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**AnalogRocks** · Last edited by AnalogRocks on Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:30 am; edited 1 time in total

Yep I'm at it again!

Scored an ASUS P5A 1.04 motherboard and an AGP V3000 VIVO 4MB video card at thrift. I now need a Socket 7 processor, ISA sound card and some PC100 128MB ram sticks.

Whaatdayagot laying around?

gjaky · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2790 Location: Budapest, Hungary

Vibra 16C sound card, Pentium 75MHz CPU and Pentium 200MMX CPU, as for RAM you don't need PC100 PI is running at 66MHz FSB...

**kal** · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:58 pm Post subject:

That mobo’s 20 years old - no issues with old caps Jeremy? What are you using it for?

Kal

gjaky · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2790 Location: Budapest, Hungary

I don't think caps are an issue on boards from that era, and that is because the CPUs consumed much less power and running on higher core voltage, therefore relaxed ripple current demand from the caps -> longer life.

**kal** · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:22 pm Post subject:

The caps may not have been pushed as hard, but all e-caps have a lifespan. After 20+ years I'd be concerned, though it depends on how the device is engineered (you can engineer something with the assumption that caps will fade and design for 50 years of use, though most manufacturers do not - this is not military grade stuff going into space Wink

).

Kal

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:32 am Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:35 am Post subject:

km987654 · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 1:20 am Post subject:

I have a Media Vision Pro Audio 1993

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 1:39 am Post subject:

Nice card! You have the 1x SONY CD-ROM drive tthat goes with it?

Keith, didn't you say you had some RAM that would work on my IBM Pentuim Pro too?

km987654 · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 1:44 am Post subject:

**kal** · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:24 am Post subject:

Nice! I should sell you my AVM Summit midi sample ebox to go with that - I still have it! (Paid a small fortune for it back in the early 90s). A sample of the sound quality: https://youtu.be/eLZHrzIaK30

Inside pics: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~wz4k-tnk/digital/summit.html

The Kurzweil sample quality was/is amazing for 1994 timeframe. Great for gaming.
Kal

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:05 am Post subject:

gjaky · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2790 Location: Budapest, Hungary

BTW your motherboard is around from the millenium, it is in fact a „super 7” motherboard supporting AMD K6 processors all the way up to 533MHz, competitor for the Pentium II line. So adding an ISA sound card would not be faithful for the system, a Sound Blaster Live! or Aureal Vortex card would be a better match.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:09 am Post subject:

Nice cards but ISA works better in DOS.

I saw a nice AMD K6-3 450 Chip for $28 on eBay. OR a 200MMX for $8

gjaky · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2790 Location: Budapest, Hungary

Insane... I can find any of those here for $5 or less...

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:32 am Post subject:

I have the sound card! I'll post more when it thaws...

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:42 am Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:25 am Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:52 pm Post subject:

Scored a SONY 52X24X52 IDE CD-ROM Burner. Pics to follow.

**kal** · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 12:05 am Post subject:

What's a CD-ROM? Wink

Kal