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Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Reply 37180 of 52354, by Bondi

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Snatched this sealed EXP PCMCIA CD-ROM with built-in sound (Soundnote) from Ebay. 30 dollars shipped. Found it absolutely accidentally. As it was listed under the name «Vintage 1998 PC Portable 8X Speed Multi Media Kit». So if you’re after interesting PCMCIA devices (like me) this one was almost impossible to find.

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Reply 37181 of 52354, by Dmetsys

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Here is the 486 that I received, and re-installed MS-DOS 6.22 and WIndows 3.11 on. I'm waiting for my WD90C33-ZZ to arrive for it, and will be replacing the motherboard with an ECS UM4980 later on down the road. The intention is to get this thing running with either my Cx486 DX4-100 or Am5x86-P75. Currently has an i486 SX-25 installed.


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Reply 37182 of 52354, by ildonaldo

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Got today a TEAC FD-CR7, Floppy & USB card reader

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Reply 37183 of 52354, by Artex

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ildonaldo wrote on 2020-12-08, 15:10:

Got today a TEAC FD-CR7, Floppy & USB card reader

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Such a handy device to have around. Use mine all the time for updating CF cards used in my retro boxes.

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Reply 37184 of 52354, by henryVK

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Just bought this laptop I found in the classifieds:

Highscreen LP 3451

Information on this thing is scant, to say the least, but it's supposedly a 12 MHz 286 with 1MB and monochrome LCD, although there's a picture of one on facebook with a colour screen but I'm not holding my breath. According to the owner it doesn't consistently boot which has me worried but for 25€ I'm willing to find out just what exactly the deal is.

The thing is that this baby apparently has 2 ISA slots...

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Reply 37185 of 52354, by wiretap

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Warlord wrote on 2020-12-08, 08:34:

pretty good deal if that includes shipping, better hope that doesn't mean shipped poorly.

Yes, that includes shipping/tax. Hopefully it arrives intact. 🤣

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Reply 37187 of 52354, by bjwil1991

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Bondi wrote on 2020-12-08, 11:36:

Snatched this sealed EXP PCMCIA CD-ROM with built-in sound (Soundnote) from Ebay. 30 dollars shipped. Found it absolutely accidentally. As it was listed under the name «Vintage 1998 PC Portable 8X Speed Multi Media Kit». So if you’re after interesting PCMCIA devices (like me) this one was almost impossible to find.
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Interesting. Once you receive it, may you please archive the installation diskette(s)? I bought one myself that is only the unit and PCMCIA card with the cable for $24.26 shipped + tax

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Reply 37188 of 52354, by Bondi

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2020-12-08, 19:38:

Interesting. Once you receive it, may you please archive the installation diskette(s)? I bought one myself that is only the unit and PCMCIA card with the cable for $24.26 shipped + tax

Sure, will dump the diskettes. In the meanwhile you can try these drivers http://nwserveur.no-ip.org/win3xorg/devices/P … 20S-16/drivers/

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Reply 37189 of 52354, by HanJammer

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Predator99 wrote on 2020-12-08, 19:19:
HanJammer wrote on 2020-12-08, 11:15:

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Nice cards as usual! Can you post more about the TIGA (if you have drivers and get it running) and about the EIZO Hercules in action?

It will take some time before I will test them.

Eizo MD-B05 card supposedly (info from previous owner) supports 18kHz MDA/Hercules monitors as well as 31kHz VGA analog monitors as it has analog output on pin 4 too. In 18kHz mode it's 132-column card with regular MDA/Hercules modes working as well (but taking only a part of the screen).
Also 1056x348 mode should work although the previous owner had some issues with that.

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Reply 37190 of 52354, by appiah4

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HanJammer wrote on 2020-12-08, 11:17:

Bunch of crap for 20 USD 2/2 3dfx required repairs as 20-something pins had cold solder joints, but works well now

Which pins, if I may ask? I never knew cold solder joints could be an issue with Voodoo cards..

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Reply 37191 of 52354, by HanJammer

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appiah4 wrote on 2020-12-09, 08:27:
HanJammer wrote on 2020-12-08, 11:17:

Bunch of crap for 20 USD 2/2 3dfx required repairs as 20-something pins had cold solder joints, but works well now

Which pins, if I may ask? I never knew cold solder joints could be an issue with Voodoo cards..

On this particular card multiple pins on the PixelFX (500-0003-03) chip were loose. On Voodoo 1 and Voodoo 2 cold solder joints (even without physical damage) are a plague. I assume it may be due to low quality solder used and /or not enough experience in mounting such complicated (for this time period) cards and chips being large so any sort of thermal wrapping and so on causes the pins to be ripped of from the PCB. From my experience Diamond Monster and Creative cards are especially on the lower quality side of things and prone to this.

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Reply 37192 of 52354, by sf78

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Went to recycling again to spend a few coins. I believe those Forex boards are the ones with no documentation available at all, but they were 5€ a piece so why not?

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Reply 37193 of 52354, by HanJammer

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Socket 7 MoBos with VLB and look NOS for 5Euro - such a great bargain! Congrats! I would really love to own one!

It seems some info is available here: https://ujeb.se/prKnn, here: https://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/Archive/Spring … board.htm#sf586 and here: https://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/archive/Spring … nload.htm#Forex

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Reply 37195 of 52354, by Xicor

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Found @ local ad site some cool stuff:

3 VLB video cards and a sound card from Aztech. The Diamond Stealth 64 is a bit crusty.

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Plus 5 motherboards :

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The last mobo has a problem, the cpu doesn't match the jumpers setup....

Reply 37196 of 52354, by Xicor

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In another haul form local ads, managed to pickup a nice bundle:

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The mobo doesn't post, and being a nfore 4 ultra there is a chance of overcooked chipset.

Reply 37197 of 52354, by Xicor

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@ Last, today I received in the mail a Geforce 7950GX2:

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Its a crazy contraption from Nvidia, the inside GPU doesn't have proper cooling, but still it works....

Reply 37198 of 52354, by PcBytes

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That Bluestorm II looks pretty good, but I strongly recommend recapping it.
I've seen a lot of these units blow up in horrific ways due to the caps (mainly normal gray units but some Bluestorm IIs were affected as well).
I bought one a few years ago and I recapped it straight away. Mine's powering a i5-3470 at this moment w/ a GTX650.

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Reply 37199 of 52354, by bearking

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Got some mainboards for very cheap from a local recycler...

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Abit AB-PT5 rev 2.11 - looks good

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Acorp 5ALI61 - BIOS chip is missing and the coin cell battery holder is damaged

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LuckyTech P5MVP3 rev 1.3 - looks good, also

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Lucky Star LS-486E rev D (I have also rev C and C2)

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DTK GMB-386UMC ver 1.2 - BIOS chip is missing, the top SIMM slot is damaged and is full of green corrosion from the leaked barrel battery 🙁
This is the smallest board I've ever had...