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Quicksilver!? OR Heavy Metal!?
13.09.04 at 16:57:24

A PII with EDO ram by the looks of things, the owner also claims it has a "Dell" 32 meg video card.

My thought is it's a gutted Quantum case someone dropped other PC guts into, I'm going to look at it in a few days as it's just a few hours from home.

If anything it would make a nice case for my 6000 =)

Who knows? A close look of the part numbers might reveal Quantum 3d logos.

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: What do you guys think of this? Real or fake? Reply #1 - 13.09.04 at 19:12:36 Quote: Hum, i don't imagine really Q3D using slots Isa. Quantum3d was spun off 3dfx in March 1997 and ISA was still very much in use then. The question is what did they sell back then as far as "systems" go? I'm digging around their press release page now.
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Reply #2 - 13.09.04 at 19:14:42

JACKPOT!

http://www.quantum3d.com/press/HTMLarchive/10-23-97.html

The entry configuration, for PC-based coin-op applications, packaged in a commercial mid-tower chassis, includes a 266MHz Intel Pentium II processor with 32 Megabytes of EDO RAM, Microsoft Windows 95, a 2.1GB EIDE hard drive, 24x CD-ROM drive, 1.44MB floppy drive, Yamaha 3D audio subsystem, Intel Pro 10/100 PCI Ethernet network interface card (NIC), Quantum3D Obsidian 100SB-4400V realtime 3D graphics accelerator with companion 2D/VGA and a GCI.

Other configurations, including 300MHz Pentium II processor, multiprocessor and rack-mount systems are also available.

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Reply #3 - 13.09.04 at 19:33:08

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If they used a slot Isa, i would say that's probably for a Nic card, even the SB100 is on a slot Pci and the companion 2D/VGA didn't use a slot.

Anyway, this is very interesting.

Or it was used for the sound card, since ISA sound cards were still in use in 1997-1998 and high quality sound is not a huge factor in arcade consoles back then.

Or they simply got a good deal on motherboards with ISA slots =)

I'm excited now, woo!

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FalconFly YaBB Administrator Offline 3dfx Archivist Posts: 2445 5335N 00745E Gender:	Re: What do you guys think of this? Real or fake? Reply #4 - 13.09.04 at 19:59:03 Yep, I see a completely normal intel FX or LX Motherboard with SD-RAM and the ISA-Slots (completely normal). ISA was still used alot for expensive and very high Quality Soundcards, as well as special Hardware. (I still miss my Soundblaster AWE32 and AWE64 Boards)
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Reply #5 - 13.09.04 at 20:32:32

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He, he but if i go to the USA i would need a very good wallet and ... a trunk. Grin

You are going to laugh- This e-mail has been in my mailbox for months and just remembered to look into it again this week. On first blush I thought it was just a rack mount box someone stuck decals on till I looked into it this morning..

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: What do you guys think of this? Real or fake? Reply #6 - 13.09.04 at 21:18:36 Quote: Hope that he owns always the machine. He did as of a few hours ago =) I'll be inspecting it later this week.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: What do you guys think of this? Real or fake? Reply #7 - 13.09.04 at 22:30:41 Quote: And buying, i hope. As long as he doesn't want some ridiculous price.
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: What do you guys think of this? Real or fake? Reply #8 - 14.09.04 at 04:36:32 Looks like maybe it's an X-24 in that quantum rig! ??? NICE! 8)
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: What do you guys think of this? Real or fake? Reply #9 - 14.09.04 at 05:13:51 Quote: Looks like maybe it's an X-24 in that quantum rig! ??? NICE! 8) Nah, whatever it is, it's plugged in the AGP slot and it sure doesn't look like a V2 AGP.
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fish Full Member Offline Posts: 183 Germany Gender:	Re: What do you guys think of this? Real or fake? Reply #10 - 14.09.04 at 10:06:52 Really cool. Wish you good luck.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: What do you guys think of this? Real or fake? Reply #11 - 14.09.04 at 15:14:45 Quote: Really cool. Wish you good luck. I'm thinking about getting a rack mount system for the office, would be a cool way to run and display the "active" cards =)
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fish Full Member Offline Posts: 183 Germany Gender:	Re: What do you guys think of this? Real or fake? Reply #12 - 14.09.04 at 15:56:19 Yup, that's right. I had already the same idea.
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: What do you guys think of this? Real or fake? Reply #13 - 14.09.04 at 20:05:37 Quote: Nah, whatever it is, it's plugged in the AGP slot and it sure doesn't look like a V2 AGP. DOH! I shoulda' known better... Wonder if it's VSA-100 based then? ???
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: What do you guys think of this? Real or fake? Reply #14 - 14.09.04 at 21:37:23 Quote: Wonder if it's VSA-100 based then? ??? Doesn't look to be in the pics, wrong timeframe for an EDO ram machine
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