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Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Reply 57680 of 57686, by Kekkula

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Random thrift store purchase.

Reply 57682 of 57686, by bjwil1991

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Genoa EGA card. I had something like that before. Not sure where it is now, unfortunately.

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Reply 57683 of 57686, by Kekkula

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Ozzuneoj wrote on Today, 16:02:
Kekkula wrote on Today, 15:43:

Random thrift store purchase.

Don't tease us like that, spread the cards out so we can see them all. 😁

Just grabbed the box because of the super ega card, and always good to have 16 bit io card.
Rest was just random 8 bit serial cards and weird network interface cards.

Reply 57684 of 57686, by Ozzuneoj

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Kekkula wrote on Today, 16:40:
Ozzuneoj wrote on Today, 16:02:
Kekkula wrote on Today, 15:43:

Random thrift store purchase.

Don't tease us like that, spread the cards out so we can see them all. 😁

Just grabbed the box because of the super ega card, and always good to have 16 bit io card.
Rest was just random 8 bit serial cards and weird network interface cards.

Of course, the SuperEGA is a nice card, I'd have grabbed it too. I was just wondering what was underneath. 😀

Also, the two cards in the back, on top, are both possibly CGA or MDA\Hercules + Parallel cards, not serial. The one on the left I'm about 95% sure of, the one on the right I am less sure of but it's still a good possibility. If the 9pin connector is female it is most likely a video card, and if it's male it's likely serial.

EDIT: Confirmed, the one on the right is also a CGA + Parallel card. https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/retro_review … cga_hgc_pt1.php

(Not 100% identical, but very similar)

So yeah, you got at least three video cards in that lot. 🥳

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.

Reply 57685 of 57686, by Kekkula

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Lol.
Thanks, I just assumed they were serial cards, and was going to check them better in the weekend.

Reply 57686 of 57686, by Ozzuneoj

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Kekkula wrote on Today, 17:20:

Lol.
Thanks, I just assumed they were serial cards, and was going to check them better in the weekend.

Nice! Four 1980s video cards in a random box lot is a pretty good deal, and they don't even take up much space. 🙂

Now for some blitting from the back buffer.