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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	THE HORROR!!! 01.04.05 at 20:07:26 AAlchemy boards broken in half! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7505280992 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7505280940 IDIOTS!
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goriath God Member Offline Ruggedized Retro Gamer Posts: 599 Italy/Slovenija Gender:	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #1 - 01.04.05 at 20:19:14 But, what is the mean to sell broken card for 50USD in total??? An AAlchemy board...in that condition
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VDX Ex Member	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #2 - 01.04.05 at 21:19:18 im wondering bout the ram, could that be used on a 5500?, if so a 5500 with 5.4ns ram, nice
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VDX Ex Member	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #3 - 01.04.05 at 21:34:58 Well to answer myself, yes this is the same ram as on the 5500, just 5.4 instead of 6ns, now if i could only get a rework shop to tell me a price id be in set.
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #4 - 01.04.05 at 21:35:03 If they did this on PURPOSE then they really ARE braindead! Now if we only had some MAGIC glue!
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #5 - 02.04.05 at 09:26:40 It's being sold in Quantum3D's neighborhood so it would be my guess that someone at Q3D tipped off a friend that this stuff was being distroyed and tossed in the dumpster and the friend went dumpster diving in hopes of selling this stuff off on ebay. Just a thought
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #6 - 02.04.05 at 09:41:29 Actually I'm thinking that someone is very much aware of the stuff COMPUTER_DR was selling a few weeks ago and when they junked another batch of stuff made sure it wasn't functional.
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edmundoab God Member Offline Settling down back in Malaysia Posts: 651 Shah Alam, MALAYSIA Gender:	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #7 - 02.04.05 at 20:21:01 nevertheless the responses they had for Q3d Cards must have been really good. regardless of the price that they try to sell them
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FalconFly YaBB Administrator Offline 3dfx Archivist Posts: 2445 5335N 00745E Gender:	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #8 - 02.04.05 at 21:41:48 Oh well, really looks like someone forced them to fulfill their contract (recycle and/or defunc junked Equipment). Otherwise I wouldn't know why anyone would destroy hardware that otherwise could sell off for good money...
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #9 - 02.04.05 at 22:39:42 Quote: Otherwise I wouldn't know why anyone would destroy hardware that otherwise could sell off for good money... So Quantum3D doesn't have to field tech calls for hardware that they junked. Get the picture?
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VDX Ex Member	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #10 - 02.04.05 at 22:59:13 ah good thinking, makes sense
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Reply #11 - 03.04.05 at 00:23:08

Since the AAlchemy Boards additionally were frequently used for Military Simulators, there's also another viable explanation :

Hardware used for the Military running Software category "Confidential" or higher is often subject to extremely strict regulations concerning their dismantling.

I know quite similar regulations, where every Device capable of Memory storage of any kind (even volatile Video RAM) has to be physically destroyed and would never be sold.

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #12 - 03.04.05 at 00:45:13 I know for a fact though Quantum3D just dumped some hardware that was reserved for RMA use and I know there are a few people there miffed about hardware COMPUTER_DR was selling as they strongly suspected it was stuff Quantum3D tossed out as scrap.
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: THE HORROR!!! Reply #13 - 19.04.05 at 15:29:54 these people served to be doomed by Darth Vader!!!! omg the insannity, this is what i call 3dfx/Quantum3D and money abuse.
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