Predator99 wrote:

Asked the seller to send me one of these cards for 15€ ... or 20€ with slot bracket. Unfortunately without bracket, but he agreed.
Which card? 😉

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Where is this listing at? I'd definitely give that for what looks to be an 8-bit sound card in the bottom left. My XT is eerily silent.

FAMICOMASTER wrote:

Predator99 wrote:

Asked the seller to send me one of these cards for 15€ ... or 20€ with slot bracket. Unfortunately without bracket, but he agreed.
Which card? 😉

s-l1600 (1).jpg

Where is this listing at? I'd definitely give that for what looks to be an 8-bit sound card in the bottom left. My XT is eerily silent.

Think/hope Luckybob made a joke :-p You are right, its the Aztech Sound Galaxy BX II - 8bit with OPL2. Didnt want to buy the whole 10kg pile for it...

Predator99 wrote:

Think/hope Luckybob made a joke :-p You are right, its the Aztech Sound Galaxy BX II - 8bit with OPL2. Didnt want to buy the whole 10kg pile for it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svstp1CWuF0

These TurboXT systems seem to flock to me recently... This one I bought really cheaply (good stuff - two 360kB FDDs was already removed). Unfortunatelly NiCd battery on RTC card did leaked (as you can see). I don't really expect this motherboard to work.

I bought it mostly for the case. Also the first PC I've touched in my life was a Future Systems AT (back in the 80s) so this brand has a place in my heart...

Jeez, lots of XTs for you lately huh?

I'd be interested in any extras you may come across. Need spare DRAMs and EPROMs, and past that I think they're kinda neat to have.

FAMICOMASTER wrote:

Jeez, lots of XTs for you lately huh?

I'd be interested in any extras you may come across. Need spare DRAMs and EPROMs, and past that I think they're kinda neat to have.

Another one is in the mail right now... I will let you know when I sort out what to keep and what to sell 😀

Bought a Toshiba Libretto 50ct with heaps of accessories. Will post pics before and after cleaning when I get it 😀

HanJammer wrote:

FAMICOMASTER wrote:

Jeez, lots of XTs for you lately huh?

I'd be interested in any extras you may come across. Need spare DRAMs and EPROMs, and past that I think they're kinda neat to have.

Another one is in the mail right now... I will let you know when I sort out what to keep and what to sell 😀

Nice, post here or shoot me a DM if you remember!

BubbaMc wrote:

Bought a Toshiba Libretto 50ct with heaps of accessories. Will post pics before and after cleaning when I get it 😀

Wow, another Libretto owner? These things are getting popular lately.

Purchases of the day (seller photos):

- Abit VP6 motherboard (supposedly refurbed by badcaps.net, shown working in the seller photos)

- Dec (Philips) 8088 motherboard (don't know if working)

- ATI VGA Wonder 16 V5 Rev 2 (EGA + VGA ports and bus mouse, don't know if working, looks like a possible damaged leg on the chipset)

- Swan XT10 XT Clone Computer Case (very minimal yellowing -- a little retr0brite will make it look perfect)

FAMICOMASTER wrote:

HanJammer wrote:

FAMICOMASTER wrote:

Jeez, lots of XTs for you lately huh?

I'd be interested in any extras you may come across. Need spare DRAMs and EPROMs, and past that I think they're kinda neat to have.

Another one is in the mail right now... I will let you know when I sort out what to keep and what to sell 😀

Nice, post here or shoot me a DM if you remember!

I will DM - 'for sale' posts are not really allowed here...

wiretap wrote:

Purchases of the day (seller photos):

Cool stuff!!! This DEC/Philips 8088 motherboard especially!

Also another XT arrived today... case is in pretty bad shape, but internals are fine.

@HanJammer, you live in a dream world by my standards. Oh my...

BubbaMc wrote:

Bought a Toshiba Libretto 50ct with heaps of accessories. Will post pics before and after cleaning when I get it 😀

Please do!

Hello fellow VOGONS! This is what I received from a friend. I show you a picture:
Left of the row of video cards: Samsung SpinPoint P80 160GB HD160JJ SATA2
Top row of video cards:
-Palit NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440 with AGP8X 64MB AGP8X with VGA, TV-OUT with RCA and S-Video TV-OUT
-Club3D NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB AGP8X with VGA, S-Video TV-OUT and DVI-I
Middle row:
-Unknown brand NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 32MB AGP4X with VGA
-Bonus:A C-Media CMI8738 PCI sound card (is not a video card, just rather a bonus)
Bottom row:
-ASUS V9180SE Rev1.00 (NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440 with AGP8X) 64MB AGP8X with VGA, TV-OUT with RCA and S-Video TV-OUT for PAL
-Sapphire Atlantis ATI Radeon 9200SE 64MB AGP8X with VGA, TV-OUT with RCA and S-Video TV-OUT. Cool feature: it has a jumper to select for NTSC and PAL. I set it to PAL.
P.S.: I Don't sell anything! Anything I receive I collect it!

wiretap wrote:

Purchases of the day (seller photos): - Dec (Philips) 8088 motherboard (don't know if working) https://imgur.com/Q4EQh1Ch.jpg […]
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Purchases of the day (seller photos):

- Dec (Philips) 8088 motherboard (don't know if working)

Nice XT board...where do they all come from at the moment..?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Re: XT BIOS image collection

Try to get it running!

In the mean time I have 2 of mine repaired and can say that these boards are great. I equipped with a ET4000, CT1350B and CF-card with XT-IDE and its really fun. The onboard-floppy is usable, but not the IDE-port. Playing Commander Keen in 10 MHz mode is very smooth and close to a 12MHz 286!

Good to know- Turbo-Mode:
Ctrl-Alt-DEL: Boot 10 MHz
Ctrl-Alt-INS: Boot 4,77 MHz
ALT-Shift-Shift: Switch Speed

I'm going to guess that some company is finally dumping it's warehouses or old computers online and people are just grabbing them while they can.

Maybe it has something to do with the unfortunate passing of the owner of Computer Reset in Texas?

Predator99 wrote:

Nice XT board...where do they all come from at the moment..? Re: What retro activity did you get up to today? Re: XT BIOS image […]
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wiretap wrote:

Purchases of the day (seller photos): - Dec (Philips) 8088 motherboard (don't know if working) https://imgur.com/Q4EQh1Ch.jpg […]
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Purchases of the day (seller photos):

- Dec (Philips) 8088 motherboard (don't know if working)

Nice XT board...where do they all come from at the moment..?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Re: XT BIOS image collection

Try to get it running!

In the mean time I have 2 of mine repaired and can say that these boards are great. I equipped with a ET4000, CT1350B and CF-card with XT-IDE and its really fun. The onboard-floppy is usable, but not the IDE-port. Playing Commander Keen in 10 MHz mode is very smooth and close to a 12MHz 286!

Good to know- Turbo-Mode:
Ctrl-Alt-DEL: Boot 10 MHz
Ctrl-Alt-INS: Boot 4,77 MHz
ALT-Shift-Shift: Switch Speed

Thanks. I had read those posts after I purchased. I gave an offer of $20 on Ebay and the seller accepted, so hopefully I'll be able to get the board working. I do have a chip programmer, so that helps.

I thought I stopped buying sound cards, but here it was, a Terratec ISA card.. So I grabbed it for a lowball offer:

It obviously needs repairs; the bracket needs to be replaced, it lacks one of the audio jacks and one of the headers is messed up but these are not stuff I can't really fix or replace. The headers are super easy, I have extra jacks to replace the one missing and the bracket I can easily drill and cut from a 3D printed ISA Keystone.

I used to own one of these back in the day and it was amazing.

I've received my Panasonic PCMCIA FM radio today. Model number CF-JVR101. It's a 16-bit card, so works on old computers.
And the collest thing is that it turned out that it has drivers for DOS! SS and CS are required to work properly.There are also drivers for W3.1 and W95.
The interface of the software is messed up as it's in japaneese, but works fine. It can output sound via built in speaker. Another cool feature is that the program works as TSR, i.e. one can exit to DOS and keep listening to the radio. The card comes with active antenna. Here are some pics.

appiah4 wrote:

I thought I stopped buying sound cards, but here it was, a Terratec ISA card.. So I grabbed it for a lowball offer: […]
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I thought I stopped buying sound cards, but here it was, a Terratec ISA card.. So I grabbed it for a lowball offer:

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It obviously needs repairs; the bracket needs to be replaced, it lacks one of the audio jacks and one of the headers is messed up but these are not stuff I can't really fix or replace. The headers are super easy, I have extra jacks to replace the one missing and the bracket I can easily drill and cut from a 3D printed ISA Keystone.

I used to own one of these back in the day and it was amazing.

Oh yes. Terratec's low-end cards were a very good example of how even little-loved chipsets could shine if a vendor took the trouble to implement them on a good PCB. I have two Terratec Promedia Base-1 cards. Their AD1816AJS chipsets still suck in FM (no amount of PCB engineering can fix that), but the SNR on the boards is fabulous, and even remains acceptable when you enable the built-in headphone/speaker amp. I'd love to get my hands on one of their ESS or Crystal designs 😀

Found this Kyro PCI mislabeled on eBay and I couldn't let it go. Fortunately, since it was mislabeled, not many interest went into it, and I got it for really good price.