Some goodies ...

AHA-2940W/2940UW

Seagate ST336607LW

Philips PCA761AW

Compaq Ultra-Sound 32

I think i'm going to have fun experimenting ...

ok, another update on the Sharp PC-7000.

Look what I have written back to floppy 😀
Booting a lot faster now (compared to 6.22 what I have put on floppy yesterday)

Saw two 7800 GTX on eBay locally for AUD 20, bought them straight away.

I have already posted the seller images of the Turtle Beach Tropez Plus but I might aswell post some better images.

Except for some floppy label discolouration which is normal everything looks great!

That's a beautiful card!

BastlerMike wrote:

Cyrix MediaGX motherboard in original box ~30€ shipped.
Board design includes fake cache, a fake DIMM slot (spots without connections) and a 133 MHz chip running at 166 MHz ...best regards from PC Chips

VGA and Sound avaible as Pinheader ? 😀

No, these options are obviously not implemented.

Skyscraper- I caught myself salivating a little while checking out that Tropez Plus.

BastlerMike wrote:

Cyrix MediaGX motherboard in original box ~30€ shipped.
Board design includes fake cache, a fake DIMM slot (spots without connections) and a 133 MHz chip running at 166 MHz ...best regards from PC Chips

Very interesting board, only Cyrix Media GX I have every touched/got is a Compaq presario 2232, at least your board has a load of slots, mine has a single 8-bit ISA!!! Be interested to see how you find it.
Best,
Chris

gdjacobs wrote:

That's a beautiful card!

clueless1 wrote:

Skyscraper- I caught myself salivating a little while checking out that Tropez Plus.

Yea she is a beauty! 😀

Skyscraper wrote:

I have already posted the seller images of the Turtle Beach Tropez Plus but I might aswell post some better images.

Except for some floppy label discolouration which is normal everything looks great!

Turtle Beach Tropez Plus card.JPG

Congrats i always wanted one. It's probably on my top three cards for MS-DOS SB Pro compatible gaming!

carlostex wrote:

Skyscraper wrote:

I have already posted the seller images of the Turtle Beach Tropez Plus but I might aswell post some better images.

Except for some floppy label discolouration which is normal everything looks great!

Turtle Beach Tropez Plus card.JPG

Congrats i always wanted one. It's probably on my top three cards for MS-DOS SB Pro compatible gaming!

Thanks! The card will be used in a fast DOS system for games such as Daggefall and the like. 😀

My "Daggerfall system" is an AMD 5x86 @ 160 but as it's a pure DOS system the hardware has changed back and forth alot. At the moment I'm using my AudioWave Platinum 16 with Dream synth daughterboard for General MIDI and I was planning to replace it with a Sound Blaster AWE32 + my Roland SCC-1a. Now I think I will try the Tropez Plus in the faster DOS system and use the Roland SCC-1a in a 386DX-40 / 486SX-25 class system. I need to build a mini DIN to DIN cable so I can use the SCC-1a to connect my MT-32 for some older games though.

Spending 80% of the time planning builds, sourcing parts and building systems and only 20% playing games is fully normal... right?

Skyscraper wrote:

Spending 80% of the time planning builds, sourcing parts and building systems and only 20% playing games is fully normal... right?

This ^^ 🤣

rein_ein wrote:

Skyscraper wrote:

Spending 80% of the time planning builds, sourcing parts and building systems and only 20% playing games is fully normal... right?

This ^^ 🤣

Seconded...

BastlerMike wrote:

No, these options are obviously not implemented.

Hm intressenting, because its present in the cpu.

Skyscraper wrote:

Spending 80% of the time planning builds, sourcing parts and building systems and only 20% playing games is fully normal... right?

Same here... Same here... Most likely going to spending more and more time on hardware, once my "basic" collection is finished.

Yes. Hardware for hardware itself 😀 Games seem to just be an excuse. It's like collecting LEGO, but generally, people around me find it strange (I don't care too much).

This went down the list of my dumb hardware fetishes and ticked them ALL off. Miniature CRTs: check; 19" rack-mountable: check; repurposed ex-industrial gear: check; was high-tech in the '80s: check; formerly cost tons & now worth peanuts: check. Naturally I *had* to grab it.

I have some specific uses in mind for it 😉 but even without any ideas I would've bought it anyway.

xjas wrote:

I have some specific uses in mind for it 😉 but even without any ideas I would've bought it anyway.

Is the little brother of HighTreason's video wall!

I've not bought these cards, but for me it was little curious, the last hour on ebay: the V4 (101€ ) was even more expensive than the V5 (80€) 😵 ...