Oh hello... Look what I found on a semi-local ad listing.

Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold. Almost complete in box - only the microphone is missing. The box isn't in the greastest of shapes, but it's holding together nicely and everything in it is in great condition.

Also recently got hold of this Roland SC-55. Complete in box, basically mint condition!

^ Great findings!

Zero_sugar wrote:

liqmat wrote:

Been on the hunt for a high quality 4:3 ratio LCD monitor for my testing area.

I've been on the lookout for one for a while. Every time I go to RePC I see dozens of 5:4 screens and a few 1024x768 screens, but never any 1600x1200, 4:3 screens.

Look for a late rev dell 2007fp

arncht wrote:

Zero_sugar wrote:

liqmat wrote:

Been on the hunt for a high quality 4:3 ratio LCD monitor for my testing area.

I've been on the lookout for one for a while. Every time I go to RePC I see dozens of 5:4 screens and a few 1024x768 screens, but never any 1600x1200, 4:3 screens.

Look for a late rev dell 2007fp

can confirm, delll 2007s are great

c0keb0ttle wrote:

Also recently got hold of this Roland SC-55. Complete in box, basically mint condition!

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it's a mk2 that can sound slighty differently to the sc-55/scc-1

Also HP LP2065, has the same panel as the Dell 2007FP, and can usually be found cheaper... also Im not sure but I think it also has a bit less input lag

God Of Gaming wrote:

Also HP LP2065, has the same panel as the Dell 2007FP, and can usually be found cheaper... also Im not sure but I think it also has a bit less input lag

Some 2007FP have an MVA/PVA panel whereas all LP2065 are IPS.

Picked up this lovely little 486dx2 system today.

This week's pickups. Generic Vortex2 card, Diamond S100 sound card (I don't know much about this one), Generic Geforce3 ti200 (obvious bad caps), Geforce fx5700 le (what a disappointing card), and a Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9600 pro Ultimate Edition.

Bought a SpectraVideo Quickshot 2 joystick for the Atari 2600/C64 for $0.78. Granted, it needs a good cleaning, rust removal for the screws, and a good test to see if it still works. Other than the dirt, it looks pretty good (pics and thread to follow).

Sorry for the blurry shot.

detritus olentus wrote:

Picked up this lovely little 486dx2 system today.

Why did people mount 3.5" floppy drives in 5.25" bays with extra converters? I keep seeing this and it beats me..

Maybe the computer shop bought many of them when 3.5" bays didn't really exist yet and when they appeared, they got rid of them that way ?

Oh wait that DX2 has a "VIE" board ! (VLB/ISA/EISA), neat !

appiah4 wrote:

detritus olentus wrote:

Picked up this lovely little 486dx2 system today.

Why did people mount 3.5" floppy drives in 5.25" bays with extra converters? I keep seeing this and it beats me..

Systems stood on the ground next to your desk. This way it is easier to reach.

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Great find!
Thats creme de la creme of midi music. I love it!
Sadly you cant run any midi game on it

Well, if it plays without any prior initialization when supplied with data through its MIDI IN, then technically you can make it sound in DOS. You just need a proper MPU-401 to drive it via MIDI IN. Worth trying, I guess.

Batyra wrote:

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jaZz_KCS wrote:

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Sorry for the blurry shot.

Great find!
Thats creme de la creme of midi music. I love it!
Sadly you cant run any midi game on it

I'm sorry but that's not quite correct.
It of course is a "Windows required" card, which means that only after the Windows driver kicks in, the card will be operational, and no features available prior to initialization of the driver. But, that being said, after the driver is loaded, all early Windows games that use MIDI files for their music, will work out of the box and sound fabulous (SimCity 2000 for Win95 as an example.)

When it comes to DOS games, there is a workaround. You choose the MPU-401 MIDI of your other soundcard (for example integrated Crystal in this case) as the source of music in the DOS game setup utility. Then you route the MIDI signal from the MIDI out of the gameport to the MIDI in of the SW1000XG. If the SW1000XG is selected as standard playback device for MIDI in Windows, then every game launched from within Windows or it's DOS-box is also being payed by the SW1000XG.

There is a reason I do not have to go this route though: I have a SW60XG ISA card as well. Whose MIDI features are available from within DOS already after the EFCON utility initializes the card and offers it's General MIDI capabilities on port 300.
Ergo I can select General MIDI on port 300 as my desired music sound source in the DOS game's setup utility and enjoy the music of the old DOS games rendered through the SW60XG.

hard1k wrote:

Well, if it plays without any prior initialization when supplied with data through its MIDI IN, then technically you can make it sound in DOS. You just need a proper MPU-401 to drive it via MIDI IN. Worth trying, I guess.

Challenge Accepted hahahha 😀

Bought some stuff today.
Some graphics cards, and a controller card, some missing brackets sadly.

NOS cheap vga graphics

Mouse with holder. I had one of these when I was younger, with the switch on the side 😎

Some boxes without cards but with documentation and disks (free so why not)

386 motherboard with manual, not matching though

Not pictured are 4 Big box games, Intel 740i graphics card and a sealed pack of tdk 3½in floppys.

sony g400, in original box and associates.