Other parcel just arrived - I NEED MORE SPACE!! 😒

I have been watching this offer for weeks. Was a self pick up only, but too far away from me. Price: Almost nothing. I have seen nobody was interested and afraid he going to scrap it. Therefore I asked for shipment and seller agreed. Price: Not much more than shipping costs.

Great case, very good condition!

Took a quick look inside..whats this 😎

Ensoniq Opus - Great deal 😀

Predator99 wrote:

Ensoniq Opus - Great deal 😀

Any particulars that are unique about this card? What's its strengths?

Escom (germany) also sold black pcs around 92 in a custom case, with black monitor, keyboard, etc.

The chipset is old, this the reason, it is slower (eg between the opti 495 and the sis471 the difference somewhere more than 20%), maybe the 64m ram is over the cached area. I am sure, they upgraded this computer in more steps. The latest chip dates + months = selling date. It should be 92.

The cpu is from 95, the micropolis hdd from 94, and the 64m ram is more than overkill. Maybe check the mem ic dates too. The typical 92 top 486 was eisa in big case, directly before the vlb age - from august with dx2 66. A little bit later they replaced this type of computers with socket 4 pentiums.

Four ISA cards (3) trident 9000 and (1) Cirrus Logic.
5 3com Ethernet 3 PCMCIA cards with dongles.

I have to say I love the fact that you created an image by copying one image 5 times! Awesome 🤣

Bancho wrote:

I have to say I love the fact that you created an image by copying one image 5 times! Awesome 🤣

😵 🤣

arncht wrote:

Escom (germany) also sold black pcs around 92 in a custom case, with black monitor, keyboard, etc.

The chipset is old, this the reason, it is slower (eg between the opti 495 and the sis471 the difference somewhere more than 20%), maybe the 64m ram is over the cached area. I am sure, they upgraded this computer in more steps. The latest chip dates + months = selling date. It should be 92.

The cpu is from 95, the micropolis hdd from 94, and the 64m ram is more than overkill. Maybe check the mem ic dates too. The typical 92 top 486 was eisa in big case, directly before the vlb age - from august with dx2 66. A little bit later they replaced this type of computers with socket 4 pentiums.

When I was living in Florida working for a tech repair company we just never saw black tower cases except maybe on a rare occasion. It's not until the latter part of the 90s I started seeing black cases on a regular basis. The biggest plus for me is that I got the boot drive to work again and I am able to get all the obscure utilities for the hardware off of it such as the EISA configuartion utility for that board and the DPK SCSI config util as well. Trying to get the drive imaged as we speak so I have a solid backup.

Wow what a monster this black AT BIG .. and HW inside, are you kidding us? 😁 Very nice machine 😳
Gateway 2000 is nice too, I like their style.

After long time something from "3dfx" 😀

Found a keyboard for $4 at the thrift shop today with the cord still wrapped in plastic. It's got the big DIN 5 connector, a switch I assume changes between AT and XT, and best of all it's mechanical with no-name alps imitation switches.

Cool keyboard. And $4 is pretty good for that. Test it on an XT machine and see how it works.

Definitely a great deal for an XT/AT keyboard. I recently purchased 2 keyboard.. one having an XT/AT switch (also auto setting) and the other hopefully being one that is auto XT/AT and payed way more for them than that.

And to top it off, I had to repair the definitely XT/AT one because the space bar support tabs were broken and it was also missing the rubber "spring/dome". Ended up taking one from another key and cutting a spring I had as a temporary replacement for the key I took it from... really need a lighter spring, but it will have to wait till I find one and isn't super important because that key is pretty much never going to be used.

And THAT is why I will ALWAYS buy any AT keyboard I come across.

I even have a couple of keyboards, where the switch was ever installed, but I can add one and enable XT mode.

detritus olentus wrote:

Found a keyboard for $4 at the thrift shop today with the cord still wrapped in plastic. It's got the big DIN 5 connector, a switch I assume changes between AT and XT, and best of all it's mechanical with no-name alps imitation switches.

I remember those exact keyboards. They were sold well into the 90's, so that alone speaks or the quality. Yes they are good keyboards. As they were sold up untill some 91/92/93, then I automatically think of 386 systems when I see one such keyboard. Back then, I was like "Cool. You can still buy 8088 compatible keyboards."

cyclone3d wrote:

Definitely a great deal for an XT/AT keyboard. I recently purchased 2 keyboard.. one having an XT/AT switch (also auto setting) and the other hopefully being one that is auto XT/AT and payed way more for them than that.

And to top it off, I had to repair the definitely XT/AT one because the space bar support tabs were broken and it was also missing the rubber "spring/dome". Ended up taking one from another key and cutting a spring I had as a temporary replacement for the key I took it from... really need a lighter spring, but it will have to wait till I find one and isn't super important because that key is pretty much never going to be used.

There are so many fans of Model-M. And I dont blame them for loving extremely loud keyboards that has a tactile feedback that are a little physical kick in the fingertips, whenever the switch clicks.

Personally I like my keyboards quiet. If they are membrane or switches, I dont care. I just want them with a real metal spring that are between the keycap or membrane/switch. I want quiet keyboards. I am speaking of Amiga500(mitsumi)/Commodore64 or those that Compaq produced in the mid to late 90's. Uhhh... And I want my keyboard heavy, if it is a standalone one. Preferable if the maker have installed a metal plate inside or made the keyboard case from metal. Yet those are extremely rare to get. As everything was plastic in the 90's.

liqmat wrote:

arncht wrote:

Escom (germany) also sold black pcs around 92 in a custom case, with black monitor, keyboard, etc.

The chipset is old, this the reason, it is slower (eg between the opti 495 and the sis471 the difference somewhere more than 20%), maybe the 64m ram is over the cached area. I am sure, they upgraded this computer in more steps. The latest chip dates + months = selling date. It should be 92.

The cpu is from 95, the micropolis hdd from 94, and the 64m ram is more than overkill. Maybe check the mem ic dates too. The typical 92 top 486 was eisa in big case, directly before the vlb age - from august with dx2 66. A little bit later they replaced this type of computers with socket 4 pentiums.

When I was living in Florida working for a tech repair company we just never saw black tower cases except maybe on a rare occasion. It's not until the latter part of the 90s I started seeing black cases on a regular basis. The biggest plus for me is that I got the boot drive to work again and I am able to get all the obscure utilities for the hardware off of it such as the EISA configuartion utility for that board and the DPK SCSI config util as well. Trying to get the drive imaged as we speak so I have a solid backup.

@brostenen

Ibm made a model M that was a rubber dome. In case you were wondering.

luckybob wrote:

@brostenen

Ibm made a model M that was a rubber dome. In case you were wondering.

It is the switch that IBM used, that I don't like. Does not matter if you install a rubber dome or keep the spring. It is strange, as I have no problem with this aproach if it is an arcade machine (those big ones like pacman). It is only when we are dealing with keyboards that I have to type letters or write essays on. Keyboards, no thanks. Casual gaming, yes please.

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liqmat wrote:

arncht wrote:

Escom (germany) also sold black pcs around 92 in a custom case, with black monitor, keyboard, etc.

The chipset is old, this the reason, it is slower (eg between the opti 495 and the sis471 the difference somewhere more than 20%), maybe the 64m ram is over the cached area. I am sure, they upgraded this computer in more steps. The latest chip dates + months = selling date. It should be 92.

The cpu is from 95, the micropolis hdd from 94, and the 64m ram is more than overkill. Maybe check the mem ic dates too. The typical 92 top 486 was eisa in big case, directly before the vlb age - from august with dx2 66. A little bit later they replaced this type of computers with socket 4 pentiums.

When I was living in Florida working for a tech repair company we just never saw black tower cases except maybe on a rare occasion. It's not until the latter part of the 90s I started seeing black cases on a regular basis. The biggest plus for me is that I got the boot drive to work again and I am able to get all the obscure utilities for the hardware off of it such as the EISA configuartion utility for that board and the DPK SCSI config util as well. Trying to get the drive imaged as we speak so I have a solid backup.

Nice ad. Good looking setup right there. That's another item I never saw come across my path. A 20MHz 486.

luckybob wrote:

And THAT is why I will ALWAYS buy any AT keyboard I come across.

I even have a couple of keyboards, where the switch was ever installed, but I can add one and enable XT mode.

The second one I bought had the option for the AT/XT switch. I was thinking that the circuitry for XT might not be included but now that you say that I will definitely have to disassemble and check it out.

This lot of AMD CPUs with no less than 3 K6-III CPUs.. two of them definitely 450Mhz. Can't read the other one at all because of the potato cam pics. Waited to post until I got shipping confirmation.