Batyra wrote:

Finally! Managed to find original manual to this beauty... maybe there is also a box somewhere waiting to be bought 😀

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If you're smart you won't reveal you secret, but where do you keep finding this stuff??? 😉

Cyrix200+ wrote:

Batyra wrote:

Finally! Managed to find original manual to this beauty... maybe there is also a box somewhere waiting to be bought 😀

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If you're smart you won't reveal you secret, but where do you keep finding this stuff??? 😉

That's not a secret 😀
1. Loccaly
2. By fellows collectioners
3. eBay...

Batyra wrote:

Finally! Managed to find original manual to this beauty... maybe there is also a box somewhere waiting to be bought 😀

Cholerka, zazdroszczę!

English: Darn, I'm jealous!

I found a pair of tsneg labs graphics cards locally reasonably cheap.

Ordered a ready built AT2XT adapter today. Once it arrives in the post I can finally begin playing around with my IBM 5160 motherboard, with a view to potentially building an XT system eventually. I've never used a PC this slow before, as my first PC was a 10MHz 8088, so it will certainly be interesting. 🤣

Skyscraper wrote:

I just got a package with these nice items.

It was a negotiated trade for a kidney and my left foot...

What did you get it for if you dont mind me asking? Pretty sure that went through an auction cycle without a bid and to be honest, It looked like a good deal anyway, the last couple of PL-PRO/iis went for like $150-$200USD.

If anyone is looking to sell one or trade, let me know...

Fancy DDR1 RAMs, PII 266MHz, all-copper Socket A cooler from Cooler Master and a Microsoft Sidewinder gamepad 😀

Picked up a decent selection of parts, nothing too special, but mostly drives for about $45.

Nice!

wow, what a deal!

Formulator wrote:

Picked up a decent selection of parts, nothing too special, but mostly drives for about $45.

That looks awesome, great deal!

I bought pretty much everything today.

Or you can almost say that I bought many of everything. The seller did know everythings value though so it wasn't a bargain but still a fair deal.

My pick-up truck isn't very large so naturally I couldn't fit everything. It will take me another 3 Saturdays to get the other three quarters of everything here as the seller lives half a country away.

In time there will be pictures.

Skyscraper wrote:

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I bought pretty much everything today.

Or you can almost say that I bought many of everything. The seller did know everythings value though so it wasn't a bargain but still a fair deal.

My pick-up truck isn't very large so naturally I couldn't fit everything. It will take me another 3 Saturdays to get the other three quarters of everything here as the seller lives half a country away.

In time there will be pictures.

4 trucks full? Even with an average family pickup, that sounds awesome!

luckybob wrote:

wow, what a deal!

Yes it was a fortuitous find as it seems that spare parts are all I need these days and tend to be the most expensive when purchased as-needed.

debs3759 wrote:

4 trucks full? Even with an average family pickup, that sounds awesome!

It will keep me occupied for a while. 😁

Many tantalum capacitors wll blow and must be replaced, much oxidation from battery leakage will need to be fixed and many obscure error messages will need to be researched. All in all all sorts of fun.

Skyscraper wrote:

In time there will be pictures.

I wait with baited breath.

luckybob wrote:

Skyscraper wrote:

In time there will be pictures.

I wait with baited breath.

This! 😁

Keep us updated Skyscraper! 😁

Formulator wrote:

Picked up a decent selection of parts, nothing too special, but mostly drives for about $45. […]
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Picked up a decent selection of parts, nothing too special, but mostly drives for about $45.

Lots of white/beige 5.25" drives there. I've always had trouble finding those around town. Nice find! I only have two beige ones myself, and one is broken. Any idea what often breaks on these and is it fairly simple to rectify?

Spotted an "ancient case from the last millennium" on the local Craigslist-equivalent for EUR 10. Pics looked intriguing, so today I went and picked it up. This was the result:

Some kind of home-made or custom AT case - looks like a 19" design with handles on the one side and feet on the other to turn it into a tower - made out of partly coated aluminium. Interesting solution to 'front VGA and AT keyboard' challenge And there's something inside it...

Pretty dusty, and previous owner was clearly a smoker - even after a few decades, it still stinks of tar and nicotine - but inside is good stuff. Not as old as I'd hoped given the outside, but mid 1990s nonetheless:

- FIC 486-GVT-2 motherboard (Via 486A chipset) with a full 256kB of L2
- FIC MIO-V (?) Winbond-based VLB Multi-I/O card
- S3 Stealth Video 64 DRAM Rev A3, with 2MB RAM and an 868 instead of the 864 I'd expected
- Seasonic SSH-220G AT PSU
- Sony MPF-520-1 3.5" FDD
- i486DX-33 CPU
- 2x 4MB 72p FPM SIMMs
- an 80mm front fan that really needs putting out of its misery

Quick check shows no leaking caps or battery (no electrolytic capacitors of any description in fact) so stuck in POST-card, keyboard and monitor, and flicked the power switch:

Yep, we're in business 😎

Now to figure out how to get this old beast to boot from CF...

In any event I have the AT-case I wanted (even if it's rather large and the plastic bits are disintegrating), as well as a useful PSU - and some components that are interesting to mess around with. Not sure I want to keep any of it long-term, but can always use them to trade/sell for things I do want 😀

feipoa wrote:

Formulator wrote:

Picked up a decent selection of parts, nothing too special, but mostly drives for about $45. […]
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Picked up a decent selection of parts, nothing too special, but mostly drives for about $45.

Lots of white/beige 5.25" drives there. I've always had trouble finding those around town. Nice find! I only have two beige ones myself, and one is broken. Any idea what often breaks on these and is it fairly simple to rectify?

I think mostly the rubber band from the motor dries out and brakes, should be an easy fix.

Just these 3 cards today.. for $8

Geforce 6200 512MB PCI

Geforce FX 5700LE 256MB

Diamond Montser MX400 sound card

@Formulator... I wish I could find a haul like that around where I am at.