Some DDR 1 - PC3200. A new batch of memory appeared at my second hand shop (all types mixed), I also got 2 PC133 sticks. I see less and less of these over the years, obviously.
Searching anything Nexgen, PM me if you have one. Also ATI Rage 128 PCI cards.
Minutemanqvs wrote on Yesterday, 18:04:Some DDR 1 - PC3200. A new batch of memory appeared at my second hand shop (all types mixed), I also got 2 PC133 sticks. I see l […]
Some DDR 1 - PC3200. A new batch of memory appeared at my second hand shop (all types mixed), I also got 2 PC133 sticks. I see less and less of these over the years, obviously.
Quite a batch of 1gb.
256 are handy for older specs PCs, both for OS limits or OCs.
PC#1 Pentium 233 MMX - 98SE
PC#2 PIII-1Ghz - 98SE/W2K
- "One hates the specialty unobtainium parts, the other laughs in greed listing them under a ridiculous price" - kotel studios
- Bare metal ist krieg.
Yeah the 1GBs are mostly useful for platforms you should have bought in DDR, like P4 and socket A.
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.
Nexxen wrote on Yesterday, 18:18:Minutemanqvs wrote on Yesterday, 18:04:Some DDR 1 - PC3200. A new batch of memory appeared at my second hand shop (all types mixed), I also got 2 PC133 sticks. I see l […]
Some DDR 1 - PC3200. A new batch of memory appeared at my second hand shop (all types mixed), I also got 2 PC133 sticks. I see less and less of these over the years, obviously.
Quite a batch of 1gb.
256 are handy for older specs PCs, both for OS limits or OCs.
These are a mix from 256 to 1GB. But at this point for 1€/piece I’ll take anything.
Searching anything Nexgen, PM me if you have one. Also ATI Rage 128 PCI cards.
BitWrangler wrote on Yesterday, 18:23:Yeah the 1GBs are mostly useful for platforms you should have bought in DDR, like P4 and socket A.
Pretty much so.
Minutemanqvs wrote on Yesterday, 18:53:Nexxen wrote on Yesterday, 18:18:Minutemanqvs wrote on Yesterday, 18:04:Some DDR 1 - PC3200. A new batch of memory appeared at my second hand shop (all types mixed), I also got 2 PC133 sticks. I see l […]
Some DDR 1 - PC3200. A new batch of memory appeared at my second hand shop (all types mixed), I also got 2 PC133 sticks. I see less and less of these over the years, obviously.
Quite a batch of 1gb.
256 are handy for older specs PCs, both for OS limits or OCs.These are a mix from 256 to 1GB. But at this point for 1€/piece I’ll take anything.
I do understand 😀
No questions asked, pay and go home.
PC#1 Pentium 233 MMX - 98SE
PC#2 PIII-1Ghz - 98SE/W2K
- "One hates the specialty unobtainium parts, the other laughs in greed listing them under a ridiculous price" - kotel studios
- Bare metal ist krieg.
Not today, but lately I have purchased:
1.Sound Blaster AE-9 (mainly for recording from retro machines, hence it goes here). The ZxR I was using before has been abandoned by Creative and the drivers have issues in Windows 11.
1. Lot of 10x CT3930 sold as parts (no brackets.and some have broken tabs on the SIMM sockets.
2. Tandy 1000 SX (low-ish serial number so guessing it has the original Tandy 3-Sound)
3. Tandy 1000 TL/2
4. XT-IDE kit
5. IDR to CF card adapters with bracket for access to CF card in rear of computer
6. PicoMEM
7. Lo-Tech 2MB (board only). Going to build these myself
8. RAM chips for my Tandy 1000 SL
9. 2x speed USB 3.5" floppy to replace the one I had that died long ago.
10. ATX Power button / LED with sticky backing for my test bench.
When is the big reveal of the mystery beige box contents? I'll put it in my agenda.
Yes the suspense is killing.
i386 16 ⇒ i486 DX4 100 ⇒ Pentium MMX 200 ⇒ Athlon Pluto 700 ⇒ AthlonXP 1700+ ⇒ Opteron 165 ⇒ Dual Opteron 856
PD2JK wrote on Yesterday, 21:52:Yes the suspense is killing.
For REAL!
I'll toss a guess in while I'm at it, 🤣
It's an Asus P55 motherboard of some sort with a 200MMX. Possibly 2x16 and 2x32M SIMMs or 2x64M SDRAMs.
The graphics... I'm thinking an S3 VirgeDX, and for the sound, a ESS1868 or maybe one of those OPTi cards. 2-6GB drive (hopefully a drive) and windows 95.
I feel way off now that I wrote my guess. No PS/2 leads me to believe it might be even older, possible Pentium 133 with 2x16/2x8M SIMM.
I'm thinking MMX, because it was upgraded with that CD rom at some point and it was able to be useful long enough for mom and pop to need to get their stuff on/off of it.
A thread with an internals guessing game of sorts, revealed weekly would be pretty fun. Most of my PCs are revealed, so I wouldn't be able to host much, but I know my VOGONS crew got some good stuff. I like reading all the guesses. Explanations as to why a specific hardware chosen is awesome to speculate on. Sleeper builds and reverse-sleeper builds would be awesome curve-balls.
Watch, it'll have one of those Baby AT Slot1 boards in it.
In the acquired retros department, I got some RDRAM!! Hell yeah. My 850 is going to be pleased.
Also, a couple of sound cards. Very excited about the Yamaha XG. They have good DOS compatibility and sound pretty damn good. This one has Front/Rear, never had one like that before, should be fun.
I've been so busy working, I have so much untested stuff now. Such excite when I find something I forgot I grabbed. Example here:
Main Loadout (daily drivers):
Intel TE430VX, Pentium Sy022 (133), Cirrus Logic 5440, SB16 CT1740
ECS K7S5A, A-XP1600+, MSI R9550
ASUS M2N-E, A64X2-4600+, PNY GTX670, SB X-Fi Elite Pro
MSI Z690, Intel 12900K, MSI RTX3090, SB AE-7
Major Jackyl wrote on Yesterday, 23:02:In the acquired retros department, I got some RDRAM!! Hell yeah. My 850 is going to be pleased.
800 MHz are the most common speed.
I never saw 1066 on the bay, I stopped looking for them long ago as I don't play much with my RDRAM boards anymore.
Well, good you have all Intel Pentium processors.
Deserves a treat like a SS7 motherboard to test the hell out of them all 🤣
PC#1 Pentium 233 MMX - 98SE
PC#2 PIII-1Ghz - 98SE/W2K
- "One hates the specialty unobtainium parts, the other laughs in greed listing them under a ridiculous price" - kotel studios
- Bare metal ist krieg.
Major Jackyl wrote on Yesterday, 23:02:A thread with an internals guessing game of sorts, revealed weekly would be pretty fun. Most of my PCs are revealed, so I wouldn't be able to host much, but I know my VOGONS crew got some good stuff. I like reading all the guesses. Explanations as to why a specific hardware chosen is awesome to speculate on. Sleeper builds and reverse-sleeper builds would be awesome curve-balls.
I would love this! I think we should do it.
Nunoalex wrote on 2026-02-23, 23:51:I was browsing my local marketplaces and I spoted this socket 370 and then... waidaminute ... what is that DIN connector doing t […]
I was browsing my local marketplaces and I spoted this socket 370 and then... waidaminute ... what is that DIN connector doing there ? This must be a socket 7
No sir it was not ! It was in fact an AT socket 370 ! Holly smokes ! I had no idea they made Pentium 3 boards to be used with 1984 keyboards and mouses 🤣 !
The board does not post (never comes out of reset) but with ALL those caps looking like opera singers who can blame it ?
Yhe board has EVERYTHING ribbon cable even onboard VGA ! Very curious indeed
It will go to the recap pileAnd then when I went to pick it up the guy also had this ...
A Geforce4 MX440 in PCI with 64mb !!!
Another "holly shit" moment. I had no idea they made those for the PCI bus
This one does work but I could not start it on socket 7 motherboards... maybe it is because this must be an AGP card with some kind of PCI bridge and non AGP boards dont like it ?
The reason this VGA card doesn't work on socket 7 could be a voltage problem. Basically PCI 2.1 vs 2.2 specifications.
Nunoalex wrote on 2026-02-23, 23:51:I was browsing my local marketplaces and I spoted this socket 370 and then... waidaminute ... what is that DIN connector doing there ? This must be a socket 7
No sir it was not ! It was in fact an AT socket 370 ! Holly smokes ! I had no idea they made Pentium 3 boards to be used with 1984 keyboards and mouses 🤣 !
I worked in a PC build/repair shop for a while and remember supplying those AT S370s to schools. They were as close as we could get to small form factors. When replacing 20+ machines, small savings add up.
Major Jackyl wrote on Yesterday, 23:02:In the acquired retros department, I got some RDRAM!! Hell yeah. My 850 is going to be pleased. […]
In the acquired retros department, I got some RDRAM!! Hell yeah. My 850 is going to be pleased.
Also, a couple of sound cards. Very excited about the Yamaha XG. They have good DOS compatibility and sound pretty damn good. This one has Front/Rear, never had one like that before, should be fun.
I've been so busy working, I have so much untested stuff now. Such excite when I find something I forgot I grabbed. Example here:
You know there's a 200MMX Ceramic as well, right? 😀
If it's dual it's kind of cool ... 😎
--- GA586DX --- P2B-DS --- BP6 ---
Please use the "quote" option if asking questions to what I write - it will really up the chances of me noticing 😀
Robert B wrote on 2020-01-25, 14:08:Paradise Systems PVGA1A-JK - WDC '89 62-003139-130 - WDC 1989 61-603235 - mnf 1990 week 30 FCC ID : DBM603235P - ISA 8 bit ATI G […]
Paradise Systems PVGA1A-JK - WDC '89 62-003139-130 - WDC 1989 61-603235 - mnf 1990 week 30 FCC ID : DBM603235P - ISA 8 bit
ATI Graphics Solution Plus Rev. 1 - mnf 1987 week 40 - ISA 8 bit
Chips&Technologies P82C435 - P82A436 - ISA 8 bit - the BIOS chip was missing the protective tape but I covered it as soon as I bought - status unknownThese puppies are among my oldest video cards in my collection.
Hi @Robert B
Did you find the documentation for the jumpers and DIP switches on the third card? And what's the card's name?
Best regards from Lake Constance,
Arkadiusz
Major Jackyl wrote on Yesterday, 23:02:A thread with an internals guessing game of sorts, revealed weekly would be pretty fun. Most of my PCs are revealed, so I wouldn't be able to host much, but I know my VOGONS crew got some good stuff. I like reading all the guesses. Explanations as to why a specific hardware chosen is awesome to speculate on. Sleeper builds and reverse-sleeper builds would be awesome curve-balls.
Sounds like fun.
Had the same thought so I'd second this.
Something like System-of-the-week-guessing-thread...
RetroPC: K6-III+/400ATZ @6x83@1.7V / CT-5SIM / 2x 64M SDR / 40G HDD / RIVA TNT / V2 SLI / CT4520
ModernPC: Phenom II 910e @ 3GHz / ALiveDual-eSATA2 / 4x 2GB DDR-II / 512G SSD / 750G HDD / RX470
Arkadiusz wrote on Today, 09:06:Did you find the documentation for the jumpers and DIP switches on the third card? And what's the card's name?
Probably the same as my PA-WTEGA PCchips clone, someone already mapped it.
Dipswitch 1-4 select the card video output mode:
0-1-0-0: MDA Mode (main)
1-0-0-1: CGA 40x25 (main)
1-0-0-0: CGA 80x25 (main)
0-1-1-1: EGA 200 lines (main)
0-1-1-0: EGA 350 lines (main)
1-1-1-1: CGA 40x25 (secondary)
1-1-1-0: CGA 80x25 (secondary)
1-1-0-1: EGA 200 lines (secondary)
1-1-0-0: EGA 350 lines (secondary)
Dipswitch 5 selects the IO address:
0: I/O address range in 3xx (default)
1: I/O address range in 2xx
0 means switch open, 1 means closed.
TechieDude wrote on Today, 00:58:Nunoalex wrote on 2026-02-23, 23:51:I was browsing my local marketplaces and I spoted this socket 370 and then... waidaminute ... what is that DIN connector doing t […]
I was browsing my local marketplaces and I spoted this socket 370 and then... waidaminute ... what is that DIN connector doing there ? This must be a socket 7
No sir it was not ! It was in fact an AT socket 370 ! Holly smokes ! I had no idea they made Pentium 3 boards to be used with 1984 keyboards and mouses 🤣 !
The board does not post (never comes out of reset) but with ALL those caps looking like opera singers who can blame it ?
Yhe board has EVERYTHING ribbon cable even onboard VGA ! Very curious indeed
It will go to the recap pileAnd then when I went to pick it up the guy also had this ...
A Geforce4 MX440 in PCI with 64mb !!!
Another "holly shit" moment. I had no idea they made those for the PCI bus
This one does work but I could not start it on socket 7 motherboards... maybe it is because this must be an AGP card with some kind of PCI bridge and non AGP boards dont like it ?
The reason this VGA card doesn't work on socket 7 could be a voltage problem. Basically PCI 2.1 vs 2.2 specifications.
Thank you TechieDude
Yes I was suspecting something like that , I'm not very familiar with PCI specifications and standards.. and this being a Geforce4 a quite late card there might be incompatibilities...
the PCI edge connector on the board does not have that second notch that implies a lower voltage ? or 66mhz ? but still I am sure it is just incompatbile anyway.
I think my dream of running a 486 motherboard with a Geforce4 mx440 PCI is going to be shattered 😜
I got an IBM Thinkpad 365X that came from DSM (a pretty large chemical corporation).
It is in immaculate condition and barely has any scratches.
And it was not properly wiped, leaving behind a fully preserved OS/2 install with presentations, spreadsheets, Word documents and ancient software, frozen in time somewhere around 1999.
Please don't arrest me. 😀
beautiful..
1| 386DX40
2| P200mmx, Voodoo 1
3| PIII-450, Voodoo 3 3000
