easy_john wrote:

Yes, but ebay prices for this boards was high. So, I'm looking for cheap one. […]
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Skyscraper wrote:

At least they seem common enough, I have seen quite a few of them the last two years.

Yes, but ebay prices for this boards was high. So, I'm looking for cheap one.

Skyscraper wrote:

I just diddnt have the need for a VLB board but now I have a Tekram IDE card with cache...
Its no biggie, I will try out the Tekram card with my Asus PVI-486SP3 😀

😀 As far I know, PVI is not as fast mobo, as possible. Pci-to-vlb bridge is bottleneck.
I'm too got cached vlb tekram. And cached vlb scsi. Bought these (retro) hardware today
Already tested. Tekram on vlb is my favourite - Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

I know about the inflated price, this board went for 76 euro with memory but no CPU, Im waiting for a cheaper auction ending during work hours in the middle of the week 😉.

I found the PCI performance of the Asus PVI-486SP3 to be rather good eventhough it uses a VLB to PCI bridige but I guess the performane will drop when the VLB slot is in use aswell.

When it comes to PCI boards the Lucky Star LS486E seems sligtly better for me than he Asus PVI-486SP3 as my AMD 5x86 needs 4V to be "Quake stable" at 160 MHz which the Asus board cant provide. Im trading for another CPU which with luck dosnt need this much voltage, the one I have isnt even stable at 133MHz with 3.3V/3.45V on any board I tried, it needs 3.6V to run Quake even at stock speed. The CPU came with an "untested" Abit PB4 board I bought and sat 90 degrees wrong in the socket when I got it so its a wonder it even works at all.

Does anybody know the brand of this case? The 386SX 16MHz my dad had when I was young was a midi tower variant of this case! Would really help me in tracking it down!

Skyscraper wrote:

http://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=19767&t=1 […]
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I have one or two cases like that. Will check when I get to my stash. I also have somehow different midi tower case that resembles this design - LCD and buttons look the same.

Cyrix200+ wrote:

Does anybody know the brand of this case? The 386SX 16MHz my dad had when I was young was a midi tower variant of this case! Would really help me in tracking it down!

Skyscraper wrote:

http://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=19767&t=1 […]
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Are there any stickers on the underside of that case or perhaps inside?
Something like a model number or a sticker with a serial number? Even if the serial number doesn't mean anything, it might still have information like the print it uses or perhaps even a date code

Almost looks like a ZEOS case I saw once. It's a little different, but not a lot. The location of the 3.5" floppy drive is on the opposite side of the 5.25" drive bays, but I think that's all.

Thanks!

I'm curious to see what you have! I have never seen that case again after we put it away.

kixs wrote:

I have one or two cases like that. Will check when I get to my stash. I also have somehow different midi tower case that resembles this design - LCD and buttons look the same.

Cyrix200+ wrote:

Thanks!

I'm curious to see what you have! I have never seen that case again after we put it away.

kixs wrote:

I have one or two cases like that. Will check when I get to my stash. I also have somehow different midi tower case that resembles this design - LCD and buttons look the same.

I will also try to find some markings when I get the 286 system I bought.

Skyscraper wrote:

Cyrix200+ wrote:

Thanks!

I'm curious to see what you have! I have never seen that case again after we put it away.

kixs wrote:

I have one or two cases like that. Will check when I get to my stash. I also have somehow different midi tower case that resembles this design - LCD and buttons look the same.

I will also try to find some markings when I get the 286 system I bought.

If you can post some pics of any markings in this thread, then I can compare them with the cases I have (cyrix200 and I both live in The Netherlands, so if the case was sold here, then I might have one made or sold by the same company)

I did NOT win the Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 yesterday that sold for 76 euro without CPU but I did win this Asus VL/I-486SVGOX4 today for 52 euro with an AMD 5x86 133 and 32MB memory. A different less known board goes for less money as people search for the exact models they read about.

Correct me if Im wrong but the Asus VL/I-486SVGOX4 I bought is pretty much the same as the Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 only with 4x30 pins + 2x72 pin slots instead of 4x72 pin slots? The PS2 port is also soldered directly on the board which is a bit of a pain as I need to do some case modding, still considering it was 24 euro + a 5x86 CPU cheaper I think it was a much better deal. I will use this board as the base for a kickass VLB system using the Tekram IDE controller with cache I bought earlier this week.

The Asus VL/I-486SVGOX4

Cyrix200+ wrote:

Does anybody know the brand of this case? The 386SX 16MHz my dad had when I was young was a midi tower variant of this case! Would really help me in tracking it down!

Skyscraper wrote:

http://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=19767&t=1 […]
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I have the same case at my parents house. I'll go there sometime this week.

Here is (the left one) midi tower that has kinda the same look (the right case is for size comparison). It doesn't have any markings though 🙁

I missed out on an ET4000 because I'm cheap. But then I'm interested to know who would pay €50 for one.

YES! That left one is it! Excellent, at least I have a picture of it now. If anyone recognizes it, please let me know the brand or type!

Thanks kixs and the rest for putting effort in looking for me!

kixs wrote:

Here is (the left one) midi tower that has kinda the same look (the right case is for size comparison). It doesn't have any mark […]
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Here is (the left one) midi tower that has kinda the same look (the right case is for size comparison). It doesn't have any markings though 🙁

brassicGamer wrote:

I missed out on an ET4000 because I'm cheap. But then I'm interested to know who would pay €50 for one.

Im looking at that exact same model of ET4000 on my test bench, I got mine with an ISA 486 motherboard, 8x4MB 30pin memory, a 486DX-33 CPU and an I/O-card... I paid 17.50 euro for the whole bundle on Ebay a couple of weeks ago. Its hard to understand Ebay sometimes, see page 453 of this thread for pictures.

On the other hand you won 8x 486DX4-100 CPUs for £5 today with cheap local shipping 😀

Skyscraper wrote:

On the other hand you won 8x 486DX4-100 CPUs for £5 today with cheap local shipping 😀

As we say here, "swings and roundabouts"...

A very generous seller threw this monitor in with another item I bought. I believe this is a Philips CM8833 variant, just with a single input and without separate composite/audio input. Has SCART and RGB TTL input, so should be good for CGA/EGA too. Connected to my Amstrad CPC in these pictures.

3.4gb Fujitsu IDE drive, 524mb Connor IDE drive, 8.4gb Seagate Medalist configurable down to 2.1gb with a jumper setting, and a 7.5gb Maxtor drive. All in working order and pass SMART! $12 total

Not exactly retro, but at the third time of asking, I've finally gotten a working 160GB iPod Classic. Also received a 2013 Nexus 7 tablet.

Bought both a PC-Chips lookalike VLB socket 3 board off Ebay by making an €8 offer and bought an It's DX4 100mhz for €8.. 🤣

Hope both work and can end in a happy relationship for a long time 😘
Finding a reasonable priced 5.25" fdd that can handle 1.2mb floppies is turning into a nightmare on the other hand.
If somebody spots one please direct me to it. 😵

Finally...

Took a frigging week to arrive but, as the shipping was free I cannot, by definition, complain. Not on eBay at least. It sounds even better than I thought it would (my MIDI keyboard is no longer impotent). Special thanks to Phil for helping with my indecision.

Very nice 😀 I sent you a PM which you might find interesting.