BitWrangler wrote on 2024-04-17, 21:06:
Well I hope it travels well, rattling around with the rest of it, but there's some other fun stuff in the box too, S3 VLB. ...
IDK where you are gonna find ATI sound drivers though.
Good try! But, it's not an ATi Stereo F\X, or an ATi card at all. I have one of those, and there are lots of pictures of them online (as well as drivers).
The things that stood out to me are the location of the volume wheel, the port that looks too small for a gameport and the very familiar (for this brand) sticker on the back side of that port. The location of capacitors compared to a board-layout pic online confirmed it without having to see the rest.
Also, I gave the seller a little bit more than our agreed upon price if he could wrap the long cards and he said it'd be no problem.
Should be okay though. Old cards like these have a much higher survival rate than newer ones. As it is, even if it's only the back 3 inches of the card and the rest is torn off I believe it will still be the only photos of that much of the card since it was released. Granted, there may be pictures on a non-english speaking site and they just never come up in Google searches.
I want someone to figure it out though. The detective work was actually a lot of fun. 😁
Now for some blitting from the back buffer.