Usability wise, it is pretty pointless. I only bought it for the oddware factor. As for the keyboard, I'll have to see what it is. If it is something rare, I'll leave it alone. Obviously I wouldn't paint something like an IBM SSK or equivalent. If it is just a cheap keyboard, I'll make it match the case. When I paint things, I don't do a hack job. I use automotive grade paint and make it look as close to an OEM type design as possible. A retrobrite gray/beige keyboard wouldn't really match this PC.

wiretap wrote:

Usability wise, it is pretty pointless. I only bought it for the oddware factor. As for the keyboard, I'll have to see what it is. If it is something rare, I'll leave it alone. Obviously I wouldn't paint something like an IBM SSK or equivalent. If it is just a cheap keyboard, I'll make it match the case. When I paint things, I don't do a hack job. I use automotive grade paint and make it look as close to an OEM type design as possible. A retrobrite gray/beige keyboard wouldn't really match this PC.

Ah, I understand; it's definitely odd and it looks awesome as well. I'm very happy to hear that you appreciate the retro parts and of course I understand that a beige keyboard wouldn't match with your case at all. 😉

finally 😀 i looked for this board since a long time. 1995 allstar.

intel advanced/zp (zappa):
intel oem/reference board
real socket 5
one of the first triton board
with old school wb cache (ca 5-10% slower, than the later pb cache boards) - that was typical in 1995
with normal battery
p133 is the max supported cpu, it is rare at the zappa boards (p133 + 32m edo on the picture)

a spent more time with the cleaning, and realign the pins.

No hardware, but hardware related.

I have been working on getting all the material I can find about the Aria 16 based sound cards.

Well, I finally bit the bullet and put in the request for access to some files that George Sanger had submitted to an archival site.

Got approval and he even sent me an email asking why I was interested in those files.

I had an idea from the file name list, but I verified a couple of them and am happy I was right.

The biggies so far are:
1. Source code for MIDITSR 1.40.
2. Source code for the AIRIA 16 Midpak/AIL sound driver. (version 2.14a) The stock one released as open source by John Miles is 2.14 and doesn't have the ARIA 16 code in it. This one is a modified 2.14 that has the code for the ARIA 16 which was added by somebody at Sierra Semiconductors.

I got permission from George Sanger to include the files in my project/review for the ARIA 16 based cards. I still have to get official approval from the archival site, but they are just going to verify permission with George Sanger from what I understand.

So I am pretty stoked right now.

The only thing that would make me even happier for this project is the SDK packages for the ARIA 16 based cards.

Strahssis wrote:

I don't know why you would want an built in CRT display usability-wise, but I think it looks really cool! 😀
I wouldn't customize the keyboard though, I myself always like to keep these arts of history in their original glory; if anything at all, retro-bright it. 😉

I'd say it's on a par with a Compaq Portable II or an IBM 5155, or a Kaypro II, or an SX-64. Oh yeah... and the Macintosh.

Actually, I've thought about getting a modern 9-or-10 inch LCD displays and sticking it in one of those cube-style ATX cases. While it may not be a good idea for a primary monitor, as a secondary monitor it might be useful. Especially if the screen is capacitive. You can have all your controls on the small screen while working on artwork or design on the main display. Or, if you were doing 3D rendering, you could have the output of test renders go to the small display while working on the large display, sort of a thumbnail reference. And I'd bet it could be useful for gaming, too. Again, as a secondary display.

^Also Windows SideShow... yet another of those obscure Windows things that didn't go anywhere, but would have made such a tiny secondary display useful.

Nabbed this off Craigslist the other day:

Yep, it's another FirePro MV 2260 PCI, this time with the full-size bracket.

So now I have two of these bizarre things, and if you think I'm not gonna try to Crossfire them, feel free to believe what you want. 😜

This next one is a dumpster find, but I don't feel like making a second post in the other thread. Speaking of things I now have two of, I was in the recycling depot and somebody was about to heave a pair of these Altec Lansing AVS200s in minty shape, so I snaked them instead. With "manual" even. They look (and sound) barely used.

They are surprisingly good little desktop speakers, and way better than the built-in crap in the laptop behind them which gives me ear fatigue after about 30 seconds.

With the second matching pair I already had, I'm thinking of an evenly-balanced quadrophonic sound setup... 😉

Hamby wrote:

I'd say it's on a par with a Compaq Portable II or an IBM 5155, or a Kaypro II, or an SX-64. Oh yeah... and the Macintosh.

Actually, I've thought about getting a modern 9-or-10 inch LCD displays and sticking it in one of those cube-style ATX cases. While it may not be a good idea for a primary monitor, as a secondary monitor it might be useful. Especially if the screen is capacitive. You can have all your controls on the small screen while working on artwork or design on the main display. Or, if you were doing 3D rendering, you could have the output of test renders go to the small display while working on the large display, sort of a thumbnail reference. And I'd bet it could be useful for gaming, too. Again, as a secondary display.

That's actually a good idea! However as stated before; we should leave the arts of the past in it's original glory. I'm personally against modifying hardware this rare and old. 😊

Western Digital Caviar 2700 730M

i think, originally it was black in 1994, and they released the silver version in 1995. anyway - the model number / color code is same, not like at the black 31000 vs silver 21000.
it will be fine for my dx4.

Logitech SoundMan 16 aka Media Vision Pro AudioSpectrum 16 Basic

ive never had an audiospectrum. 😀

No OPL3 on this card I guess? How does it FM Synthesis sound?

appiah4 wrote:

No OPL3 on this card I guess? How does it FM Synthesis sound?

left upper side - genuine yamaha

arncht wrote:

appiah4 wrote:

No OPL3 on this card I guess? How does it FM Synthesis sound?

left upper side - genuine yamaha

Oh I completely missed that.. Never saw a YMF chip located so far out. Looks like a very decent card.

So some time ago I bought some hardware on an auctionsite but the seller did not want to ship them. So a friend of mine who lives nearby the seller picked them up. And today he was passing where I live and dropped them of.

Some pci graphics. Voodoo 1, Voodoo 2, 2x S3 virge dx and ATI 3d rage II+dvd.

External Cd-burner 😀

One of the S3 virge cards has a 3.5mm jack, for what? 😕

EDIT: Some googling later I found an identical card with silkscreen saying "s3 mpeg audio" by the 3.5mm jack.

Vegge wrote:

One of the S3 virge cards has a 3.5mm jack, for what? 😕

EDIT: Some googling later I found an identical card with silkscreen saying "s3 mpeg audio" by the 3.5mm jack.

The 3.5 jack is for audio out in the case you add a Scenic MPEG decoder daughterboard to it. You route the audio out to sound card line in.

By pure coincidence this board(+manual) kept finding me.

After I lost the smaller(and excellent) GA-5AA due to a, presumably, too hungry AGP card(unnecessary foolishness on my part as it [maybe] could have been repaired) back in 2012 I stopped pursueing Super7 boards and instead got some 486 tech that I find way MORE instriguing and enjoyable.

I already have an ASUS P5-A which is quite a gem but does not support Tillamook Cpus. Finally I may be able to build a "nuclear"-powered Tillamook/SS7 combo with the Gigabyte board - we'll see.

I heard/read that the "best" SS7-board is an EPOX one, albeit I may have mixed things up. Latter being sold on ebay but a bit too steep for me.

Yesterday I got 15 IDE cables, 5 floppy cables, 5 floppy drives, 2 DVD-RW drives and 2 SDRams for 10 EUR. Hope I didn't pay too much...

Intel486dx33 wrote:

I have one of those mice but no drivers. Can you upload the drivers ?

I received my mouse today and its in excellent condition! The box is in great shape as well. As a bonus it came with a wad of advertisements from a company called Complete Computer Services Inc. from Burlingame, CA.. They tout the amazing ability to actually do CAD on your PC with a Logitech C7 and "CCS Designer" for a fraction of the price of other options. It says the price of the mouse is "normally" $120 from IBM but can be had from them for only $89.95 in 1987 dollars... which is equivalent to $200 today! It also has a contest you can enter but the entry must been sent in by June 30th 1987. Pretty crazy to think I was one year old when this stuff was first used. Sadly, the box mentions that it now comes with a 9 pin to 25 pin serial adapter... but it isn't in the box, and neither are the original disks, so I'm sure they were lost ages ago. I actually need that 25 pin adapter for my IBM. 😉

I've attached the contents of the two copied disks that came with the mouse. It contains Disk 1 and Disk 2 of Logitech's version 3.2 driver and other software.

Thanks. 😀

Orchid Gamewave 32 with Invision ROMS.

I like this ORCHID stick on any HW 😀
These two caps are funny - so high ... must collide with next card in ISA.

I have some new items too. "Funny HW" and DVD-RAM stuff.