Casio SZ-70W basically new in box, including Lana CD-ROM, microphone, all cables, manuals, etc., and of course the GZ-70SP:

yawetaG wrote:

Casio SZ-70W basically new in box, including Lana CD-ROM, microphone, all cables, manuals, etc., and of course the GZ-70SP:

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Really cool! I love theese!
Does they have also build in midi source like GZ-70W - cant find that info anywhere...

Batyra wrote:

yawetaG wrote:

Casio SZ-70W basically new in box, including Lana CD-ROM, microphone, all cables, manuals, etc., and of course the GZ-70SP:

casio 2.jpg

Really cool! I love theese!
Does they have also build in midi source like GZ-70W - cant find that info anywhere...

The right speaker has an integrated MIDI module, yes. This Japanese blog has pictures of the internals: http://nostalgiapassion.blog28.fc2.com/blog-entry-711.html

I find it interesting how it has a separate line in on the back besides the microphone connection on the front.

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Predator99 wrote:

Received this one in the latest lot: HEATH P/N 15-307-3 EGA VGA 8-bit :-) Dont know about performance, but from the look this is […]
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Received this one in the latest lot: HEATH P/N 15-307-3 EGA VGA 8-bit 😀 Dont know about performance, but from the look this is the nicest 8-bit VGA I know.

Noticed I already had this one but never got VGA mode running. I assumed it was damaged because the Ramdac was inserted the wrong way and I powered before I noticed it. But with these DIP seetings both work:

1 open
2 close
3 close
4 open
5 open
6 close

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I am pretty sure I had one of these cards at some point, and they are in fact not VGA. They are analogue EGA cards. In other words, EGA cards designed to work with VGA monitors.

You are right! Just tested it again. Diagnostic programs report a 256kb EGA. And 256-color games start but the DOS-screen stays on the display.

Strange! But makes these cards even more interesting. EGA on VGA monitor without need for a converter 😉

yawetaG wrote:

Batyra wrote:

yawetaG wrote:

Casio SZ-70W basically new in box, including Lana CD-ROM, microphone, all cables, manuals, etc., and of course the GZ-70SP:

casio 2.jpg

Really cool! I love theese!
Does they have also build in midi source like GZ-70W - cant find that info anywhere...

The right speaker has an integrated MIDI module, yes. This Japanese blog has pictures of the internals: http://nostalgiapassion.blog28.fc2.com/blog-entry-711.html

I find it interesting how it has a separate line in on the back besides the microphone connection on the front.

Thanks!
Starting looking for theese 😀

luckybob wrote:

Did a bit of thrifting today! And I received a box of goodies from ebay. the items are intermixed in the images. […]
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Did a bit of thrifting today! And I received a box of goodies from ebay. the items are intermixed in the images.

First off, I bid and won on a mystery box of hard drives and floppies. I probably wouldn't have even given this lot the time of day, but it had 3 floppy drives. Not just any drives, but IBM ps/2 drives which are ANNOYINGLY expensive. So, I got three of those with sleds. Also received:

25x NIB CD-RW media - I don't come across this stuff often enough. It's going to stay sealed, most likely.
Strange HP Cable that vaguely looks like scsi.
5-pin din to 3x mono 1/8" jack cable - this looks like a cable that would fit to an early 8-bit computer and let you use a cassette as a drive, maybe even for the IBM XT.
2x isa modems (right straight into the scrap bin)
1x Rigidyne(CDC) 128mb MFM stepper drive
1x IBM 60mb special snowflake hard drive (ps/2-55 by the looks)
1x Seagate ST-157R 50MB RLL certified drive (also ST11R controller card)
1x Kyocera KC-20b 20mb mfm drive
1x maxtor 7129AT (125mb ide)
1x maxtor 7080AI (80mb ide)
1x conner CP30121E (120mb ide)

This strange interposer for some sort of dip-40 package. It strikes me as some sort of mod-chip for a 40-pin cpu (z80,6502,808X). Has 2 PAL chips and a quad-buffer chip. Any insight as to what its for, i'm all ears.

External CD drive - has a 2x drive in it and a mitsumi interface. Was hoping it was scsi, but a parallel port is also okay.

Pair of Dell 2124's. In the thrift store I thought these were gigabit switches (and I was partially correct. But they are 10/100 with a gigabit uplink. And that's fine! For $5 (total, blue was 1/2 off), I can do much worse. I'll just set them on the shelf and they will be useful to make a slower network for older machines that's disconnected from my main one.

--not pictured---
sealed boxed copy of "Zip it" for windows 3.11/95 Not the quarterdeck version, but this one was made by vertisoft - crushed box, but salvageable

That strange thing you referred to, with ribbon cable and room for 40-pin dip packages. It looks like a kickstart switcher for an Amiga or something. What is printed on the silkscreen?

luckybob wrote:

USA! USA! USA!

$10 says the actual drive was made in Taiwan.

🤣.... 🤣
I bet if they had continued to produce in America during the 00's. Then we would have the exact same issues with stuff that were of lower quality. You know. Cost reduction. It is only because they chose to move production and save that way, before actual cost reduction in the production it self. This might be the reason why made in america stands out. Non the less, a briliant way, to maintain that idea. Making china do the crap and the branding of made in usa are saved this way. Of course it gives a certain preasure on the shoulders of those that will start production in america these days.

And then again. How much "made in america" is actually made in america for real? Like you said. The drive is most likely made in asia somewere.

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luckybob wrote:

USA! USA! USA!

$10 says the actual drive was made in Taiwan.

🤣.... 🤣
I bet if they had continued to produce in America during the 00's. Then we would have the exact same issues with stuff that were of lower quality. You know. Cost reduction. It is only because they chose to move production and save that way, before actual cost reduction in the production it self. This might be the reason why made in america stands out. Non the less, a briliant way, to maintain that idea. Making china do the crap and the branding of made in usa are saved this way. Of course it gives a certain preasure on the shoulders of those that will start production in america these days.

And then again. How much "made in america" is actually made in america for real? Like you said. The drive is most likely made in asia somewere.

I opened it up and it is a model YD-380B 1.2MB floppy drive from YE Data out of Taiwan dated Feb. 1990. Funny thing is, that sticker covers up a round hole in the chassis that looks like it was designed for a DIN connector. This external case was probably used for multiple types of drives and interfaces.

http://www.dopecc.net/compcat/ABC/data/YE_Dat … hHHHDFloppy.pdf

I've been down (not allowed to sit) with backpain for a month or so and I'm finally sort of working again. Anyway, bought some things while entertaining myself on the phone during this time.

Cheap K6-2

Voodoo 3 PCI

VIC-20, Powerbrick and a few tapes not pictured.

Some EGA-cards

And finally a bunch of cards, the top left one because it looked interesting 🤣 . Also p3 450 slot1.

This SoundBlaster 2.0 clone (with CMS chips):

This 1997 CD-ROM drive, untested, but in the worst case it is a nice period-correct filler in a case with missing front plates):

The postman knocked today:

Also got three 3Com 905/905B PCI NICs. Happy times.

Does anyone else notice the significance of this thread hitting 1337 pages?

Leet (or l33t)?

Vegge wrote:

I've been down (not allowed to sit) with backpain for a month or so and I'm finally sort of working again. Anyway, bought some things while entertaining myself on the phone during this time.

And finally a bunch of cards, the top left one because it looked interesting 🤣 . Also p3 450 slot1.

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I have learned this is a TIGA-card 😉 Very nice but rather useless without drivers, i.e. for AutoCAD. You will not be able to use it as a single card, it doesnt have a BIOS. So its only nice to look at 😀

Other cards are also nice, especially this full-size MFM-controller.

Look at this i****:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ca-12-5-Kg-Pc-Platin … -1/173726777992

Many nice cards. He destroyed them all and sells the ICs in his other listings:
https://www.ebay.de/sch/balisong81/m.html?ite … =p2047675.l2562

Anybody has an explanation why he did this? I think its just to anger us. Its for sure that he has too much money, he wasted very much of it (and also of his time by doing the "disassembling")! Will not bid on any listing to not support him...

Predator99 wrote:

Look at this f****** i****: https://www.ebay.com/itm/ca-12-5-Kg-Pc-Platin … -1/173726777992 […]
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Look at this f****** i****:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ca-12-5-Kg-Pc-Platin … -1/173726777992

Many nice cards. He destroyed them all and sells the ICs in his other listings:
https://www.ebay.de/sch/balisong81/m.html?ite … =p2047675.l2562

Anybody has an explanation why he did this? I think its just to anger us. Its for sure that he has too much money, he wasted very much of it (and also of his time by doing the "disassembling")! Will not bid on any listing to not support him...

Probably a scrapper. They have no clue for the most part.

Yeah it's probably a scrapper. If they knew that they might get more cash if the components are complete they would sell them like that, but that takes a lot more time and knowledge.

Remember that >95% of PC's from that era have already been destroyed (and hopefully recycled). I like them a lot, but they are pretty useless 😀

Cyrix200+ wrote:

Yeah it's probably a scrapper. If they knew that they might get more cash if the components are complete they would sell them like that, but that takes a lot more time and knowledge.

The question is whether it's financially worth the time. We're obsessed and spend vast amounts of time on this stuff, but cold logic dictates you'd earn more flipping burgers - or scrapping PCBs - at least if you factor in the time involved in figuring out what you have and how best to sell it.

Talking about figuring out, yesterday I responded to an ad for a small pile of cards, cables (ST-506!) and two AT PSUs where I'd spotted an Aztech Sound Galaxy Waverider 32+ as well as two nice NICs, some or other ST-506 controller and two cards I couldn't quite identify but potentially a (VLB) VGA card and some or other 8b ISA thing. I did a decent offer given what I could see, which was apparently significantly more than the seller had expected. He answered that he'd accept the offer and because it was more, he would add some other stuff he scraped together, and asked what I was most interested in. I answered 'obscure old boards and cards'. This evening he got in touch again, stating he was using a different shipping company because the box he was planning to send me weighed 15kg 😮

The stuff in the ad I responded to wouldn't even come to 5kg, so I'm very, very curious as to what I'll be getting later this week 😀

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Cyrix200+ wrote:

Yeah it's probably a scrapper. If they knew that they might get more cash if the components are complete they would sell them like that, but that takes a lot more time and knowledge.

The question is whether it's financially worth the time. We're obsessed and spend vast amounts of time on this stuff, but cold logic dictates you'd earn more flipping burgers - or scrapping PCBs - at least if you factor in the time involved in figuring out what you have and how best to sell it.

Talking about figuring out, yesterday I responded to an ad for a small pile of cards, cables (ST-506!) and two AT PSUs where I'd spotted an Aztech Sound Galaxy Waverider 32+ as well as two nice NICs, some or other ST-506 controller and two cards I couldn't quite identify but potentially a (VLB) VGA card and some or other 8b ISA thing. I did a decent offer given what I could see, which was apparently significantly more than the seller had expected. He answered that he'd accept the offer and because it was more, he would add some other stuff he scraped together, and asked what I was most interested in. I answered 'obscure old boards and cards'. This evening he got in touch again, stating he was using a different shipping company because the box he was planning to send me weighed 15kg 😮

The stuff in the ad I responded to wouldn't even come to 5kg, so I'm very, very curious as to what I'll be getting later this week 😀

He's putting in a big 21inch Trinitron 🤣

You do know that 21" Trinitron weights by itself around 30kg 😉