Ha, it's probably gonna arrive fully assembled and tested, with someone having had a great time - just a little later - maybe with a note requesting to send more on that route... 😁

DPD to Germany seems to be much slower - so far, that package is still sitting about half way in Poland 😁 Well, no big issue - let's see if it's gonna make it before the weekend, even though I rather doubt it, by now 😀

LABS wrote: First 10 are ready to ship today Awesome, great job! Very curious to hear and experience it, soon!

Awesome work! Considering how much time it took to drill and fit a bracket to the SnarkBarker, this is surely gonna be a heaven to put together! :) Just a side note, without any real intent to change anything anymore: I just recently found that e.g. Mouser does offer Keystone Brackets with ears, …

I also wouldn't even dare to name the SnarkBarker together with the Blasterboard in terms of its design goal... as much as the SnarkBarker is a very fun thing (and I am very happy with it), the 1:1 clone of the SB also did clone a rather nice noise floor :D I'm betting this card is gonna be a world …

Already an awesome result! Definitely still interested and cannot wait to start soldering 😁 Happy holidays to you, too!

Only fyi: I just ordered a couple of PCBs for another card from elecrow in SZ, which I'm gonna populate over the next days to test: They didn't put any pool marker on this batch.

One other option could be: Install e.g. a network card carrying an XTIDE Bios Extension EPROM. It allows you to swap drives on boot.

And if your list still has open slots, I'd be very happy to take and solder one, too.

@shock__: If you need another slot filled, I am happy to join.

Since I only came across this late last year: happy to jump in with $60 for a prototype and doing some testing in a bunch of machines and environments afterwards.

Personally no extensive need for SPDIF, but happy to jump in with a donation, if this becomes the majority decision. Also able to test in different systems as a drop-in replacement for a GUS.

PCB is a fun and quite unique choice and I would be very happy with it, but agree, any option would be perfectly fine with me.

Thank you so much! For bonus points, do you have any idea what the trimmer controls? Is it possible to measure the resistance across such a part in circuit so I could get a ballpark figure of where to set mine when I replace it? Sorry for taking my time, but the card was already back inside its …

Thanks for the tips guys. Any ideas about the missing trimmer I mentioned in the OP? EDIT: DOH! I also just noticed that the crystal at Y1 next to the GF1 socket is missing. If anyone has one of these cards, could you please get the numbers from that crystal? I have a bunch of them laying around …