Pics of Vintage Pickup

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Heres a pic of most of the stuff i picked up the other day and one pic of all of the loose cpu's that he had. Im gonna get a list of all of the vintage stuff and post it here. If anyone wants a pic of ne thing in particular let me know. Im gonna be buggin the crap out of yall for the next couple of weeks with questions on this stuff.

where's the old truck you invited us here to see ??

Haha! That's what I thought too!

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where's the old truck you invited us here to see ??

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lol. Guess i didnt word that very well! Dont think i can go back and change it.

That's what I was looking for too!!

Is the truck behind the pile of computers?

Great score by the way!

Nice score dude. Some of those towers look like thier missing parts. Alot nice 386 and 486 prossecers.

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Originally Posted by happyscraper

Nice score dude. Some of those towers look like thier missing parts. Alot nice 386 and 486 prossecers.

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Ya apparently this guys son has been tinkering with computers since the early 90's and there was about 10 incomplete towers. On top of that pile of towers is 10 brand new socket 5 motherboards with cpu. I havent pulled the heatsink to see what cpu they have. k5 maybe. Any one had ne experience selling thosea?

Those 10 motherboards I'd list one at a time, as if it's the only one in the whole wide world, then soon as it sells, list another one ; )
It aint hard to test stuff like that, even without a case, long as you have a power supply. You can hook everything up loose, laying out on the desk, just use a couple wires with alligator clips to the PS and mobo, floppy etc, for the ground. I used to use a picture of one sprawled out like that for my profile titled it "new build"

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Those 10 motherboards I'd list one at a time, as if it's the only one in the whole wide world, then soon as it sells, list another one ; )
It aint hard to test stuff like that, even without a case, long as you have a power supply. You can hook everything up loose, laying out on the desk, just use a couple wires with alligator clips to the PS and mobo, floppy etc, for the ground. I used to use a picture of one sprawled out like that for my profile titled it "new build"

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Bear anyway you can show me some pics on how you had that set up? Im pretty ignorant when it comes to working on computers.

Keep an eye out for 8086, socket 3 and socket 5 motherboards when you are breaking those down. The 8086's will bring $50+ each all day long.

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Bear anyway you can show me some pics on how you had that set up? Im pretty ignorant when it comes to working on computers.

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It's just like hooking one up in the case, only it's laying out on a desk (i'd suggest a wooden one ; ) and use the grounding clips between the major components. The grounds on a motherboard are usually where a screw goes though the board, you can see a wide spot around the hole

The old type power supplies have the switch built in, newer ones turn on through the mobo, just touch a tiny screwdriver to the power pins and it comes on, then remove the screwdriver, only takes a quick touch

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It's just like hooking one up in the case, only it's laying out on a desk (i'd suggest a wooden one ; ) and use the grounding clips between the major components. The grounds on a motherboard are usually where a screw goes though the board, you can see a wide spot around the hole

The old type power supplies have the switch built in, newer ones turn on through the mobo, just touch a tiny screwdriver to the power pins and it comes on, then remove the screwdriver, only takes a quick touch

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Does this help with the different voltages??

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Hard drives 1gb and smaller Can be worth a good bit also. Ive sold a 43mb drive for $50.

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Keep an eye out for 8086, socket 3 and socket 5 motherboards when you are breaking those down. The 8086's will bring $50+ each all day long.

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How do I tell if its an 8086?

Thanks bear. I was confused as to what you where using the alligator clips for.

Thanks mechanic. Id hate to ruin one of these mb that might be worth something.

Socket 5 would be ceramic Pentium, K5, or black fiber Pentium MMX.

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Socket 5 would be ceramic Pentium, K5, or black fiber Pentium MMX.

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I know how to ID a socket 5. Sounded like 8086 was a certain kind of socket 5 mb.

8086 wont have a socket at all.

Its easy to identify the old 8086 motherboards, there is no cpu socket on them. All you will see is ic chips. Need to look at the numbers on the larger ic chips. They will say intel and will say 8086. or 8087 or 8088 on them.

Nice haul, but im still waiting for the pic of the 56 chevy!

OK guys. Ive put a list together of most of the stuff that i think might be collectible. Id really appreciate any feedback. The scrapper in me really wants to tear all of this stuff apart but the business man in me wants to make the most i can. Ive done some preliminary research but i really value all of yalls experience and knowledge.

HP Apollo 715/75 workstation 4 of them
HP Apollo series 700 workstation 4 of them
Silicon Graphics
Epson Equity I
Compaq Deskpro XL 5120
Legend by Packard Bell 386x
Leading Edge winpro 486d

also found a dell 450/l

the 386 and 486 motherboards with cpu and ram are probably worth more than scrap if they work, the rest does not look very promising