Hi guys,

Last month I swore I won't spend any money this year on old(shit/crap) hardware, but I found these and I just couldn't resist... just couldn't... I know, I'm weak. But I guess I'm not the only one here...

I've picked up these RAM modules for the 30 pin SIMMs(1Mb modules - Siemens HYM 91000L-70) and for the IBM EDO DIMMs(32 Mb 60ns 5V modules). The rest is bonus.

Here I have:
AMD K6-2/450ADK mobile
AMD K6-2/500AFX
AMD K6/266AFR
Celeron 566 SL46T
Celeron 633 SL4PA
Celeron 667 SL48E
Pentium4 1.8GHz SL66Q
AMD Athlon AX1700DMT3C Palomino
AMD Am486 DX4-100 A80486DX4-100NV8T
Intel 486 DX2-66 SX911
Pentium 166 MMX SL239
I've had in my collection of CPUs only three of these chips...

These where two separate lots from the same seller, so I asked him if he has some other "old stuff". He said yes, and I picked up the following...

2 ISA "NE2000 Compatible" network cards
2 ISA I/O controller cards
ISA MFM controller card(Morse KP3000)
2 ISA sound cards - Yamaha YMF719E-S and OPTI 82C931(took it for the shape)
ATI Radeon 9800 PRO AGP 128 Mb from Connect3D - the card looks brand new, only one of the two plastic pins from the heatsink is broken...

This 286 mainboard is in great shape, it was only a little bit dusty. It has a 12 MHz AMD CPU. Maybe I could find some info later and fire it up...

Gigabyte GA-6BXC rev 2.0, it should support CPUs up to 950 MHz/1 GHz, if I recall correctly... This one too is in great shape...

Everything was around 63 Euros/77 USD, shipping included. That's why I couldn't resist buying all of this...
Now I need to find some time for testing/playing with these goodies 😀
PS: two more AT cases including power supplies, FDDs, HDDs and optical drives are on their way for really cheap

Wow Bearking that is a fantastic deal on all of that stuff.

Hello fellow retro enthusiasts! Hope everyone is hanging in there as we round out 2020. It's been a while since I've posted but the hunt has continued for some items on my 'want' list. Enjoy!

Western Digital Paradise (0WD90C33-ZZ) 1MB VLB (1993)

S3 Virge VX 988 - STB Velocity 3D Rev. 1.1 4MB PCI (Boxed) (1996)

Number Nine Revolution 3D 'Ticket to Ride' (90-328430-000) 8MB WRAM + 4MB AGP (Boxed) (1997)

Number Nine Imagine 128 Series 2 (90-228130) 8MB H-VRAM PCI (Boxed) (1996)

Gravis UltraSound Plug & Play (Clone) - Core Dynamics DYNASonix 3-D ISA (Sealed) (1995)

Gainbery MAXimizer GB586-100 (Sealed) (1996)

Creative SB0090P - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum PCI (Sealed) (2002)

AMD Athlon Classic 1000Mhz (AMD-K7100MNR53B) (2000)

3DFX Voodoo2 - Metabyte Wicked3D 12MB PCI (Boxed) (1998)

3DFX Voodoo Rush - Quantum3D Ventana 6MB PCI (1997)

3DFX Voodoo2 - Quantum3D Obsidian2 X-16 16MB (2x8MB) PCI (Sealed) (1998)





3DFX Voodoo Banshee - Quantum3D Raven 16MB AGP (Sealed) (1998)





3DFX Voodoo Banshee - Quantum3D Raven 16MB PCI (Boxed) (1998)







3DFX Voodoo - Quantum3D Obsidian 100SB-4440 + VGA Module (MVG2000) PCI (Boxed) (1997)

Artex wrote on 2020-12-04, 01:13:

oh my sweet lord this is an amazing haul.

Artex wrote on 2020-12-04, 01:13:

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This is easily my favorite box art for a 3Dfx card yet. Very nice!

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Received this A-trend motherboard in the mail today.

A-trend ATC-6240M v2.0 has a SB-link on this board , wake on lan, 3 fan headers. Cpu+front+ back.

Going to use it on a Pentium II build.

2x 486 cpu removal tool..

first one i got earlier. 2nd one decided to buy today as spare.

SIS driver diskette anno 1995.. Iam guessing its for the SIS501 motherboard or perhaps SIS5511. Iam almost certain its not for 486.

Ok folks, it's over, give up, go home, @Artex started buying unboxed stuff.

He always finds amazing cards that I wish I had, but money is tight with Christmas coming up, car repairs that are needed, and other things. The big VooDoo 2 card is icing on the cake.

appiah4 wrote on 2020-12-04, 06:51:

Ok folks, it's over, give up, go home, @Artex started buying unboxed stuff.

Is there some black market he knows about that few people can enter? I mean where do you find this stuff??

kolderman wrote:

Is there some black market he knows about that few people can enter? I mean where do you find this stuff??

When you have money, people find you.

luckybob wrote on 2020-12-04, 07:16:

When you have money, people find you.

Amen to that.

Got a small haul from the local recycling, not too shabby.

SCV6 's were Vibra16 ISA-cards (I think).

I think I could use an advice. Which of these cards would you consider a GOOD buy for 10€?

- GeForce FX 5700LE
- GeForce 2 MX400 64 MB
- GeForce FX 5200
- nVidia Vanta Riva TNT2 M64
- S3 Savage4 16MB
- SIS Apollo 315
- Geforce4 MX440 64MB +TV
- nVidia Vanta Riva TNT2 PRO

manos426f wrote on 2020-12-04, 18:28:

I think I could use an advice. Which of these cards would you consider a GOOD buy for 10€? […]
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I think I could use an advice. Which of these cards would you consider a GOOD buy for 10€?

- GeForce FX 5700LE
- GeForce 2 MX400 64 MB
- GeForce FX 5200
- nVidia Vanta Riva TNT2 M64
- S3 Savage4 16MB
- SIS Apollo 315
- Geforce4 MX440 64MB +TV
- nVidia Vanta Riva TNT2 PRO

For collecting value or for usability?

martinot wrote on 2020-12-03, 21:50:

Some NOS stuff arrvived to the house !

Now it will be Super Mario Sunshine tonight on the Switch.. 😁 🌈☀🌞⭐

I really like the GC controller! Coincidentally I took out my GameCube from storage a few days ago, to fit a XenoGC in it... Originally bought it in a bundle with a memory card and Super Smash Bros Melee back in high school, played for around two hours and packed it away, since I already had an XBOX and a Dreamcast at the time, and no interest in Nintendo or spending more money in games. While totally unused for all these years, not only the grey plastic panel with the ports (and part of the fitted memory card!) has yellowed a lot, but also it wouldn't read Super Smash 🙁 Took it apart, fitted the chip, tweaked the laser pot a bit and it's as good as new, I'm playing F-Zero GX lately!

Shagittarius wrote on 2020-12-04, 18:43:

For collecting value or for usability?

For use in a Pentium 2/3.

manos426f wrote on 2020-12-04, 19:09:

Shagittarius wrote on 2020-12-04, 18:43:

For collecting value or for usability?

For use in a Pentium 2/3.

I guess the 5700LE wouldn't be a bad buy for 10...I really don't like any of those options, but I'm more of a power snob...

manos426f wrote on 2020-12-04, 18:28:

I think I could use an advice. Which of these cards would you consider a GOOD buy for 10€? […]
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I think I could use an advice. Which of these cards would you consider a GOOD buy for 10€?

- GeForce FX 5700LE
- GeForce 2 MX400 64 MB
- GeForce FX 5200
- nVidia Vanta Riva TNT2 M64
- S3 Savage4 16MB
- SIS Apollo 315
- Geforce4 MX440 64MB +TV
- nVidia Vanta Riva TNT2 PRO

The answer to this will largely depend on what you aim for. For example, if you want period correct then the TNT2 Pro, MX400 and Savage4 are your friends. If you just want the best performance, the FX5200 and FX5700LE are basically the same thing, bottom of the barrel of a family of cards 3 generations from the future but would have decent compatibility with P2/3 era games. The MX440 will be a good middleground between performance and compatibility - it should, for all intents and purposes, act about as fast as a GeForce2 GTS, which is a pretty good target for a P2 system and early P3 system.

I'm so excited I won a boxed voodoo 3000 on eBay for what I think is a grate deal.

Sellers photo.