kixs wrote on 2021-03-30, 11:36:

cyclone3d wrote on 2021-03-29, 18:27:

Finally found an M919 cache stick on eBay... while I was scouring through a ton of listings.

Me too. It also came with the motherboard 🤣

that wasn't on ebay by any chance?
snatched it away right in front of me :p

imi wrote on 2021-03-30, 15:29:

kixs wrote on 2021-03-30, 11:36:

cyclone3d wrote on 2021-03-29, 18:27:

Finally found an M919 cache stick on eBay... while I was scouring through a ton of listings.

Me too. It also came with the motherboard 🤣

that wasn't on ebay by any chance?
snatched it away right in front of me :p

I saw a listing on eBay where somebody was selling 3 M919 motherboards. Only one had the cache stick and since at least one of them was already sold I'm guessing the one with the cache stick went first.

I've picked up a beauty today:

It has the V55LA mainboard, so with the Ali Alladin III. Nothing fancy, but I like the fact that this cas has only been opened once, to install "multimedia", being the CD-rom and a sound Blaster Vibra. No smoker's environment and only a few specks of dust around the cooler.

I got the original clickety-click sounding qwerty keyboard and a 4:3 pretty pristine NEC 17" screen.

luckybob wrote on 2021-03-30, 02:56:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/303930527344?ul_noapp=true

Overpaid for a single p-pro board. Like seriously. The only reason I decided to fully open my wallet was the chipset. All p-pro boards I've seen are 440FX or TX. This is the first one i've seen based on the 450GX. Which is the same chipset in my ALR 6x6.

So a massive multi-processor chipset, on a single cpu board...

To be honest I would of done the same thing. It'll be fun to see how that chipsets performs with only one P-Pro.

Finally.

Wow that is a really nice Compaq all in one. The screen and the housing look unused. That is an excellent find.

I originally thought I had paid too much for this Mitsumi keyboard, given it doesn't have clicky switches and I paid $40 shipped for it...

...until I noticed this AT/XT switch that conveniently wasn't shown in the seller photos. I didn't feel so bad after that!

Bought a Compaq Diagnostics kit for my Portable 1.

I have always wanted a ATi Winturbo card with ZIP VRAMs.

Most likely it is the same as the one with TSOP, but looks cooler and more proper.

Next DIY-Soldering project PCB's are ordered.... (I bought two different ones)
They are so awesomme, that I will not say what they are yet. I will post more, once the first are build.

brostenen wrote on 2021-03-31, 09:11:

Next DIY-Soldering project PCB's are ordered.... (I bought two different ones)
They are so awesomme, that I will not say what they are yet. I will post more, once the first are build.

Sweet im looking forward to seeing that. The other projects you've done are awesome.

mpe wrote on 2021-03-25, 20:45:

Nobody can have too many Socket 5 so I bought this FIC PA-2000. […]
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Nobody can have too many Socket 5 so I bought this FIC PA-2000.

It is going to be first VIA chipset covered in my Pentium Chipset comparison. Several people asked be to add VIA.

This one has Via Apollo Plus (575MV) which is actually cost reduced version of the Apollo Master (575M) chipset without pipelined burst support. So I might eventually add also FIC PA-2001 with full version of the chipset.

Also buffered RAM and 8 SIMM slots so I don't have high hopes for performance....

This board was in the first PC my brother and I got as a hand me down. It isn't fast but I think it's kind of cool that it's mostly through hole components. Not too common on a Socket5 board.😄
I have still got the board somewhere.

imi wrote on 2021-03-30, 15:29:

kixs wrote on 2021-03-30, 11:36:

cyclone3d wrote on 2021-03-29, 18:27:

Finally found an M919 cache stick on eBay... while I was scouring through a ton of listings.

Me too. It also came with the motherboard 🤣

that wasn't on ebay by any chance?
snatched it away right in front of me :p

I get lucky sometimes 😁

After years of searching, I found a POD 83 and won the auction.

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-03-31, 12:53:

brostenen wrote on 2021-03-31, 09:11:

Next DIY-Soldering project PCB's are ordered.... (I bought two different ones)
They are so awesomme, that I will not say what they are yet. I will post more, once the first are build.

Sweet im looking forward to seeing that. The other projects you've done are awesome.

Thanks. 😀
I am so looking forward to build it. And there are virtually no mention of this elsewere on the net. I can across the webshop by accident some time ago. The only thing I can say, is that it is DIY vintage computer PCB's. However they are in no way the original shape and one is not even the same form factor.

seleryba wrote on 2021-03-30, 19:13:

Finally.
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And a 520 instead of the more common 524! Very nice 😃 My first ever PC was a 510 with an upgraded CPU, so this brings back memories.

brostenen wrote on 2021-03-31, 17:46:

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-03-31, 12:53:

brostenen wrote on 2021-03-31, 09:11:

Next DIY-Soldering project PCB's are ordered.... (I bought two different ones)
They are so awesomme, that I will not say what they are yet. I will post more, once the first are build.

Sweet im looking forward to seeing that. The other projects you've done are awesome.

Thanks. 😀
I am so looking forward to build it. And there are virtually no mention of this elsewere on the net. I can across the webshop by accident some time ago. The only thing I can say, is that it is DIY vintage computer PCB's. However they are in no way the original shape and one is not even the same form factor.

That sounds really fun. Definitely looking forward to see the project.

I'm sure this isn't a particularly great card but I had a hard time passing up a good condition PCI video card for 5 dollars. It's a STB Systems "Nitro PCI 1.5" (at least, that's what the video BIOS chip label says) based around a Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434 chip and with I assume 2MB of video memory onboard, with expansion to 4MB.

EvieSigma wrote on 2021-03-31, 19:53:

... I assume 2MB of video memory onboard, with expansion to 4MB. […]
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... I assume 2MB of video memory onboard, with expansion to 4MB.

1MB, expandable to 2MB actually.

devius wrote on 2021-03-31, 20:26:

EvieSigma wrote on 2021-03-31, 19:53:

... I assume 2MB of video memory onboard, with expansion to 4MB. […]
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... I assume 2MB of video memory onboard, with expansion to 4MB.

1MB, expandable to 2MB actually.

Oh yeah, you're right. I didn't know they still made 1MB video cards in 1996, that was a bit behind the times...but well, the RAM chips are 4Mbit according to the datasheet (512KB) and there's two of them so that does equal 1MB.