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Reply 36860 of 52352, by psychofox

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Bought today this nice oldskool mainboard, could someone help to identify it?

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It has russian 8086 processor clone on it, so it must be from former soviet block countries. But some components seems to be from western block.
On bottom there are some ports with labels, (drukarka, klawiatura, podstawa) is it polish?

Reply 36861 of 52352, by andrea

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Predator99 wrote on 2020-11-12, 20:29:

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Just as a curiosity, as I know nothing about this era of hardware. The keyboard connector is labeled XT, but there is another DIN5 footprint 1 cm down labeled PC. Is this just so the connector matches the hole in the case (does it move between XT and AT chassis?) Or the KBC is multistandard and can listen for XT and AT keycodes on different pins?

Reply 36862 of 52352, by konc

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psychofox wrote on 2020-11-12, 20:43:

On bottom there are some ports with labels, (drukarka, klawiatura, podstawa) is it polish?

Yes, drukarka=printer and klawiatura=keyboard.

Reply 36863 of 52352, by Predator99

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andrea wrote on 2020-11-12, 21:17:
Predator99 wrote on 2020-11-12, 20:29:

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Just as a curiosity, as I know nothing about this era of hardware. The keyboard connector is labeled XT, but there is another DIN5 footprint 1 cm down labeled PC. Is this just so the connector matches the hole in the case (does it move between XT and AT chassis?) Or the KBC is multistandard and can listen for XT and AT keycodes on different pins?

Good question, didnt notice this so far. I assume its only an option to match different case holes. In general AT and XT mainboard dimensions are the same.

Reply 36864 of 52352, by HanJammer

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psychofox wrote on 2020-11-12, 20:43:
Bought today this nice oldskool mainboard, could someone help to identify it? […]
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Bought today this nice oldskool mainboard, could someone help to identify it?

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It has russian 8086 processor clone on it, so it must be from former soviet block countries. But some components seems to be from western block.
On bottom there are some ports with labels, (drukarka, klawiatura, podstawa) is it polish?

Yeah, it's Polish. I can only see the DRAM from TI, logic chips are Polish (Unitra Cemi) and Soviet.

I'm pretty sure it may have come from some purpose built equipment like this one:
https://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/polski-kom … 7512002368.html
as it seems it has modular build typical for 80s scientific or industrial equipment.

I'm in process of getting rid of stuff like this at my work right now (I have several large modules with similar dimensions/proportions to this).

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Reply 36865 of 52352, by HanJammer

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Predator99 wrote on 2020-11-12, 20:29:
Already arrived. I would say it was worth the money :-) Everything is looking new and unused. Also many coolers etc for 486+ in […]
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Already arrived. I would say it was worth the money 😀 Everything is looking new and unused. Also many coolers etc for 486+ in original boxes.

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Oh yeah, my kind of stuff.

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Reply 36866 of 52352, by imi

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moumiaq wrote on 2020-11-12, 16:14:

Have this for a while , it had a bad psu so i used another one and it worked fine as soon as i replaced the ODIN battery

I can not find any info for this machine . It's an ACER AcerPac 430 486DX2/66MHZ with no cache but with an interesting multimedia/soundblaster card .Now i have to find an AT psu that does not need the power button to power down .

that just all fits so well together, I love it.

Predator99 wrote on 2020-11-12, 20:29:

Already arrived. I would say it was worth the money 😀 Everything is looking new and unused. Also many coolers etc for 486+ in original boxes.

neat stuff

had some new arrivals :3

SPEA V7-media fx

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and I've been looking for a socket 7 SBC for a while... they were both pretty shoddily packed for the price I paid 😒 lots of bent pins.

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another one... I think now I can get that 4-card setup going? x3

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and a Yamaha MU100

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Reply 36867 of 52352, by wiretap

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Picked up these two items. I only need the laptop for the screen so I can replace my HiNote Ultra CT475's screen.

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And this awesome thing that I'll try using with my Virtual IO I-Glasses, 🤣 it should be hilarious for DOS VR gaming. I think instead of wearing it on my back, I'll wear it on my chest so I can really feel the bullet impacts.

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Reply 36868 of 52352, by Shagittarius

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wiretap wrote on 2020-11-13, 01:18:
And this awesome thing that I'll try using with my Virtual IO I-Glasses, lol it should be hilarious for DOS VR gaming. I think i […]
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And this awesome thing that I'll try using with my Virtual IO I-Glasses, 🤣 it should be hilarious for DOS VR gaming. I think instead of wearing it on my back, I'll wear it on my chest so I can really feel the bullet impacts.

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I just threw up in my mouth a little...

Reply 36870 of 52352, by wiretap

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It has a 3.5mm audio jack input/output which converts certain bass notes to vibrations via motors and a subwoofer. I mostly just bought it because it's oddware and I found it funny.

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Reply 36872 of 52352, by wiretap

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Found a good article on it: https://www.larryshultz.com/Best-Virtual-Real … y-Larry-Shultz/

Yea it should definitely be interesting, haha. 🤣

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Reply 36873 of 52352, by Xicor

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imi wrote on 2020-11-13, 00:37:
that just all fits so well together, I love it. […]
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moumiaq wrote on 2020-11-12, 16:14:

Have this for a while , it had a bad psu so i used another one and it worked fine as soon as i replaced the ODIN battery

I can not find any info for this machine . It's an ACER AcerPac 430 486DX2/66MHZ with no cache but with an interesting multimedia/soundblaster card .Now i have to find an AT psu that does not need the power button to power down .

that just all fits so well together, I love it.

Predator99 wrote on 2020-11-12, 20:29:

Already arrived. I would say it was worth the money 😀 Everything is looking new and unused. Also many coolers etc for 486+ in original boxes.

neat stuff

had some new arrivals :3

SPEA V7-media fx
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and I've been looking for a socket 7 SBC for a while... they were both pretty shoddily packed for the price I paid 😒 lots of bent pins.
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another one... I think now I can get that 4-card setup going? x3
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and a Yamaha MU100
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Was that MU100 @ Ebay in Germany ? It was a bit tempting, but decided myself to go a different route..... the Korg one ...
Anyway those are very nice findings, congrats !

Reply 36874 of 52352, by vetz

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Picked up this lot a week ago

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Some old harddrives for my XT/386/486. I feel old harddrives are getting harder and harder to find. For the old machines I feel a SD card is cheating and it's not the same experience without the sound of an old harddrive.

  • Seagate ST3290A - IDE - 261MB 3800RPM [redhill page]
  • Conner CFA340A - IDE - 340MB 4000RPM
  • Quantum Prodrive ELS - IDE - 127MB 3800RPM
  • Quantum Prodrive LPS - IDE - 271MB 3800RPM
  • Digital RZ25-E - SCSI - 429MB 4400RPM (manual)
  • Digital RZ23 - SCSI - 104MB
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  • 3COM EtherLink II 16 ISA
  • US Robotics 56k modem ISA
  • Genoa ARk2000 PCI

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Reply 36875 of 52352, by Xicor

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Bought myself a Korg AG-10 @ 40€, it doesn't have a display or controls besides volume and power. Beyond the great work @ wavetable.nl there is no good way to know what to expect from it (game wise), so I checked some game tunes, and made my mind and jumped on it.

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Received also today a box full of video cards in mixed sate, some work, some don't and others have video ram issues. Only had time to plug them in quickly and test the post, so maybe I can salvage some of them.

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Reply 36876 of 52352, by HanJammer

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wiretap wrote on 2020-11-13, 02:26:

It has a 3.5mm audio jack input/output which converts certain bass notes to vibrations via motors and a subwoofer. I mostly just bought it because it's oddware and I found it funny.

An early wearable transductor - nice! I wouldn't call it oddware in sense it's nothing odd in modern VR community to use or custom-build such devices, but nice early specimen that's for sure!

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Reply 36877 of 52352, by imi

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Xicor wrote on 2020-11-13, 13:17:

Bought myself a Korg AG-10 @ 40€, it doesn't have a display or controls besides volume and power. Beyond the great work @ wavetable.nl there is no good way to know what to expect from it (game wise), so I checked some game tunes, and made my mind and jumped on it.

Received also today a box full of video cards in mixed sate, some work, some don't and others have video ram issues. Only had time to plug them in quickly and test the post, so maybe I can salvage some of them.

that míro card is a beauty, also that speedstar 24X... and not one, but two LMSI controllers :0

I also wanna get a Korg AG-10 sometime, but they don't turn up for sale very often... or too expensive ^^
but yeah the MU100 was from ebay.de, it was a tad expensive too, but eh with box... the person who sold it probably just got it for the DX PLG card (see the DX sticker on front?) and sold the unit itself again ^^ but I also got some other stuff from the same seller so I thought why not.

Reply 36878 of 52352, by Tronix

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psychofox wrote on 2020-11-12, 20:43:

Bought today this nice oldskool mainboard....

It has russian 8086 processor clone on it

BTW, KP580IK80A (КР580ИК80А) its a i8080 clone, not 8086.

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Reply 36879 of 52352, by Turbo ->

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Xicor wrote on 2020-11-13, 13:17:

Received also today a box full of video cards in mixed sate, some work, some don't and others have video ram issues. Only had time to plug them in quickly and test the post, so maybe I can salvage some of them.

Nice haul Xicor!

Today was a good retro day for me too. The postman brought a package with this little treasure inside.

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