be a great opportunity to explore that technology.

The included Slot1 CPU is a Pentium 3 500MHz (SL35E). The cooler is interesting, I've never seen one like it (only those plastic ones that are hard to disassemble).
IMG_20200817_194159.jpg

It's got some nice cards, too!
- ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP (silkscreen says 2MB?) with a retainer that clamps onto the AGP slot.
I don't know why such a small cards needs that clamp - maybe to prevent it from falling out of the slot when the case is moved?
- A basic 3com 3c905 network card. Already have one of those, they're compatible with everything - can't hurt to have two.
- A SCSI controller card. Not sure why they haven't used the onboard SCSI, but oh well. More cards are nice.
IMG_20200817_193037.jpg

Paired with that, there's some more hardware:
- A "Power Man" power supply that seems to have suffered a little bit of liquid damage at some point.
I don't trust this thing at all and I won't be using it - I wouldn't even use that without liquid damage.
- ALPS floppy drive
- HP C1537 SCSI tape drive (DDS-3 DAT)
- Teac CD-532S SCSI CDROM drive
- 128MB RAM
IMG_20200817_193126.jpg

All of that for 10€ +shipping - I think that's been a really, really good deal.

That case is awesome and what a steal of a deal as well.