wiretap wrote:

I'm guessing it powered an industrial ISA backplane -- especially due to the short power switch cable. You can certainly still use it if it is functional. You can add some of your own cables that you need (molex, floppy) by soldering directly to the board, or making an in-line breakout cable.

Well, it powers on, so I asumme it works. I also noticed short power switch cable when I held it in my hands. Thanks for the tip.

if you have enough amps you could make an adapter from a dead mobo AT connector... make sure you are using proper gauge.

Turbo -> wrote:

Bought this AT Power supply yesterday for 5 EUR. When I looked at it more closely, I realised that it only has connections for the motherboard. No molex or floppy connections. What kind of power supply is this and what computers (motherboards) it is ment for? Is it possible to use it in an "regular" computer?

Assuming it's in good shape, using a donor set of cables from a dead PSU and a multimeter and soldering iron, you could map out the outputs and make a breakout cable. To be really slick you'd have to find out if someone like Mouser electronics has the other end connector for that big proprietary connector and use it to break out the molex, floppy and AT connections.

Kind of like an ATX-AT adapter.

Made a lowball offer for a VIA Epia 800 (the original Epia with SB Pro compatible sound) which was accepted by the seller. Looking forward to seeing how this thing compares to AMD K6-2+/III+ In terms of performance and flexibility for old games.

gca wrote:

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I think you mean 16KB rather than 16MB unless I way underestimated what an 8-bit is capable of.

Oops, was tired+drunk yesterday 😵

That definitely was 16kB, not MB. There might be 8b systems out there that somehow manage 16MB, but the ZX81's definitely not one of them.

Finally managed to pick up a ARK based GFX card for a reasonable price.

This one is a Hercules Stingray 64 With the ARK200PV chip. Thinking of putting this into my P166 with Voodoo machine.

nice 😀 I've been looking out for one of these as well, so far no luck.

What's the difference between ARK2000PV and ARK2000MT?

the ARK2000MT has "added video acceleration" whatever that means exactly ^^

Arrived this week.

1) Micro-Young VLB 486 motherboard ( Made in USA )
2) Mylex VLB 486 motherboard ( made in USA )
3) 486 CPU fans.

the yung micro board is pretty awesome. 🤣

ShovelKnight wrote:

What's the difference between ARK2000PV and ARK2000MT?

like the trio64 and the trio64v+. accelerated video playing.

Predator99 wrote:

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imi....where do you have been? 🤣

RAM-day today. Think 50€ is quite OK for this. I see many 30-PIN modules which are not easy to get for cheap...

sellers pic:

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Arrived...all looking very good. Excellent deal 😎 Enough until end of time? 🤣

Predator99 wrote:

Predator99 wrote:

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RAM-day today. Think 50€ is quite OK for this. I see many 30-PIN modules which are not easy to get for cheap...

sellers pic:

s-l1600 (1).jpg

Arrived...all looking very good. Excellent deal 😎 Enough until end of time? 🤣

These DIY SIPPs though ;d

I have similar bunch of modules... I just lack the time to test them...

Predator99 wrote:

Arrived...all looking very good. Excellent deal 😎 Enough until end of time? 🤣

sweet, I think I have enough ram to stock any system I have, though I only have very few 60ns sticks.

Received today a Western Digital WD Caviar SE WD1600JD-22HBC0 160GB Serial ATA HDD. It is in a good shape.

Predator99 wrote:

Predator99 wrote:

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imi....where do you have been? 🤣

RAM-day today. Think 50€ is quite OK for this. I see many 30-PIN modules which are not easy to get for cheap...

sellers pic:

s-l1600 (1).jpg

Arrived...all looking very good. Excellent deal 😎 Enough until end of time? 🤣

Nice! Do you have any SIPP in the lot?

MMaximus wrote:

Nice! Do you have any SIPP in the lot?

Bad eyes? The very first modules in the picture (top left) are already SIPP. 🤣

Have been in a busy frenzy @ the last couple of weeks, managed to rescue and buy a mixed "assortment" of hardware.

"Donated" (one can say that a couple of cups of Glenrothes where involved) by a friend, a cool keyboard from Cherry, and true cherry on top is it has a AT/XT selector 😎 . It had a ruff time, and was horribly dirty.

The switch's are "hybrid" rubber dome, but they to feel nice I think. Still dirty, but way better.....

After a full disassembly and thorough cleaning, keycap by keycap it turn out a nice keyboard to have.

Also found 2 bundles of assorted hardware on local used sale sites, and some goodies where barley visible.

First bundle (20€):

Jumped to this lot mainly because I had the need for that 8bit OTIVGA. The AGP card was a nice surprise, as it is an FX5900XT.

The second lot has a tad more expensive (50€), but the AWE32 alone would justify :

https://photos.app.goo.gl/hxeNsFLZjq9BzeJA6

The P4 mobo seems to have a problem, and the floppy drives are still to be tested, but everything else works fine.

Xicor wrote:

Have been in a busy frenzy @ the last couple of weeks, managed to rescue and buy a mixed "assortment" of hardware.

"Donated" (one can say that a couple of cups of Glenrothes where involved) by a friend, a cool keyboard from Cherry, and true cherry on top is it has a AT/XT selector 😎 . It had a ruff time, and was horribly dirty.

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Good grief man. That so reminds me of a Coco 3 cleanup job I did awhile back. I am curious where that keyboard was found/stored? I found that Coco 3 in a dirty, humid Florida garage at a yard sale and it had been sitting there for almost 30 years. After the cleanup, fired right up and worked flawlessly.