[SGVLUG] OT: video card

[juanslayton at dialup4less.com]

I have a card off of one of my legacy machines that you're welcome to have if it will work for you.  I'm not sure exactly what to call it; one side of the board has "NUMBERNINE", the other shows CE with a 1996 date.  I can bring it to the DevSig meeting at La Pintoresca library on Saturday.
John
(Azusa)

Harold Totten wrote ..
> Thanks Tom.
> After fiddling with it, I went straight to Fry's.  A sales person escorted
> me to the video card section.   She  showed me the  cheapest  one - $50.
> I've been to 3 other stores.  The ATI you found looks pretty  good; $25
> +
> freight.  I'll go back to CompUSA and see if the $35 will work.
> Are there 2 incompatible PCI standards?
> Still willing to try second-hand.
> Harold
> 
> 
> On 3/27/06, Emerson, Tom <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > * *Harold Totten
> > I have a Diamond Viper v330 PCI video card.   It seems to be broke. [...]
> > Anyone have something that might work?  Cheap?
> >
> > Look around the bottom shelves at Fry's -- they usually have the
> > old/off-brand cards in the under-20-dollar range there, most any of them
> > should work, especially if you had a diamond in the past.
> >
> > For that matter, a replacement viper 330 (if you can find it) might even
> > be in the $20-40  range nowadays ;)
> >
> >
> --
> Harold Totten
> http://www.HaroldTotten.com
> Altadena, California
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