Wrong side of the pond is right, I was thinking the same thing (another
working AT board with CPU would be great to fix a machine who's board ate
itself). Toth, where are ya? I've got my Token Ring which has sat here on
the back burner pile since I've been dealing with other things. DB9 to
Vampire connector cables (8ft), an IBM 8228, a 3Com LinkBuilder FMS TR 12,
a Bay Networks BayStack Token Ring Hub 504 series 24port with MDA Fiber
card and Network Management Module, an old AT case, some not-really working
AT 386/486/Pentium boards, an ISA Cirrus Logic video card (worked as of 3
months ago when I last used it), etc. I even have a couple EISA Adaptec
1742 (?) cards floating about. Note: The Token Ring NICs are all PCI and
are IBM and Madge, save one: an ISA Ring Adapter card that has BOTH ISA and
MCA edges (just flip a daughtercard/backplate). Nothing to spare on NICs or
PCI/ISA SCSI though, since they are used in my other boxes. Yours for
shipping and maybe some LED's/kits? can never go wrong with blinky lights
and loud fans, heh. All in all told, probably 2 boxes of stuff, weighing in
at about 30-40 pounds. UPS ground/USPS last I checked to most lower 48
states locations is under $35. Talk more off-list and I can give you a
better number.
-John
john at boff-net dot dhs dot org
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At 03:50 AM 4/27/2003, you wrote:
>On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Rob O'Donnell wrote:
>
> > Hi, am trying to do a clear-out, and have a hefty box containing the
> > following available FOC to anybody who wants to collect it, from
> > Salford, UK, else it goes in the bin... There is nothing particularly
> > noteworthy here, btw, but it might interest someone.
>
>Darn, on the wrong side of the pond :/
>
> > 10 x 486 motherboards, some with processors, at least one with RAM. AT
> > form factor.
> > 6 x Pentium 1 motherboards, AT form factor
> > 1 x Socket 7 motherboard, ATX form factor. works sometimes..
>
>I've been talking about this off-list for awhile now, but I might as well
>mention something here too. I've been playing with the idea of building a
>Mosix or similar distributed CPU project from old (obsolete? whats that?
>:) 386/486/Pentium boards. I drew up a CAD design for a rack that can hold
>12 such boards on edge. The design uses right angle ISA adapters to allow
>NICs to be plugged into the motherboards.
>
> > I know there are processors and RAM of similar vintage, not to mention
> > SCSI cards, network and video, etc, I can add to it.
>
>-------
>Recycled text from an older email:
>(Maybe I should put up a better list on web page?)
>
>I am looking for certain bits of odd, or in some cases very common PC
>hardware if you happen to come across much in the way of used PC stuff. I
>use such boards for driver development/testing for Linux, BSD, etc for
>older hardware when time permits. Since I don't make money from working
>with free drivers, I can't afford to spend much on the hardware, but I am
>happy to cover shipping costs. [Of course, there is a limit to what I can
>afford, so if lots of people contact me, I may have to ask about putting
>some things on hold...]
>
>The kinds of boards I'm always looking for are:
>
> S3 chipset based video boards, ISA, EISA, VLB, PCI
> Other older ISA, EISA, VLB, PCI video boards (*except* most 'trident'
> chipset)
> Promise Technology caching controllers, ISA, EISA, VLB, etc
> Promise Technology (other boards)
> BusTek, BusLogic, Mylex [all the same company] SCSI controllers
> Adaptec SCSI controllers (practically any type)
> Madge Token Ring cards
> Token Ring cards (3Com, IBM, etc)
> SMC Arcnet and Ethernet cards (some originally made by Western Digital)
>
>The more "unusual" cards are also often helpful, including boards with
>EISA or MCA interfaces. Some old motherboards and such are also quite
>helpful, such as old multi-processor types.
>
>In addition to the kind of hardware above that I can use for driver
>development and testing, 3Com Etherlink III cards of most any type are
>always helpful. I tend to give lots of those away to local schools and
>such, as they are very reliable and were (are?) extremely popular cards.
>-------
>
>-Toth
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