So the IBM PC 330 is a bit of a weird config. No internal shots yet, it's dustier than a dust farm in a dust bowl in harvest season. It contains a CT2740 and a CR-562-B, two non-identical IBM 4MB SIMMs, one IBM HDD mounted under everything, couldn't tell capacity, one mounted beside CDROM that is a 540MB. The place where the part number sticker on the front of the case is empty (should be directly under floppy button, you can just see where it ain't if you zoom pic in last post) But on the front metal chassis is the number 6571-L00 which according to https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssiali … ch_a&subtype=CA is a VLB DX2-66 with no drive and no RAM I think, which is not a stock config. So maybe the L00 was just the chassis they had sitting waiting for custom configs. Wonder if it's a dealer ordered on spec unit when MPC2 multimedia demand exploded, because there wasn't a DX2-66 model with multimedia, just the 50 and 100. Seems like they're the IBM parts, not super sure. Other points of note, 4 cache sockets empty, guess it's got 128KB writeback, CPU might be SL enhanced writeback DX2 it supports power saving. There is one chip of video RAM soldered one socketed, so that would seem to suggest it was the 2MB model, rather than the 1MB model, but chip looks like 16x256 to me, so they did that weird if lowest model had 1MB.
So what else I got with it for my 10 canadian dollars, was the keyboard and mouse, both PS/2, keyboard also has part label missing, dunno what it is, rubber dome type, maybe 8273 or something???
Current thinking on the 330 is to clean it up, get it running, keep it virtually "as is". Meant to be picky for RAM with these, but I have a number of IBM SIMMs to try, including some 8MB ones I've had for ages that nothing much else likes, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed I can get all four of those in it. So just the RAM upgrade if possible and a NIC maybe. It's got the VLB slot, but IDK if it's really worth upgrading the CL5430 if it's well implemented, other VLB I've got would tend to being a "side-grade" unless I come across anything super special. I'd expect the onboard I/O not to be too much of a slouch either to need a VLB I/O. The buzz I'm getting about these systems is that they perform well. This is actually my first "brand name" 486 I've got prebuilt XT, 286, 386, Pentium, MMX, PII, (and generic 486es) Anyway, I think it might fit well in my "compact stack" plan of smaller form factor machines, with an AST advantage 386, turbo XT, Compaq MMX, Compaq PIII, Core 2 ITX and Dustin the DOStin under build.
The "Nicole" speakers claim 200W PMPO with under 0.1% THD at 1khz... Model "Sound Digit SD880"... yeah, prolly just yer generic noise pushers really.
Then the rest of todays haul in the pic, a joystick I saw later, thought would go nice with the PC 330, lifetime supply of mouse adapters, unfortunately hidden by the shine is the actual unique one, a serial into PS/2. Couple of 1.5TB external drives to plug in the 25 cent router I grabbed the other week. PATA DVD writer, a buck wasted maybe.
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.
