First post, by aegisk
I came across a "Lian Li I/O Adapter EX-10 Media Bay" (NOS) on a local online market place and decided to buy it for a whooping 7,50€. It's still in its box, waiting to be installed in a DOS/Win98 build I'm working on (Epox 8KTA3+ / Athlon XP-M 2600+ [Barton] / Ti4200 / Voodoo 2 (12MB) / Audician 32 Plus w/WP32 McCake / 5x USB 2.0 PCI Card w/NEC chip), but I thought people here might find the device interesting.
Besides the more common 2x USB connectors (probably meant for USB 1.0 and since it's using some kind of hub internally, no chance it will work at USB 2.0 speeds, alas..), 3x audio and 1x Firewire, it also includes a PS2 and Gameport connector.
It all connects to the back ports of the system (i.e. externally), through an interesting bespoke setup that uses 2 cables:
- One to connect the bay to slot-plate on the back of the PC's case;
- One to connect the connector fixed to the slot-plate to the different ports.
My reason to want to use it is primarily due to the possibility of using the Gameport directly on the front, so swapping controllers and the like becomes more convenient. A downside is that the PC case and other devices I will be using are beige, and not silver like this device, which might end up looking ugly. Anyway, let me know what you think and I will share any interesting findings when I start using it.