best cheap/free scores 1.1

[Dan81]

Another US (Houston, TX) score - EPOX KP6-BS + 2x Katmai 500 + 256MB ECC.

[Xenon-Codex]

Early Pioneer HT-amp saved from the dump. Fully working unit, just like the one I saved 4 years earlier.

[mrz80]

Biggest score I landed was a friend spotted a Harmon Kardon Citation II amp at the curb and gave it to me. I never got 'round to putting it to use and decided to sell it at a hamfest. I hadn't even carried it from the car to the card table when someone spotted me with it, ran up, and waved an inordinately thick stack of cash at me for it.

Next score I've still got. I spotted an Alesis QS8.1 on craigslist for an absurdly low price. I actually contacted the seller to ask if she'd MEANT to advertise it for that price and she had. Her ex had left it with her, it wasn't powering on, and she had already bought another keyboard, so she just wanted it gone. Drove right over and took it off her hands (and hurt my back pulling it out of her car - didn't expect the fool thing to weigh 60 pounds!). When I got it home the only real problem was the motherboard had come disconnected from the power supply. After fixing that and doing some cosmetic cleanup, it was working fine. It still has one dead key that I just haven't gotten 'round to fixing yet 'cause I hate taking it apart.

[stj]

ordered this rfid cloner:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006114989084.html
i think it will be usefull as these non-contact fobs become more popular.
like a modern version of a key-cutting machine

[Xenon-Codex]

This Asus CS-B may be better quality, as it says 24/7.

[redbaron1007]

A friend gave me his old Cent-Tech P37772 multimeter the other day because it wasn't working in continuity/diode mode anymore. I asked him if he had tried a new battery and he had, but it was some no name one that came with some guitar gear he had bought recently. I took it home and tried it out and nothing was working right. The diode reading was jumping all over the place and the voltage readings were off. If I checked a AA battery it would read 5V and if I hooked it to my bench power supply it would read consistently 5v higher than what I had it set to. Cleaned the contacts on the dial and nothing changed. I finally checked the 9V battery in it and it was reading 4V. I popped in a new energizer one and it works fine now so I got a multimeter for the cost of a 9V battery.

[Xenon-Codex]

Cheapo JVC stereo, separate parts. Only fault seem to be the very dim display in the tuner. Amp had a "fault": stuck speaker selector, and both pairs are not designe d to be working at once.

[Dan81]

Speaking of 90s PCs... I just recently got one to cobble together while I wait for the A01 to arrive.
Just an ABIT TX5, a P233MMX (I wish I had a K6-2 in the 300-400 range but they're rare as it is by now), S3 Virge for 2D and Voodoo2 12MB for 3D.
Still gotta figure the HDDs and a OS for now but I do have a good collection of 8-20GB HDDs.

[Topcat]

Sold in the same day. These 90's computers are wanted things.

IMHO 90's era PC's were the real birth of PC gaming; and some really nifty hardware and games spawned from that time.....that's why they're in such demand....it's when PC's became 'fun'!! Stuff older than that, what do you really do with them; realistically?!? Sit and watch the cursor blink.... :yawn:

[Dan81]

Add PS3s on that list. I barely managed to snag a CECHA01 model from the US, with the ability to pay duties before checkout.

I only hope it arrives here in Romania in good shape. I've already saved a good PSU (since these are known to run ZSSR furnaces that are worse in efficiency than a damn Deer) and a good bluray deck (BD410) for it.

[Xenon-Codex]

Saved from the dump. 29 years and one day old, as said in the sticker, it says 11-12-1995. The HD is gone, but otherwise working AT-computer with 166MHz Pentium..

Sold in the same day. These 90's computers are wanted things.

[Xenon-Codex]

Saved from the dump. 29 years and one day old, as said in the sticker, it says 11-12-1995. The HD is gone, but otherwise working AT-computer with 166MHz Pentium..

[Dan81]

Moar Voodoos came into my hands since that post, as well as a MSI:

- ELSA Victory II-A16 - Banshee
- Innovision Mighty Banshee - had to redo the solder on 4 of the 8 RAM chips
- V3 3000
- MSI MS-6163 Pro w/ blown Chhsi caps + P3 500MHz Katmai

[Dan81]

Today's scores:
- Magic Twinpower - 3dfx Voodoo Banshee 16MB AGP
- 3D Blaster Banshee - same type of card

[ratdude747]

Nice score!! Those cases can fit one of those goofy X7DCA board nicely. If you don't want to build it, I'm sure there's ample trade bait lingering around here!!

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/genera...88#post1856888

Since I don't have an immediate need for another X7DCA (and the "cheap" ones on eBay all seem to be the less-desirable "no audio" version)... and my current budget didn't include (or allow) for a "newer" build (of something worth building), I don't have an immediate use.

[Topcat]

Scored a brand new 2006 vintage Ultra Micro Fly Lan Party uATX case for $15. Still wrapped in box. Tigerdirect sticker included!

Don't have an immediate plan... I'll be traveling in Topcat's vicinity a few weeks so it may be his next project? Was thinking of putting a supermicro x7dca in it but that's already been done...

Nice score!! Those cases can fit one of those goofy X7DCA board nicely. If you don't want to build it, I'm sure there's ample trade bait lingering around here!!

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/genera...88#post1856888

[ratdude747]

Scored a brand new 2006 vintage Ultra Micro Fly Lan Party uATX case for $15. Still wrapped in box. Tigerdirect sticker included!

Don't have an immediate plan... I'll be traveling in Topcat's vicinity a few weeks so it may be his next project? Was thinking of putting a supermicro x7dca in it but that's already been done...

[Hondaman]

Okay, scratch what I said in my post number 6003 in this thread, about one month ago (a few posts above this one). It turns out my Toshiba D-R550 will record the output of a VCR, even for VHS tapes that used to belong to a video rental store (tapes that had MACROVISION copy-preventing signal recorded on the tape).

So if anybody wants a copy of those two movies ("Convicted", with Carroll O'Connor and John Larroquette, or "Where the Spirit Lives") I can get you a copy. I don't really believe copyright law applies to out-of-print stuff. I can also get "50 years of The Tonight Show" converted to DVD, as well as "The 80s -- an NBC Retrospective". No fancy menus, and chapters ever 5 or 10 or 15 minutes, whatever I set my equipment for. I can also get my sister's VHS wedding converted (Cincinnati, Ohio, 05-16-1992). I'll have to send my sister a DVD of the wedding. I'm not sure if she even has a VCR, or knows where it is.

(I suppose if I wanted fancy menus, I would have to play the DVD into the All-In-Wonder 9200, and turn the footage into one giant MPEG, then use DVD FAB, which I do have a license for. Sounds like a lot of work though, because it truly would be a lot of work.)

I've had the VCR and the D-R550 for many years now (2010?). I'm sorry it took me so long to get the two together like this.

If anybody wants any of these, let me know.

(I also may have found a DVD copy of "Where the Spirit Lives" from a merchant in Pakistan, but shipping could be 5500 Pakistan Rupees, or $55 US. Plus $15 for the movie.)

[Dan81]

A lot of great scores:

- 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 16MB
- MSI MS-6168 w/ same GPU but 8MB RAM
- 2x ASUS A7N8X-X
- GB 7N400E
- DFI CS32-TC w/ Tualatin support
- Gigabyte GA-7VR
- ABIT KR7A (w/o RAID)
- DTK PRM-0076I E1
- Fastfame 9VAAV + Celeron 533
- MSI K7 Pro + 700MHz Thunderbird Athlon Slot A
- 700MHz Athlon Pluto Slot A
- ABIT BX6 R2 + 650MHz P3
- Riva TNT2 Pro Medion OEM

[Xenon-Codex]

Two damaged laptops, the newer Lenovo had a 512GB SSD and a 4GB Ram stick.