NamelessPlayer wrote:I have two of those BTC 5339 keyboards; they're full NKRO, foam-and-foil capacitive boards.
Too bad I don't like their linear, mushy feel or oversized Enter keys. Otherwise, I'd consider using them more often. Perhaps they just need a refurb, or perhaps a conversion to a Topre-style switching mechanism.
And if you're wondering, my preferred keyboard is an IBM Model M 1391401, just like you show in all your pictures here. Only 2KRO, but the matrix generally hasn't screwed me over like on certain other boards. (Dell AT101W, I'm looking at YOU...)
Thanks for confirming that! I agree the keys don't feel all that great, reminds me of the Amstrad CPC I have in the attic somewhere. But I think that "foamy" feel at the end is something inherent to capacitive switches, after all there's a piece of foam right below the key!
In any case it's pretty noisy so that's an improvement over the average rubber-dome board already 🤣
I have another capacitive NKRO keyboard with slightly more tactile key feel, but I managed to break the enter and backspace keys while cleaning it... 🙁
I also agree the Model M matrix is really good, and so far I've never hit the rollover during "normal" use, like playing games with arrow keys or quake-style keys. But split-screen multiplayer games have been less successful.
The main reason I could use another NKRO keyboard is Adlib Tracker... It's really easy to hit the 2KRO limit while experimenting in the instrument editor.
PeterLI wrote:Lachen! That is fun. I should get a matrix printer. 😀 And annoy my wife out of the house! 😀
The noise this thing makes is really awesome.. I should get a roll of perforated paper and let it print all day 🤣
Stiletto wrote:Found one in a museum in the Netherlands.
http://www.el.utwente.nl/studieverzameling/in … ual%26id%3D1240
If they're helpful, LMK: I need a scan/photocopy of their Epson TX-80 manual 😀
Thanks, but I fixed it already. I loosened the drive belt a bit and applied some light silicone oil to the rod where the printer head moves along, and that did the trick. Turned out the belt was not actually slipping, but the stepper motor was.
I also found out that the ribbon drive gears would no longer engage because of lack of friction, a dab of thick grease fixed that too.
These people do have some really cool stuff for sale though! Will see if I can contact them.
obobskivich wrote:Agree on the bottom two graphics cards likely being TNT2s (they look relatively similar to mine), can you flip the other unknowns and look for either FCC ID tags or some other number marking? (Or take higher rez pictures of the front/back) Alternately just make AIDA read them - it'll take a few minutes but it should tell you what you've got.
I haven't had a close look at the AGP cards yet, will do that later today 😀
obobskivich wrote:As far as keeping TNT2s - since they're AGP I honestly can't think of much reason unless you want/need some basic AGP spare cards that'll work on a fairly wide range of hardware and not use a ton of power. If they were PCI they'd be useful for hooking up additional monitors with a newer system - there are compatible drivers from nVidia that will let them co-exist with much newer hardware (at least GeForce FX if not 6 - the newest driver that will support TNT2 is 61.77) under 2000/XP (no x64 support though).
Yeah I already have a bunch of TNT2s, probably better to get rid of these...
obobskivich wrote:The "winner" of the group looks to be the Leadtek - WinFast A180 DDR is a GeForce 4 MX 440-8x. The Asus V7100 is a GeForce 2 MX - from your pic it also looks like it has TV out.
What makes this card a "winner", exactly? I thought GF4MX are pretty common and not all that fast.
obobskivich wrote:The Athlon is not an XP 2800+, at least assuming the #s you read are correct, its an AthlonXP Mobile; http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/AMD-Mobile%2 … J2800FHQ4C.html
Probably means you have more overclocking options, but I don't remember the XP-M 2800 being a "popular" chip for overclockers - it is a 512k Barton though, so it's among the most powerful AthlonXP chips available.
Interesting! I didn't actually look up the part number yet, just figured it would be a standard Athlon XP 2800 since it's a Socket A cpu with "2800" in the part number. Looks like a nice CPU to try in the KT7A-RAID I got earlier 😀
PeterLI wrote:Where do you find all the time to do all this? I am happy when I get to play a game for an hour or so during weekdays and spend a few hours on the weekends on this hobby. 😊
I currently don't have a job, that "helps" a bit I guess... However I have a job interview next week so there's a big chance all of this stuff ends up in the attic for a very long time.
Robin4 wrote:On that Hyunday Super-16X mainboard, if i you i should take al parts / capacitors, ect from that board. Maybe they would usefull […]
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On that Hyunday Super-16X mainboard, if i you i should take al parts / capacitors, ect from that board. Maybe they would usefull later to make broken boards with it.. And that thow that empy PCB away..
If i have a good quality desolder station, i will remove every usefull parts i can.. Imagine some resistors or other components are very hard to find.. Some are really impossible to look for..
So i clean out all of my electronic boards.. And store the usefull parts.. And ditch the empy boards..
I have now 4 boards to clean out..
But i dont think you would find a riser compatible case now in 2014 wich is 4 or 5 slots high.. Its already very hard to find a good looking AT case..
I'll see if I can get it to power up first, if not I could either return it or keep it for spare parts. Okay I know I'll choose the latter, my attic is filled with broken junk for spare parts 🤣
The case it came from looked really cool but it was so beaten up it wasn't worth taking. I found an identical machine too but it was in even worse condition: the mainboard was cracked in half.
Tetrium wrote:Keep the Athlon XP! :D
The Pentium MMX chips are the fastest desktop MMX chips ever made, keep them as these are really good :) […]
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Keep the Athlon XP! 😁
The Pentium MMX chips are the fastest desktop MMX chips ever made, keep them as these are really good 😀 (a 5 second google search for "SL27S" revealed they were 233MHz parts).
I'd say keep the 933 and 1000 Coppermines. The SL3VK is a 667MHz part. Could be interesting if you want to underclock it as it's one of the slowest 133MHz FSB Coppermines for s370.
Keep the ST 6x86 P150+. The 2 Pentiums...the 150MHz part is I think a bit more rare and also keep the 166MHz part if you don't already have a faster one (fastest was 200MHz)
The 2 Pentium 2 350's don't seem that special to me, these are the slowest 100MHz FSB parts and iirc these were always multiplier locked.
Keep the 550MHz part and also keep the Prescotts if they are cheap (at the least keep the fastest one)
I'll sort out my cpu collection and return or sell any doubles. They aren't very expensive (compared to ebay etc) but not exactly free either.
Tetrium wrote:The 2 bottom cards in this pic look a lot like TNT2 Model 64 cards. These cards are kinda slow (about as slow or fast as a TNT1). As they are AGP, they might have a use but personally, these cards are all over the place and unless someone else can think of a particular reason why these cards are any good, I'd not keep them (unless they are free of course 😁 )
I pay per kg for cards and ram 🤣 If I return less than 1kg I might as well keep all of it, of course. Most of this is not all that useful but I still think it's a waste to scrap working parts.
Tetrium wrote:I quickly scanned through the rest. Keep the ISA soundblasters and also keep the Live!'s. The PCI128 soundblaster only keep if they are cheap or someone else has a specific use for them. I think these are alright. I don't know about the non-creative stuff though as I'm not soo familiar with the non-creative sound cards myself.
Not sure if there's any point in keeping the SB Live cards. I think I already have three or so of these. Anything special about them?
What about the Toptek card? It looks kinda interesting with its neon green/yellow PCB 🤣
It has a gameport and YM2813 so it's at least compatible with MPU-401 and Adlib. Might be something for my IBM 5150.
