long Tseng 3000 😀

and Abit PT5 socket 7

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Focus FK-2001 DIN keyboard (White Alps switches), $35 shipped from eBay Apple ImageWriter II printer, $5 from thrift store […]
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Focus FK-2001 DIN keyboard (White Alps switches), $35 shipped from eBay
Apple ImageWriter II printer, $5 from thrift store

Printer initializes and then lights up the error LED, need to do some more troubleshooting. It's a beauty for sure, almost no yellowing at all. In the process of restoring the keyboard right now.

That keyboard is an XT/AT switchable keyboard.
The switch is hidden under the "2001" cover. Look for small indentations - you can then lift up the cover to reveal the switch.

Well, the switch hole is there...the switch itself, not so much. 😐

cj_reha wrote:

Well, the switch hole is there...the switch itself, not so much. 😐

Do not despair! it is worth the effort to re-install a switch to re-enable this function. I have done this to a similar keyboard, but I wired it ON permanently. I needed an XT keyboard and I have many AT keyboards so it made sense to jumper the switch on permanently.

I had a keyboard similar to that as well. Got an AT style keyboard boxed at a thrift store (in my trunk) and I'll check to see if it supports XT class machines as well.

Orchid Kelvin EZ VLB Version (sealed). Based on the Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430.

Turtle Beach Tropez Plus (sealed). Kudos to a vogons member for this one 😉

Delicious...
The Kelvin EZ is a good start, now get yourself a Kelvin 64...

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That sound card was the first sound card I ever used on my first PC build back in 1999 when I was 13. I still have it! The ports are a bit broken unfortunately, from so many years of use in various machines. It's a great card! If you need drivers let me know. I have DOS and Windows 3.1 drivers.

They are good but Mortal Kombat 1 doesn't like them for some reason - probably not the cards fault tho the sound in MK is buggy. The CD version is probably OK with it, I should try that.

Well, that is ok for me. I'm terrible with fighting games, so I rarely try to play them hahaha

Still, great find!!

Lovely little used Pentium 75, Sis 551 Mb, 16Mb Edo Ram, 1.3Gb Maxtor, 1Mb Cirrus Logic, Sb16 compatible, 4x CD-Rom, Windows 95 and original software and games and lots of extras.
On stand by, I have a Matrox Mystique220, an Awe64 and a Voodoo. And a palette of socket 7 CPUs 😊

I wasn't actually hunting for this exact variant of Model F keyboard, but as it appeared yesterday on the local listing for 40$ equiv, I just hit it, not knowing that I was purchasing the model that is considered the most valuable (expensive) of all model Fs nowadays (going for 300$ or so on a regular basis - Geekhack info).

It varies a lot from older F XT model - it does not have the metal bottom and seems less rigid, but the quality is still top notch. I also very much like the way the keys work.

It's IBM Model F AT keyboard - compatible with AT protocol rather than wit XT - which makes it far more usable nowadays. The layout is also much less quirky.

I spent entire evening getting it looking nice again - nothing serious, it was just very dirty. I had to dissassemble it completely, as one of the springs came off and there is no way to put it back without cracking it all open. I must tell you, that bot dissassembly and reassembly of this piece is not easy at all. One can get frustrated, but I finally did it. And it works.

The metal plate inside shows some slight spots, and the foam is not the freshest, but I decided not to intervene where it was not really necessary.

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Focus FK-2001 DIN keyboard (White Alps switches), $35 shipped from eBay Apple ImageWriter II printer, $5 from thrift store […]
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Focus FK-2001 DIN keyboard (White Alps switches), $35 shipped from eBay
Apple ImageWriter II printer, $5 from thrift store

Printer initializes and then lights up the error LED, need to do some more troubleshooting. It's a beauty for sure, almost no yellowing at all. In the process of restoring the keyboard right now.

How I loved those Focus 2001s!!!

Last ones I found was from a guy in US who took over some retailer's NOS, asking about 100 USD each, around 2010-2011. The price was too high, shipment was a a problem, and of course layout was not Turkish, so I was forced to decline.

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Lovely little used Pentium 75, Sis 551 Mb, 16Mb Edo Ram, 1.3Gb Maxtor, 1Mb Cirrus Logic, Sb16 compatible, 4x CD-Rom, Windows 95 […]
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Lovely little used Pentium 75, Sis 551 Mb, 16Mb Edo Ram, 1.3Gb Maxtor, 1Mb Cirrus Logic, Sb16 compatible, 4x CD-Rom, Windows 95 and original software and games and lots of extras.
On stand by, I have a Matrox Mystique220, an Awe64 and a Voodoo. And a palette of socket 7 CPUs 😊

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🤣 I had an AST P133 which came with exactly the same mic, mouse. kb, annnddd.... those speakers.

They are infact quite good (for computer speakers) and I kept them for ages (P3/P4... maybe even used them on Core2Duo o.0) until I migrated to headphones.... best bit about them was.... if a police car was within ~30m radius, I could pick up all outgoing transmissions with them just being powered on 😎 ...

Story goes like this:

Was sat in my room one day (hadn't realised I left the speakers on) and then all of the sudden started hearing a one way conversation along the lines of ... "Can I get a check on an IC1 Male, 5ft... name is ******."... I was like.... whoa dem voices in my head are coming back o.0.... then I noticed it was coming from the speakers 😲 ... looked out my window and there was a Panda parked across my drive (not after me.... I should add)..

They didn't pick up incoming police transmissions, but I heard everything the copper in the car said on the radio. I grew up in a somewhat dodgy housing association estate (equiv of "the projects" in the US), and I knew the reprobate the police were after... til this day he doesn't know how I found out his middle and last name 😵

"Labtec" thats them!... been trying to remember the name of them for ages hoping someone would post something. Thanks!

Got a new old stock ICS1614 chip today.

It doesn't look overly exciting, but for those who have no idea what it is, it's the Gravis GF1 chip from the Ultrasound. I installed it in the dead $20 Ultrasound I bought a while back, and now the card is alive for the first time.

Turns out the card has 1MB RAM fitted too which I believe may be the maximum.

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Got a new old stock ICS1614 chip today.

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It doesn't look overly exciting, but for those who have no idea what it is, it's the Gravis GF1 chip from the Ultrasound. I installed it in the dead $20 Ultrasound I bought a while back, and now the card is alive for the first time.

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Turns out the card has 1MB RAM fitted too which I believe may be the maximum.

It is indeed maximum this card can handle.

I have just bought a "ScanPlus ECS". That is an internal Amiga500/2000 scandoubler.
As the Indevision ECS is no longer produced and is no longer in stock anywere, then this is the best I can go with.
Some reports on the internet that confirms 50hz smooth scrolling on LCD/TFT monitors.
(I hope that any of my monitors can do 50hz, else I need to find another flatscreen)

I know it is a new product, yet it falls into the vintage category. So for those interrested in what it is...
https://www.amedia-computer.com/en/accueil/29 … -a500-2000.html

stege wrote:

Lovely little used Pentium 75, Sis 551 Mb, 16Mb Edo Ram, 1.3Gb Maxtor, 1Mb Cirrus Logic, Sb16 compatible, 4x CD-Rom, Windows 95 […]
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Lovely little used Pentium 75, Sis 551 Mb, 16Mb Edo Ram, 1.3Gb Maxtor, 1Mb Cirrus Logic, Sb16 compatible, 4x CD-Rom, Windows 95 and original software and games and lots of extras.
On stand by, I have a Matrox Mystique220, an Awe64 and a Voodoo. And a palette of socket 7 CPUs 😊

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Super nice condition! How nice. The urine colored right speaker on the other hand...don't ya just love aging plastics?

Have you checked for a leaking battery yet and what are your plans for the system?

tikoellner wrote:

[...] Model F

I didn't know IBM made AT layout style Model Fs. This thing looks so cool. If I ever run across one I definitely have to pick it up.

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cj_reha wrote:

Focus FK-2001 DIN keyboard (White Alps switches), $35 shipped from eBay Apple ImageWriter II printer, $5 from thrift store […]
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Focus FK-2001 DIN keyboard (White Alps switches), $35 shipped from eBay
Apple ImageWriter II printer, $5 from thrift store

Printer initializes and then lights up the error LED, need to do some more troubleshooting. It's a beauty for sure, almost no yellowing at all. In the process of restoring the keyboard right now.

How I loved those Focus 2001s!!!

Last ones I found was from a guy in US who took over some retailer's NOS, asking about 100 USD each, around 2010-2011. The price was too high, shipment was a a problem, and of course layout was not Turkish, so I was forced to decline.

They feel really good, I even almost prefer them over my Model Ms. Less "heavy" feeling when pressed. /sacrilege

Today's journey resulted in yet another socket 7 PC, which I spent as much going to collect it (train & bus tickets) as the computer itself cost:

It's a GA-5SMM motherboard with a K6-2 500 and a not very standard matx case with a custom size power supply 😒

All because it contains this (and because it was local and no-one else was buying it...)

A Voodoo 3 2000 PCI - handy 😁

Add a cooling fan on there, man. I learnt that the hard way on my V3 2000, and I installed one on my V3 3000 last year. Odd the system has a K6-2/500, but no AGP slot (interesting, though).