Yeah, I worked for the Specialized Technology Group (STG) of STB (mpeg decoders, multi-monitor cards, broadcast stuff, etc...) then with 3dfx I also did their driver install CD's and Microsoft WHQL Driver Certification. I thought I sent him one of my 3dfx cards too but I guess not. I can see my office on the third floor in that picture of the building. Gary (from the other card) is a guy I still run into on occasion. Before 3dfx went down, we (STG) spun off and formed our own company. (
www.enseo.com ). We still have some of the old 3dfx engineers and one of the hardware guys. Yeah, he even made our new 4 channel HD card layout similar to that of the old 6000. I've been with the same company more or less since '96 and I love it. They're a good bunch of folks to work for. Anyway, that's how I put the collection together. You can rest assured that almost everything came directly from 3dfx hardware guys giving them to me to take home and test. I bought a couple like the Colormaster Voodomania card on ebay though. I also gave tons of cards away to friends and family and that's where these last few cards are coming from. (That's why there were no 5000 cards in my collection!) Out of everything I had, I miss the Falcon card the most. I had to literally beg for the flag. The guy wanted to give me a new one in the box but I wanted the flag that flew in front of the building. As for the 2x2 card, you know they were totally non-functional. To my knowledge, we assembled two of them. One went to the photographer and the other was used to show off at trade shows. I was told that this one was returned from the photographer then tossed around in the IT lab for a year or so (where the stickers were torn off) before a friend from IT showed it to me, I begged some more, and got it. I had to remove the rest of the sticky gum from the stickers on the chips and straighten a few pins but what a prize! The power supply actually came from somewhere else but I felt like it belonged with the card. To my knowledge, the other 2x2 card has yet to be found. Sorry for the long story but hey...you asked.
I'm adding more 3dfx stuff to ebay now so if you're interested, check my othert auctions too. I've got a line on a possible 4500 new sealed in the box but I dont' know for sure yet. We'll see!
-Tony
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