Don
In theory yes
In theory yes
Soldato
Oh no I've bought more junk.
I bought a PDA from 2004, a Mouse Bus mouse and a crap soundcard for £20.
I've never had a PDA before and this came with all the software and cables. It has GPS built in too. I might have to set up a Windows XP PC to set up all the software for it.
Its got a 300MHz CPU and 64MB RAM with 32MB of ROM. No WiFi. Windows Mobile 2003 or something. I'll see if I can do anything fun with it!
I bought a PDA from 2004, a Mouse Bus mouse and a crap soundcard for £20.
I've never had a PDA before and this came with all the software and cables. It has GPS built in too. I might have to set up a Windows XP PC to set up all the software for it.
Its got a 300MHz CPU and 64MB RAM with 32MB of ROM. No WiFi. Windows Mobile 2003 or something. I'll see if I can do anything fun with it!
Soldato
Well step 1 is always the same:
Install doom
Install doom
Soldato
Let's take your retro computer to bits and place all the components on a carpet..
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17486183...rentrq:0b62b26f17b0ab85c9b6af42ffe59304|iid:1
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17486183...rentrq:0b62b26f17b0ab85c9b6af42ffe59304|iid:1
Soldato
£100 start too... They are 30-50 when I see them come up. My brother found me one in the trash in Holland but I have not been able to get it yet because of covid.
Fantastic for static on all those parts.
I especially like this part too "All original beige worn colour" I think you'll find the original colour was white, not 'beige worn'
Soldato
Been playing a few games recently for my next video using ES1869F soundchip. I can see why many people like the ESFM. To my ear it is a nicer sound than a genuine OPL3!
Soldato
Finished another video. Bit rushed towards the end but getting better and filming the builds and also talking on the camera
Soldato
Another great video @LewisRaz
The content is great. You stay on point and the video editing is slick. Thumbs up.
I've won this for £40.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255069361922
Have people stopped bidding on retro kit?
I didn't need it, but the LG monitor looks ace.
The content is great. You stay on point and the video editing is slick. Thumbs up.
I've won this for £40.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255069361922
Have people stopped bidding on retro kit?
I didn't need it, but the LG monitor looks ace.
Soldato
Thanks mate.
That looks like a decent buy although that is probably top end from what I what expect from an early XP machine
I have noticed a lot of things are not selling like they were. or going for a far lower price. Only the really desirable stuff is still getting top dollar.
Interestingly a boxed SB 2.0 went for £163 total at auction last night. I have mine up in much better condition for under £155 total. Retro sales are random!
That looks like a decent buy although that is probably top end from what I what expect from an early XP machine
I have noticed a lot of things are not selling like they were. or going for a far lower price. Only the really desirable stuff is still getting top dollar.
Interestingly a boxed SB 2.0 went for £163 total at auction last night. I have mine up in much better condition for under £155 total. Retro sales are random!
Soldato
Picked up this pair of mice today for £1. Both working
Been after one of these for a long time as the ball mouse I have been using is terrible on my modern mouse mat and my modern ones dont play nicely with a ps2 adapter on my KVM.
Been after one of these for a long time as the ball mouse I have been using is terrible on my modern mouse mat and my modern ones dont play nicely with a ps2 adapter on my KVM.
Soldato
Picked up what I hope is a bargain. A well known seller on ebay was unable to test this board due to not being able to find the jumper settings.
I found them in about 2 minutes. PCCHIPS M918.
If it works I plan a DX4 build in this case:
Much more appropriate than the celeron 333 that was in it!
I found them in about 2 minutes. PCCHIPS M918.
If it works I plan a DX4 build in this case:
Much more appropriate than the celeron 333 that was in it!
Caporegime
I’ve also just picked up a 486 bargain. I spotted an Abit PB4 ISA, PISA and PCI board that was listed for £10 “faulty”. There were a couple of touched up areas on the underside of the board that looked particularly poorly soldered. 5 minutes of fixing a broken trace and re-attaching the CMOS battery holder and I have a board that POSTs. Not tested it any further yet but it seems fine.
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Soldato
Thats a bargain! Nice work on the repair too
Caporegime
It's not my neatest work, I mainly just wanted to get it tested to see if it was worth my time. Only tried it with my DX-33 (pictured above) which is a 5v part. Now my PC Chips M919 had issues with 3.3v or 4v core voltage due to dying regulators, so it's possible that the seller was trying to use a 3.3v CPU and the voltage reg is bad, the board was jumpered for an AMD 3.3v part when it arrived.
I've got a mic29302bt voltage regulator in the post, along with 256Kb of SRAM cache chips (64Kx8 for this board) so I can hopefully pimp the board to the max, board currently has 128Kb cache.
On the lookout for an 83MHz POD now, but they are usually expensive.
Soldato
its neater than what I can do
and it works!What VGA card are you planning to use with it?
Caporegime
I’m not sure yet, not got a huge selection of either ISA (only got one, a Tseng ET4000AX) or early PCI. I think I’ve got a PCI Mach32 somewhere.its neater than what I can do
What VGA card are you planning to use with it?
Caporegime
My Mach32 is a Mach64, the machine won't POST with it installed. I tried a Matrox Millennium which works fine, but has graphical issues with some DOS games (like Commander Keen, scrolling is jerky as hell). Settled on an S3 Trio64 (Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM-T).
Soldato
I'm planning on using my 2mb S3 Virge. Can never seem to go wrong with those.
Caporegime
I’ve got a 4MB Virge/DX which I could use, but I think a 4MB card is probably overkill for a 486-class machine. I guess I should try some DOS benchmarks back to back to see if it’s even worth “upgrading”.
Oh yeah, also tried my Cyrix DX66 CPU, which is a 3.45v part, no issues with voltage or setting for Cyrix. I’m starting to think the seller simply couldn’t decipher the jumper settings so gave up. I originally tried just changing the core voltage from 5v to 3.45v and leaving the other jumpers set to Intel DX 33, the Cyrix unsurprisingly didn’t POST.