luckybob wrote:

As someone who has recapped KA7 in the past. This board is HIGHLY sensitive to bad caps. The missing atx connector is a bit odd.

if you do recap it, make sure you get the lowest ESR you can.

Presumably someone has used it for spares once the caps got bad enough to stop POST.
Apart from the ATX connector I also spot the missing battery holder.
Once I get it I'm gonna do a thorough check over before I spend any real time or components on it =)

mothergoose729 wrote:

Just pulled the trigger on an ASRock 775 Dual VSTA!

https://asrock.com/mb/VIA/775Dual-VSTA/index. … p#Specification

It supports Core2Duo processors and AGP at 1066mhz! To my knowledge, this is the fastest motherboard with an AGP slot.

I like these boards, they're very versatile. I have the S478 version because I couldn't afford to replace my Radeon 8500 at the time, so the PCIe gave me the option. It's a nice middle ground between legacy PIII/P4 hardware like IDE, DDR2, AGP and later tech such as PCIe, SATA and dual channel RAM. They last forever and the range of components you can hook up to it is as long as your arm, as they say.

bofh.fromhell wrote:

Snagged an ABIT KA7 for peanuts.
Obviously the caps are all OK, as seen on the pic 😉

Caps work better when they bulge, right? Like a pop up tent?

gdjacobs wrote:

bofh.fromhell wrote:

Snagged an ABIT KA7 for peanuts.
Obviously the caps are all OK, as seen on the pic 😉

Caps work better when they bulge, right? Like a pop up tent?

It's obvious really, they are bulging with power.
Flat ones are, like batterys, depleted.

And if yours for some reason lack the bulge, badcaps has a handy list so you can get new ones:
http://www.badcaps.net/store/product_info.php … 7&products_id=9
What they dont mention tho is that any cap thats in the expansion slot area should be 15mm or less in height or it can foul any expansion cards.
I only know that cause I had a close call on my recent KG7 recap =)

(oh and incase someone finds this thread wondering about recaps, capacitors should obviously not be bulging 😉

If you feel comfortable picking out the right capacitors yourself, you can get them quite a bit cheaper elsewhere. Don't get me wrong, I really like the bundles badcaps put together and it's a really nice convenient service they're offering with them. It's just if you can sort your way through something like digikey's catalog, you can get an equivalent selection of premium caps for about half the price of that bundle.

Not exactly “today” but 2019 so far

2x Matrox G400 Max
2x ti4600 (someone dumped 30 cards for 30 a piece a little while ago)
3x promise s150 cards

Basically just buying good stuff when I see a big recycling company dumping on ebay below individual seller prices.

The thing showed up for a quite reasonable price, and I could not resist.

I can hear The Secret of Monkey Island music right now. I'm planning on setting up my 486 with the Yamaha DB50XG externally, the FB-01, and MT-32 on my Music Quest MPU401 clone card.

bjwil1991 wrote:

I can hear The Secret of Monkey Island music right now. I'm planning on setting up my 486 with the Yamaha DB50XG externally, the FB-01, and MT-32 on my Music Quest MPU401 clone card.

Nice. I am also planning to set up a 386 with the original (now heavily yellowed) case that I had back in '94 and the MT-32. I do not have an MPU401 card though.

Bump.

cyclone3d wrote:

An IPC MediaMagic Telemetry-32 soundcard/modem. […]
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An IPC MediaMagic Telemetry-32 soundcard/modem.

Supposed to have onboard wavetable as well. And looking at it, I bet those two large ROM chips confirms it. Just have to wait for it to get here and find drivers.

Original price was $399 I think. from what I could find. Maybe $299.

card.jpg

roms_model_number.jpg

Edit: Found the drivers.

Here are a few links that mention this card:
https://books.google.com/books?id=eMKimy4DFaE … etry-32&f=false - This one actually shows a breakdown of what it supports.

https://books.google.com/books?id=PITtFPwTaWw … etry-32&f=false

https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue1 … ultimedia_p.php

https://books.google.com/books?id=hzgEAAAAMBA … ry%2032&f=false

Interesting and rare DSP-based sound card. I found only one other owner:
OPTI 82C950
OPTi MAC32 chipset 82c950
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/components … ochure_1994.pdf

How good is wave table and OPL3 emulation?

I bought this card today, does anyone know if it's any good (for DOS) ? It's a Tseng Machspeed 2400S , ET4000/W32 VL

longboi

New unused MDA/Hercules monitor ADI DM-14F:

Tronix wrote:

New unused MDA/Hercules monitor ADI DM-14F: […]
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New unused MDA/Hercules monitor ADI DM-14F:

Man, there is just something about those amber screens 😊 .

My 4MB Millennium II arrived today. What a sweet surprise - it includes the 4MB daughter board already attached. Not bad for < $2 😀

Got the motherlode here...
Paid just over $400 for the entire lot.

IBM 5170 AT system with 5154 EGA monitor

IBM 5175 Professional Graphics Display (accompanied the IBM Professional Graphics Controller)

New in box IBM 5140 PC Convertible

IBM 5161 Expansion Unit

Texas Instruments Professional Computer (I am retrobriting it right now, so it's missing its case pieces in this picture

Compaq SLT docking station

Commodore 1084 Monitor

Texas Instruments Portable Professional Computer (color display model)

New In Box IBM AT disk drive

IBM 5153 CGA monitor

A crap ton of ISA and MCA cards

Various IBM reference manuals and software

New in box IBM AT accessory kits with brand new model M keyboard

Texas Instruments Professional Computer Monitor

WOW...

That is an awesome lot. Lots of fun to be had there! 😀

dkarguth wrote:

Got the motherlode here...
Paid just over $400 for the entire lot.

Is this from that warehouse down in Texas? Most excellent finds. If you happen to come across any ITT system hardware, docs or disks I would be very interested in knowing about it. I archived the system disks for the ITT Xtra system already here, but would like to archive more ITT system software if possible. Looks like you're going to be busy for awhile.

liqmat wrote:

dkarguth wrote:

Got the motherlode here...
Paid just over $400 for the entire lot.

Is this from that warehouse down in Texas? Most excellent finds. If you happen to come across any ITT system hardware, docs or disks I would be very interested in knowing about it. I archived the system disks for the ITT Xtra system already here, but would like to archive more ITT system software if possible. Looks like you're going to be busy for awhile.

Yep! Computer Reset in Dallas. However, for anyone who wants to visit, it is rumored that it is going to shut down soon, so visit while you can.

dkarguth wrote:

Got the motherlode here...
Paid just over $400 for the entire lot.

Man! That's a lot of equipment you got there. It was probably hard to get that stuff into your house 🤣