MattRocks wrote on 2026-05-07, 10:45:

Very cool. Is that a trackball next to the screen?

I love how HCI kept changing. If that is a trackball, it strikes me as being one of the better ideas - it would be a more comfortable distance from the user than a modern trackpad. My big Apple MacBook trackpad sometimes goes unresponsive when a fibre of wool jumper is touching it.

Yes, that's the trackball, and there is quit a lot of options in windows to customize it. I had to fix it first, it was stuck, but now it's fine for shorter sessions.

Ozzuneoj wrote on Yesterday, 23:27:

Nice find! Yes, those are quite rare. […]
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drringding wrote on Yesterday, 20:50:

Hi, I'm new here after some lurking over the years. I am buying some scrap electronics on eBay from time to time to scavenge for […]
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Hi, I'm new here after some lurking over the years.
I am buying some scrap electronics on eBay from time to time to scavenge for hardware of the range 1997 to 2000. In my last pile of "crap" I found this gem.

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It is a "ATI VGA Stereo F/X". I don't know if it is working, though. I have not found an past eBay listings. Is this really as rare as I think?

Nice find! Yes, those are quite rare.

The VGA port should just work as normal, I believe. The port in the center is a Microsoft compatible BUS mouse port (not for PS/2 mice). The large port apparently uses a proprietary dongle that breaks it out to proper audio connections. I don't think I've ever seen a picture of one of those dongles though, aside from the one in the ad on this page:
https://dosdays.co.uk/topics/Manufacturers/at … ti_stereofx.php

I just found that there was a post here on Vogons about a breakout-box: ATI VGA Stereo F/X Pinout
Guess I will contact keropi about this.

Took a little haul from the flea market today. Half of this stuff probably doesn't work, but for 15$ it should still be worth it.

A Virge with populated memory banks should be good find I guess. There are two GF2 MX400s. And a socket 7 board with 6x86 IBM Cyrix 150+. Some RAM on the board as well... It's just shame they bring these thrown in boxes unprotected, they scratch and damage each other and then you make a gamble every time 😅