Time for the System Source Swap Meet pics I took... in no particular order. Let's goooo! š§µ time.
First we have an Amiga with some Macs, etc. Also, tons of interface cards. Some cool Apple stuff. And some IBM PCs!
More PCs, macs, laptops, and some software! The boxed copy of StuffIt Deluxe caught my eye!
One seller impressively had the original boxes for most of his stuff!
More PCs, macs, laptops, and some software! The boxed copy of StuffIt Deluxe caught my eye!
This commercial ISA card in the foreground is pretty neat, though I don't know much about it!
It just keeps going and going! I found this briefcase tester(?) system to be neat. Apple IIC. And Atari Home Computer in box!
Memory, opticals, more laptops
This was one cool table... I am not a Commodore guy, but Amigas are cool, as is the SX-64
Bin of cards, some more opticals, A beige box hiding under the table too. LOL
So, I dug through this box of $1 cards and bought most of them š
This guy had some RARE cards. An original Sound Blaster. An ATI Mach64 VLB card too. And a SCSI VLB card (I should have bought it, but $40 was a little steep).
We're almost done, I PROMISE. Here are the last of the swap meet pictures I too. The guy selling the Mac setup literally wanted single digits for it. Someone should have taken it home!!!
Alright, now back to the warehouse sale. Just a few pics I took of things I liked, most things I saw were in the videos... you did see them, right?
I've cleaned and tested three of my $10 laptops so far. And they are flawless!!
The fourth one I cleaned is a little rough (bad screen bezel, failing HDD, battery was taped in, and mouse pointer is bad) but hey it at least powers on!
It's always fun to install "older" OSes on systems not designed for them. Given that, how about we install Windows '98 SE on this Dell Latitude D600 with a Pentium M processor? Let's have a look at it in a š§µ here!
So, first and foremost, this site is AWESOME! There is a bundle of drivers that you can download, and inside the bundle is a readme file with some very clear instructions on what to do! retrosystemsrevival.blogspot.com/2018/05/dell-lā¦
I kicked off the install, and not far into the process, we ran into an issue since this system has more than 512MB of memory. I had to add a line to system dot ini under the [386enh] section as you see here (MaxPhysPage=20000). After that change, install proceeded!
Okay, time to explore the Compaq Presario 2200 that I brought back from Dallas! Like all of these, this one is a bit of a mixed bag. Let's have a look in a š§µ here!
So, first, like 100% of these I have seen, the plastics in the front are very brittle. This front panel has previously been glued on, you can see some glue residue here and there!
Here's the back of the PC. Nope, these systems do not have PCI expansion, and have one "weird" 8 bit ISA expansion slot for a modem!
Let's test a few things that I picked up at the DFW swap meet this weekend! We'll use the trusty Dell Precision 220 Workstation as the test rig, along with Windows 2000. Time for a š§µ
So, first we'll test the Diamond AGP card. It's an OEM card, and after some searching, I THINK it is a Diamond Speedstar A200, with the S3 Savage4 PRO chipset. In it goes! And I lied, I used Windows XP to test this one, I forgot š. Anyway, it checks out ā
Next, we have this card here, I think it's an Nvidia card. Foolishly, I thought it was PCI, but it's PCI Express. I have no use for this! It'll go on the free table at the next event I attend, whatever that is!
Stopped by the Time Rift Arcade before heading to the airport. I'll show some of the games I played in a š§µ
First game was California Speed, at which I am terrible. Played a few boards of tetris too. I didn't play the NES or SNES but did grab a picture of the setup!
I played Elvira pinball, because, well, of course š. Also Burgertime, Berserk and Mr. Do