Pics of Vintage Pickup

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!

Originally Posted by Bear

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

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!!

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

Originally Posted by happyscraper

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

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"

Originally Posted by Bear

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"

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.

Originally Posted by jghilino

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.

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.

Originally Posted by AuburnEwaste

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

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