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Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Reply 38923 of 52354, by vad4r

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Arrived today: goldfinger device clone

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Reply 38924 of 52354, by PC@LIVE

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Ordered this PCI Video Card yesterday.
This is an 8MB ATI Rage XL PCI.
Costing less than $ 10, it will probably arrive next month.
I will use it on a socket 7, probably in a TX or VX, or in a VIA VPX.
I think 8MB can be better than the cards I use alone 2MB.

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Reply 38926 of 52354, by pentiumspeed

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I found quality version of PCI Rage XL p/n 109-72300-10 by chinese seller for 25 cdn.

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Reply 38927 of 52354, by Ydee

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PC@LIVE wrote on 2021-04-30, 21:31:

...I will use it on a socket 7, probably in a TX or VX, or in a VIA VPX....

That's exactly why I used to buy Rage Pro LT, only the boards were with SiS chipsets (PC Chips M590 and Asus P/I P55SP4) and unfortunately, no picture. The card itself is functional, it works without problems on other boards with other chipsets, but there is usually an AGP port and therefore more suitable options.

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Reply 38928 of 52354, by dataino.it

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Arrived yesterday my first 3dfx need recap and fix , but for 20 euro ..

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Reply 38929 of 52354, by Repo Man11

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I was contemplating the 4 hour round trip drive to buy one or both of these cases, but when I clicked again, both posts had been deleted. Just as well.

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Reply 38931 of 52354, by GigAHerZ

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GigAHerZ wrote on 2021-02-09, 21:15:

And a basis for my "higher-end" pentium 2 class machine. 15€
A ChainTech 6ESA2 motherboard, which has ISA, PCI and AGP slots and has integrated ESS Solo-1 sound card.
I didn't know it before i got it, but it also had one of the most desirable Slot1 celeron - Celeron 300A. Definitely will try to overclock it.

Now got a similar kind of "hassle-free" pentium 3 (Socket PGA370) class motherboard - Chaintech 6AIA2. Also has all the requirements ticked i have:
mATX
Good DOS compatible integrated sound card (Again, ESS Solo-1)
AGP, PCI and ISA all present on the board.
Cost me under 10€ shipped.

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"640K ought to be enough for anybody." - And i intend to get every last bit out of it even after loading every damn driver!

Reply 38932 of 52354, by LewisRaz

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Won these 2 motherboards on ebay nice and cheap. Interested mostly in the highly integrated S7 board that I have IDed as this: http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/8103
Should make an outstanding DOS machine in a nice small MATX case... as long as it works.
The other one just seems like a basic P4.

I also got a £5 mystery box from FB market which, while still worth more than £5. Isnt all that exciting. (1.05ghz athlon, built in vga, sound)

Both are pics from the sellers.

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Reply 38933 of 52354, by PC@LIVE

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Ydee wrote on 2021-05-01, 09:06:
PC@LIVE wrote on 2021-04-30, 21:31:

...I will use it on a socket 7, probably in a TX or VX, or in a VIA VPX....

That's exactly why I used to buy Rage Pro LT, only the boards were with SiS chipsets (PC Chips M590 and Asus P/I P55SP4) and unfortunately, no picture. The card itself is functional, it works without problems on other boards with other chipsets, but there is usually an AGP port and therefore more suitable options.

As a similar VGA to yours, I have a pair of 4MB ATI 3D RAGE II PCI.
I had put one away some time ago because it had problems, but reviewing it in the past few days, maybe I would have an idea of ​​what caused the problem.
They could be polarized capacitors (tantalum), I need to check them and replace them (as soon as possible).
The card is an ASUS 3DP-V264GT2 / TV, if I can fix it it should be fine in an iVX iTX, or VIA VPX PC.
Regarding SiS (chipset), I don't have S.7 cards with this chipset, but I remember they proposed one in the late 90's, it was not suitable for my needs, and it was not supported by the Hauppauge Win-TV card (it required Intel chipset ).

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AMD 386DX-40 Intel 387 8MB HD 81MB VGA 256KB
Cyrix 486DLC-40 IIT387-40 8MB VGA 512KB
AMD 5X86-133 16MB VGA VLB CL5428 2MB and many others
AMD K62+ 550 SOYO 5EMA+ and many others
AST Pentium Pro 200 MHz L2 256KB

Reply 38934 of 52354, by PC-Engineer

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Elsa Winner 2000 4MB VRAM ISA/EISA fully OVP

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Reply 38936 of 52354, by pete8475

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LewisRaz wrote on 2021-05-03, 12:28:

I also got a £5 mystery box from FB market which, while still worth more than £5. Isnt all that exciting. (1.05ghz athlon, built in vga, sound)

1.05ghz Athlon? That's likely a 1.4ghz CPU with the FSB set incorrectly.

Reply 38937 of 52354, by Miphee

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pete8475 wrote on 2021-05-04, 19:11:

1.05ghz Athlon? That's likely a 1.4ghz CPU with the FSB set incorrectly.

Or a malfunction. Markings on the caps means that someone already tried to fix it.

Reply 38938 of 52354, by LewisRaz

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pete8475 wrote on 2021-05-04, 19:11:
LewisRaz wrote on 2021-05-03, 12:28:

I also got a £5 mystery box from FB market which, while still worth more than £5. Isnt all that exciting. (1.05ghz athlon, built in vga, sound)

1.05ghz Athlon? That's likely a 1.4ghz CPU with the FSB set incorrectly.

yea its actually an athlonxp 1500+

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Reply 38939 of 52354, by imi

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this nice trio of boxes arrived recently :3
I really like the simplicity of the old style gravis boxes

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also couldn't pass this one up ^^
same as my very first keyboard from 1989 but in beautiful black and grey.

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