^ I have the LAPC-I service manual and it covers the MCB-1 as well:

Standard buffer gates and an optocoupler. It'd be a good, straightforward project for anyone interested.

Some new things at me 😁

IBM GXT500P
First watch ... somebody fck with me about RAM?

or maybe not 😁

SPEA Graphiti HiLite

Leadtek GF4 Ti4200 128MB ViVo

HIS R9800 PRO Platinum

Diamond S3 Vision 968

Gainward GF2 MX400 DUAL VGA

Gainward GF4 Ti4200 64MB

Hercules Ati R9000 128MB

Asus GF4 MX440

ATi Fire GL2

ATi AIW 1900GT

Asus GF4 Ti4400 Deluxe

NVidia Quadro 4 980XGL

Nice! I love that ASUS cooler they put on their GF4Ti Deluxe series. To my mind it's a masterpiece aesthetically.

still not end

SB 16 with 5kg manuals

ATi R9500 64MB

and few rams

DDR500

DDR466

RIMMs 512MB modules

gdjacobs wrote:

Standard buffer gates and an optocoupler. It'd be a good, straightforward project for anyone interested.

I bought the parts for a simplified MCB-1 project a long time ago. The idea was to build only the MIDI OUT parts of MCB-1 so I could use MIDI modules through the MPU-401 part of LAPC-I. Unfortunately I just couldn't get it going and it's been collecting dust almost a year now. And since I finally found the real deal it seems even less likely I'll begin any time soon. 🤣

gdjacobs wrote:

Nice! Any chance of documenting the internals? Unlike the MPU-401, I suspect the MCB-1 is quite simple. It might be possible to clone it.

if its anything like the mpu-104 + mpu-105 whch I posted internals of, there will be nothing in it. some optocouplers and about nothing else 🤣

In a few weeks time I should be receiving this 😁 :

Roland SC-88VL MIDI module, PC-70 MIDI controller + sustain foot pedal, and a set of Roland speakers I haven't identified yet. Power supplies included, likely wrong voltage for my country, no MIDI cables.

yawetaG wrote:

PC-70 MIDI controller + sustain foot pedal

Rare hardware indeed!

Plextor 20X SCSI CD-ROM http://www.ebay.com/itm/152363986686?_trksid= … K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

This one is made for IBM, and has the correct color scheme for my application (black bezel with blue-purple buttons). I will use it in a Thinkpad Dock II. It comes with a SCA80 adapter and a tray, presumably to be used in an IBM server. I assume that the tray and the adapter will be easily removable to reveal the native interfaces of the drive (68-pin connector, molex power connector and jumper block) as seen in this picture: http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server3100/017c0/ … 80.1280.jpg?c=2

I saw this NIB Hercules card on eBay and threw in the minimum bid of $5. No one else bid, and I ended up winning. I don't read German, but as far as I can tell, this is a proprietary EGA-like card that needs to be specifically supported by applications. I don't have an EGA monitor or cable, so I can't test it right now. Still, a neat old NIB piece for the collection.

Got myself a Dell XPS D333 machine, as well as a few related extras

Originally the machine didn't work , as the 200w Dell PSU was dead. By chance I have a spare Dell 250w PSU (came out of a Dimension 4100 I think) , and the machine works well. I also replaced the RAM ( I suspect it was dying, as the RAM count wasn't giving me the correct amounts) so the machine now has 320mb of SDRAM (not sure where the other 128mb stick I had went), it was also missing a hard drive, but I have a 20GB WD drive that will work well.

The board inside is basically a Dell branded Intel AL440LX motherboard, the CPU is a 300mhz Klamath PII, for graphics it has an 8mb ATI Rage PRO AGP card. There was also a 56k modem card, which I removed and replaced with an Aureal Vortex 2 for now.

along with the computer there was also a PII 450Mhz (same heatsink , though obviously this board is stuck at 66mhz FSB), as well as a Dell rubber dome keyboard , and Logitech mouse

I may or may not decide to use the case for my Tualatin build, as the PC60 case its sitting in is very noisy)

excuse the potato quality camera work

Picked up a whole lot of crap and just dumped it in the garage for now. Seriously, it was all in rough shape, dirty, beatup, dusty. Not clean stuff like some of you guys are finding.

I needed a bunch of NICs and modems, and ended up getting this whole lot for $40 - beginning to think I overpaid.

several athlon machines in some form of disrepair every box was a surprise - i don't think any box contained what the box indicated

mostly ATX, one of these should be an AT mini tower, which i've been looking for.

also got one of these. i haven't seen one before, but i've heard theyre pretty common. My first XG product..

Love those old Dells

The full tower ATX case is really nice, and the YMF-724 card is something special, as the Yamaha PCI cards are one of only two ways to get a fully digital recording of true OPL3 (although using the new sampling rate). Is the case behind the monitor the AT one?

gdjacobs wrote:

the Yamaha PCI cards are the only way to get a fully digital recording of true OPL3

Another way is to go with one of those AWE32 with OPL3's output routed via EMU8000 straight to the S/PDIF out.

gdjacobs wrote:

The full tower ATX case is really nice, and the YMF-724 card is something special, as the Yamaha PCI cards are the only way to get a fully digital recording of true OPL3 (although using the new sampling rate). Is the case behind the monitor the AT one?

yeah thats the AT one.

the full tower ATX case has wheels, maybe I can clean it up. Ive been wanting to do a sleeper old school build and stuff an x99 8 core in there or something.

TheDosGuru wrote:

I needed a bunch of NICs and modems, and ended up getting this whole lot for $40 - beginning to think I overpaid.

Nice 30 grand sports car.......

Jokes aside, what's the model of that compaq in the middle of the first image? It looks alot like the early p4 with an OEM SB-24bit i had when i was younger.

P.S. If any of that boxed stuff is office, reference, or general multimedia software please do archive.org it. I feel like regular software preservation is sadly overlooked compared to conserving games.

ha, i wsih it was 30 grand. then I could get my 2nd kidney back.

it's a presario 6000. P4, will crack it open this weekend and see whats inside.

There really isn't any software. all the software boxes (except the games) are stuffed full of cables and pci cards.

The modems come with QuickLink, but I'm not absolutely sure no one has archived that before.

It did come with a mostly unused pack of minidiscs. it's a shame i sold my minidisc recorder years ago.

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TheDosGuru wrote:

I needed a bunch of NICs and modems, and ended up getting this whole lot for $40 - beginning to think I overpaid.

Nice 30 grand sports car.......

Jokes aside, what's the model of that compaq in the middle of the first image? It looks alot like the early p4 with an OEM SB-24bit i had when i was younger.

P.S. If any of that boxed stuff is office, reference, or general multimedia software please do archive.org it. I feel like regular software preservation is sadly overlooked compared to conserving games.

Won an auction for 18 euro's for a P4 set with Geforce 6800 ultra

This sticker made me giggle a bit:

I tested it, all works!