What retro things have you done today?

[paradigm]

I have a board where both can be used at the same time

I’ve got a board that can take both 30 (4 of) and 72 pin (2 of) SIMMs but not SIMMs and DIMMs.

 

[LewisRaz]

I’ve got a board that can take both 30 (4 of) and 72 pin (2 of) SIMMs but not SIMMs and DIMMs.

http://www.cpu-world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22979

This is the board I modded to fit 2.4v cpus (And the one that hated TNT2s)

 

[Firestar_3x]

Seemed right that the first thing to plug into the monitor should be a Dell Latitude C640.



Forgot how deep monitors are, need some moving around i feel!

 

[Firestar_3x]

Anyone willing to roll the dice on this Voodoo 5?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3DFX-Voo...827951?hash=item1f10eb14ef:g:tp8AAOSwqA9e1oWJ

 

[paradigm]

Anyone willing to roll the dice on this Voodoo 5?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3DFX-Voo...827951?hash=item1f10eb14ef:g:tp8AAOSwqA9e1oWJ

Been watching that since it went on. Given I almost bought a known working one for £185 then this one doesn’t have far to climb before it becomes too much of a risk. Granted it being boxed and complete is a draw to a lot of bidders, and the GPUs themselves are still available new if they need replacing (not that I have a BGA rework station or even the stencil for one).

If it stays below £125 or so then it might be worth a punt, not sure I’d go much higher on an unknown.

 

[almoststew1990]

The great thing about not really being into 3DFX cards is that I get to save loads of money

 

[paradigm]

The great thing about not really being into 3DFX cards is that I get to save loads of money

I’ve just ordered a PCI-X Matrox Parhelia if that’s enough of an oddball card for you

 

[!bluetonic!]

Seemed right that the first thing to plug into the monitor should be a Dell Latitude C640.
Forgot how deep monitors are, need some moving around i feel!

She's so pretty.

I've got the other half.. A Dell Pentium 90 Mhz based on the first PC I had access to.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Nice!

Been watching that since it went on. Given I almost bought a known working one for £185 then this one doesn’t have far to climb before it becomes too much of a risk. Granted it being boxed and complete is a draw to a lot of bidders, and the GPUs themselves are still available new if they need replacing (not that I have a BGA rework station or even the stencil for one).

If it stays below £125 or so then it might be worth a punt, not sure I’d go much higher on an unknown.

You could always become the UK Louis Rossmann, lol, prices are crazy even for broken cards, going to be interesting to see what future card values are, only seem to be going up.

 

[paradigm]

You could always become the UK Louis Rossmann, lol, prices are crazy even for broken cards, going to be interesting to see what future card values are, only seem to be going up.

If I had even half or Louis' skill with an iron I'd be happy, though fixing stuff is a LOT easier when schematics and boardviews are accessible!

 

[Firestar_3x]

Few more hardware bits turned up:

Ram for the A7V, K6-2 500mhz and Voodoo II



Also this, which i will work my way through scanning, some of the adverts are epic.

 

[paradigm]

Just need a 2nd Voodoo II now

What 2D card are you pairing with? And is that a K6-2 or K6-2+?

I really want a K6-2+ or 3+ to replace my K6-3.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Going retro correct for myself, so S3 Virge DX (for the better or worse), could have gone Matrox Millennium II as the family PC had one of those, but wanted to rebuild my rig really.

500AFX, how do you tell if it is a +?

Also yes on the 2nd card, will be doing that, trying to decide on a SC, unsure if AWE64 or SB0100 Live (already have one of those).

 

[paradigm]

It's simple, they say 2+ or 3+ stamped on the heat spreader. Have you bought the S3 Virge yet? I might have one here doing nothing

 

[Armageus]

500AFX, how do you tell if it is a +?

500AFX is a K6-2

K6-2+ would be 500ACZ I believe

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K6-2/AMD-K6-2 500 - AMD-K6-2-500AFX.html
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K6-2/AMD-Mobile K6-2+ 500 - AMD-K6-2+-500ACZ.html

 

[Firestar_3x]

Just seems like a K6-2 then, no 2+ markings and not that revision code.

Have you bought the S3 Virge yet? I might have one here doing nothing

Yea already got my one from back in the day, just need to find it, thanks though. I may need you for some testing at some point as i doubt this motherboard is going to play ball.

 

[paradigm]

already got my one from back in the day, just need to find it, thanks though. I may need you for some testing at some point as i doubt this motherboard is going to play ball.

Sure thing, what is your S7 board?

 

[!bluetonic!]

If you like reading through Old PC mags and adverts,

https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/PC_Mag.html?id=w_OhaFDePS4C&redir_esc=y

 

[Firestar_3x]

Sure thing, what is your S7 board?

Gemlight GMB-P57SAX which actually seems to be a DTK PAM-0070S E1 or very close.

https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/V/VEXTREC-TECHNOLOGY-INC-Pentium-GMB-P57SAX-VER-1-20.html

K6-2 should run at 2x multi (actually 6x) and whatever FSB i can manage, also got a 233mmx on the way and will probably order a 6x86MX PR233 because that was the actual chip i had.

 

[!bluetonic!]

News about that chip here:

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...VwKHVNOBCcQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=PR233&f=false