vga256 on Nostr: today's pickup is really fun. i only had a single photo to go by in the classified ...
today's pickup is really fun. i only had a single photo to go by in the classified ad, and i instantly knew i wanted to pick it up based on the video card alone.
the teenager that sold it to me said that it was his grandma's computer, and i can confirm that is absolutely smells like grandma's house - potpourri and all.
just for fun - can you identify the cpu/board/video card in the first pic? (answers are in the image description)
compare the second and third pic - i removed the sticker. beneath is the original colour of the plastics D:
i was genuinely surprised that it turned out to be such a fascinating video card. i missed this entire generation, as I went with Riva TNT.* cards in those days.
the sound card is fascinating - I've never used Yamaha XG based chips before, and can't wait to hear what they sound like.
#retroComputing
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