Three fuzzy logic cards?

bottom pic looks a bit like a sb pro 2.0 or a sb16 ct1740 from the distance but idk, maybe get a better camera, even my smartphone's camera quality is much better.

Don't know what they are but suspect they're not as old as the camera.

Those are some epically crap pictures...

Still, the bottom card is clear enough: Rockwell modem chips and POTS transformers. Some kind of modem in other words. The sound card at upper left has a white smudge that could be a Mediavision logo, and small chips that aren't PAS, so I'd guess it's a Mediavision Jazz card. As for the third one, that looks like a DB25 connector, so serial or - more likely - parallel I/O.

But again, this is best effort based on very lousy pics and guesswork. Could be a long way off.

Thanks for your inputs guys. These are the seller's photos, not mine. Just wanted to know if there is any interesting stuff there, but it does not seem so.

dionb wrote:

Those are some epically crap pictures...

Amazing that retro cameras are being used nowadays for such purposes and that people except meaningful answers from this kind of images.
Better take this as a fun guess-quiz...

dionb wrote:

Still, the bottom card is clear enough: Rockwell modem chips and POTS transformers. Some kind of modem in other words.

Two 2.5 or 3.5mm jacks, isn't this uncommon for modems?

dionb wrote:

As for the third one, that looks like a DB25 connector, so serial or - more likely - parallel I/O.

Too many caps and not the usual chips associated with this kind of card imho. Probably needs a proprietary [splitter] cable.

My personal guess: all three sound cards, in other words, probably junk or even cloned junk.

Small top right card is an FM tuner thingy. I have two of them but I haven't tried to actually find their software and use them for anything.

retardware wrote:

dionb wrote:

Those are some epically crap pictures...

People except meaningful answers from this kind of images.
Better take this as a fun guess-quiz...

I did not except but I did get quite a few meaningful answers already. 😀 Thanks again guys for your inputs.

The upper right card could be an old radio card. One 3.5mm jack for antenna, another one for speaker out.
AIMS Radio Tracks 8-Bit ISA FM card -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZrXBTwAME

retardware wrote:

Two 2.5 or 3.5mm jacks, isn't this uncommon for modems?

No, modem cards ("hard" modems, not the ones that relied on CPU for processing) often had plugs for microphone and speaker.

jmarsh wrote:

retardware wrote:

Two 2.5 or 3.5mm jacks, isn't this uncommon for modems?

No, modem cards ("hard" modems, not the ones that relied on CPU for processing) often had plugs for microphone and speaker.

Indeed:

Not exactly the same model as in the crap pic, but same functionality. So you could hook them up to your sound system for handshake bleeps in full Hi-Fi glory 😜

Edit:
More serious use was because these were 'voice' modems, they could receive & transmit voice stuff over the line (think: use PC as anwerphone). Hence need for audio in/out.

This was by the way the full photo on ebay . I could identify 3x SB Awe64, 1x Tseng 4000ax, 1x SPEA Mirage VLB (S3 805) and 1x Cirrus logic 54xx VLB. The rest is IO cards, some clone sound cards and modems (as you guys identified) and various crap. I like these listings because the seller does not know/care what he is selling and the buyers also need to have some knowledge/expertise on what they are buying.

depending on the price, that could be an interesting load. Bottom right is a some or other SB16, above and to the right of that is a card with the interesting (if not great) Oak Mozart chip. Just like the Mediavision Jazz it's more than just a faceless clone. Top left is a HP OEM card with Aztech 2320, which is one of the least problematic SBPro2 clones. I'm also intrigued by all those CD-Rom controllers. Can't make out which standard they are for, but could be interesting. And yep, 3x AWE64 at least could help recoup costs if nothing else.

They finally went for EUR 70 plus shipping. I would have kept the VLB video cards only, and calculated that the AWE64s and the Tseng would cover most of the expenses if I sold them. My bid was EUR 60, but I am not disappointed after all, as selling the unnecessary cards are rather cumbersome and time consuming.