Found myself a $5 keyboard.

An alps clone switchable keyboard.

BetaC wrote on 2022-12-27, 20:40:

Found myself a $5 keyboard. 6AF701C9-D0EF-4F88-AB1F-F2BC58A7CC3B.jpeg E16AD1E3-E852-4D4D-A890-BEC6992B9C3F.jpeg An alps clone sw […]
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Found myself a $5 keyboard.
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An alps clone switchable keyboard.

Nice! Switchable keyboards are always handy to have.

Got these for dirt cheap 23 euro (SHITting included), they are like brand new in mint condition, gotta love when some ppl take care for their computers and parts, and there is no gunk, no shit, no disgusting stuff, broken elements ect... The interesting part is 2 of them are ATi cards, the other 2 are nVIDIA.. More interesting is, 2 of them are pre-GEforce and pre-Radeon...

GEforce 7600GT AGP (Palit with nice Japan Nichicons..)
Radeon HD3650 AGP (Sapphire with shitty caps as usual)
ATi Rage Ultra AGP (nice did not have this exact model, but instead x2 ATi Rage 128 Pro and Rage 128 Pro All in Wonder..)
nVIDIA Vanta 16 AGP

BetaC wrote on 2022-12-27, 20:40:

Found myself a $5 keyboard. 6AF701C9-D0EF-4F88-AB1F-F2BC58A7CC3B.jpeg E16AD1E3-E852-4D4D-A890-BEC6992B9C3F.jpeg An alps clone sw […]
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Found myself a $5 keyboard.
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E16AD1E3-E852-4D4D-A890-BEC6992B9C3F.jpeg
An alps clone switchable keyboard.

Very nice... All i want is to find cheap NorthGate Omnikey, since i like to use quality brands, as my daily drivers... I really enjoy using Cherry G80-1000 (made in Germany) (MX Blacks), IBM Model M Gen 2 (made in UK), EPSON (Fujitsu Peerles, made in Japan). I have also shitty Chicony with Cherry MX Blue, the only good thing in that crap keyboard is the switches and the XT-AT switch, aside from that it feel very cheep and plastic, and that is awful.... Will be really happy to find NorthGate Omnikey model 101, one Zenith data Systems, IBM Model F AT/ F122, Cherry G80-1000 with MX Blues and IBM Model M 13 Stealth black, and IBM Model M Gen 0 Industrial grey metal badge, nothing more, nothing less really...

I've been looking for a local InWin A500 for years now and finally someone messaged me saying they have one.

However, I don't believe this is an InWin case, but rather a clone of it?

I'll buy it regardless, but.. Confirmation would be nice..

I'm no expert, but it does look kind of off.

Grabbed a couple of things for my 98 SE Build, both NOS, still sealed until I opened them.

A QTEC branded ESS Solo-1 sound card, with SB-Link pads. Going to experiment with adding a header as the motherboard has the SB-Link connector.

A Belkin PCI Network card, gigabit with 98SE drivers according to the box. Should be interesting.

Hippo486 wrote on 2022-12-28, 15:17:

A QTEC branded ESS Solo-1 sound card, with SB-Link pads. Going to experiment with adding a header as the motherboard has the SB-Link connector.

Can you share the drivers from the CD, please?

Thank you.

appiah4 wrote on 2022-12-28, 08:51:

I've been looking for a local InWin A500 for years now and finally someone messaged me saying they have one. […]
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I've been looking for a local InWin A500 for years now and finally someone messaged me saying they have one.

However, I don't believe this is an InWin case, but rather a clone of it?

InWin Clone.jpg

I'll buy it regardless, but.. Confirmation would be nice..

Here is a photo of the entire 500 series. Yours looks to be a clone. I'd still grab it of course. Nice looking clone.

Kahenraz wrote on 2022-12-28, 16:35:

Can you share the drivers from the CD, please?

Thank you.

Yes of course. Once I've confirmed them as working I'll get them zipped up and attached.

Kahenraz wrote on 2022-12-28, 16:35:

Hippo486 wrote on 2022-12-28, 15:17:

A QTEC branded ESS Solo-1 sound card, with SB-Link pads. Going to experiment with adding a header as the motherboard has the SB-Link connector.

Can you share the drivers from the CD, please?

Thank you.

I've installed the card and it works well. Havent tested in DOS mode yet, but its installed the DOS mode drivers under 98SE. Also installed the Software Wavetable.

I extracted the drivers and a couple of other things from the CD, you can download that here from my google drive:

QTEC 552S Ess Solo-1 Drivers.zip 7Mb

Also imaged the entire CD, ISO format:

552S_V10.iso 220Mb

Hope this helps 😀

A Compaq CDR-8322B 32x CD-ROM drive to go in my Dell Dimension XPS M233S. More period accurate than the (broken) CD-RW drive that's currently in there!

appiah4 wrote on 2022-12-28, 08:51:

I've been looking for a local InWin A500 for years now and finally someone messaged me saying they have one. […]
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I've been looking for a local InWin A500 for years now and finally someone messaged me saying they have one.

However, I don't believe this is an InWin case, but rather a clone of it?

InWin Clone.jpg

I'll buy it regardless, but.. Confirmation would be nice..

I handled a lot of A500 cases back in the day, that looks like a knock-off to me.

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2 sticks of micron 16gb 2133mhz ECC ram for my z440 so that I have quad channel for£34. Probably would've been better spent on nvme and pcie adapter... Currently have mx500 512gb SSD as storage+boot.
Zotac 3060ti is annoying me with constant 30% fan speed at idle. Miss my gtx 970 gaming zero fan speed at idle for quiet system

Bought 2 sub-notenooks from a collector.
Toshiba libretto 70
Pentium MMX 120MHz, 64M RAM, Yamaha OPL3 SAx

Fujitsu FMV-biblo NCIII 13.

It has a ESS sound card on the isa bus.

I think I'm done, won't buy more notebooks, got about 10 of them.

Hippo486 wrote on 2022-12-28, 18:32:

I've installed the card and it works well. Havent tested in DOS mode yet, but its installed the DOS mode drivers under 98SE. Als […]
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Kahenraz wrote on 2022-12-28, 16:35:

Hippo486 wrote on 2022-12-28, 15:17:

A QTEC branded ESS Solo-1 sound card, with SB-Link pads. Going to experiment with adding a header as the motherboard has the SB-Link connector.

Can you share the drivers from the CD, please?

Thank you.

I've installed the card and it works well. Havent tested in DOS mode yet, but its installed the DOS mode drivers under 98SE. Also installed the Software Wavetable.

I extracted the drivers and a couple of other things from the CD, you can download that here from my google drive:

QTEC 552S Ess Solo-1 Drivers.zip 7Mb

Also imaged the entire CD, ISO format:

552S_V10.iso 220Mb

Hope this helps 😀

I've uploaded the ISO to archive.org for anyone searching for it in future

appiah4 wrote on 2022-12-28, 08:51:

I've been looking for a local InWin A500 for years now and finally someone messaged me saying they have one. […]
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I've been looking for a local InWin A500 for years now and finally someone messaged me saying they have one.

However, I don't believe this is an InWin case, but rather a clone of it?

InWin Clone.jpg

I'll buy it regardless, but.. Confirmation would be nice..

That's Eurocase MD606A

crazii wrote on 2022-12-28, 23:21:

Bought 2 sub-notenooks from a collector. Toshiba libretto 70 Pentium MMX 120MHz, 64M RAM, Yamaha OPL3 SAx DSC_0338.JPG Fujitsu F […]
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Bought 2 sub-notenooks from a collector.
Toshiba libretto 70
Pentium MMX 120MHz, 64M RAM, Yamaha OPL3 SAx
DSC_0338.JPG
Fujitsu FMV-biblo NCIII 13.
DSC_0337.JPG
It has a ESS sound card on the isa bus.

I think I'm done, won't buy more notebooks, got about 10 of them.

Ooh really nice, what's the screen size on that Fujitsu? I've got its later relative the Fujitsu Lifebook B142 - the screen size is around 8 inches, not quite in the same class as the Librettos but a bit more usable with the larger screen size 😀
Since those both started life in Japan, be careful that they're not kept in a box in a hot environment, vinegar syndrome can happen on LCDs that have lived in hot places with no space to vent. (that happened to one of my AST mono laptops stored next to the radiator)
Good that you're stopping there too, I like my collection but it's not like I'm trying to cover specific eras and there's quite a lot of overlap now.

Bought this mystery box.

LoK wrote on 2022-12-29, 02:10:

appiah4 wrote on 2022-12-28, 08:51:

I've been looking for a local InWin A500 for years now and finally someone messaged me saying they have one. […]
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I've been looking for a local InWin A500 for years now and finally someone messaged me saying they have one.

However, I don't believe this is an InWin case, but rather a clone of it?

InWin Clone.jpg

I'll buy it regardless, but.. Confirmation would be nice..

That's Eurocase MD606A

Oh wow thanks for the ID!!