Ahrle wrote on 2026-06-01, 12:23:

SC-88 Pro, first part of project 357575 (35th birthday, computer #75 in collection, P75 equivalent (already failed but yeah x)) […]
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SC-88 Pro, first part of project 357575 (35th birthday, computer #75 in collection, P75 equivalent (already failed but yeah x))

Also ordered and on the way:
MIF-IPC-B
MPU-401
SC-55 MK2
Gainward W32i 1MB
CT3900 + 4x16MB (upgrading an SB32 while at it)
Similar style miditower (vlb crippled/insufficient space in current case)
DFI 386 board + DX33 and 8MB RAM for desktop case

PC spending PR beaten by over 100%, otoh just half a 5090 for all this amazement 😁

Victim in question, bonus points if you can guess the game 😁

Nice SC-88 Pro! I also have one that's a fairly recent addition to my collection. Certainly beats the default soundfonts on the AWE64/Live for DOS. Just make sure to open it up and verify the transformer is wired correctly for your region.

It's a bit hard to see in the image, but for me the black wire had to be moved from the '100' terminal to the '120' terminal.

Another order arrived today.

Socket 939, Athlon64 4000 CPU (ADA4000DKA5CF)

The plan for this one is to pair it in a build with X1950Pro. I was also considering the single core FX but the price is just insane and the performance difference is not big at all.

Bought today in a lot of retro MB, two quite dated, one relatively more recent (from the beginning of this century), normally I do not consider such lots, because the price normally for this type of cards is quite high, however after a short evaluation, at least from what you see in the photo, they do not seem to be in terrible condition 😥, this enticed me to buy the lot, which includes a MB 286, a 486, and a 775.
Starting from 286, from what I see, it has a 286 Harris CPU, which should work at 20 MHz, the chipset looks like UMC, so I would say that it is possible that it is one of the last MB 286, I don't know the manufacturer or the model, for the moment I don't have enough time to search on TRW, where I think you can find useful info on this and the other cards.
The VLB 486 motherboard is equipped with an Intel 486DX2-66 CPU, and the chipset is SiS, I hope 🤞 that the L2 cache is real and works.
Finally, the ASROCK 775, is a model that I could have among the boards under repair, but I hope this one works.