[cctalk] Re: Identity of this PII PC Main board?

2022-09-13 Thread Richard Swingwood via cctalk
Looks like a PCChips board. See https://www.gumtree.com/p/memory-motherboards-processors/pc-chips-elpina-m720-retro-beautiful-dual-slot-1-intel-440lx/1392734474 On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, 07:31 D. Resor via cctalk, wrote: > I emailed the seller on Sep 10. > > I asked the seller if he/she would sen

[cctalk] Re: Identity of this PII PC Main board?

2022-09-13 Thread Don R via cctalk
With a slightly different mix of electrolytic capacitors near the slot sockets. Thanks Don Resor Sent from someone's iPhone > On Sep 13, 2022, at 12:09 AM, Richard Swingwood via cctalk > wrote: > > Looks like a PCChips board. > > See > https://www.gumtree.com/p/memory-motherboards-processor

[cctalk] Re: Identity of this PII PC Main board?

2022-09-13 Thread John Herron via cctalk
Maybe this pc chips m720 motherboard? http://hw-museum.cz/mb/69/pc-chips-m720 On Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 1:11 AM D. Resor via cctalk wrote: > > The seller has this listed as a Gigabyte GA-6BXU Rev 1.5 mainboard. > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/195259246091 > > According to Gigabyte's website the GA-6BX

[cctalk] Re: Identity of this PII PC Main board?

2022-09-13 Thread mazzinia--- via cctalk
It's this one https://archive.org/details/main-board-pii-ii-i-440-lx-agpset-v-1.2 I think -Original Message- From: John Herron via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 10:35 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: John Herron Subject: [cctalk] Re: Identity of

[cctalk] Re: Identity of this PII PC Main board?

2022-09-13 Thread D. Resor via cctalk
It is indeed the PCChips M720 Elpina main board. I found a clear example in another auction of the exact same board here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/373903331243 It's always interesting how sellers do not know what they have. This may also be the reason it has not sold. Maybe the seller i

[cctalk] Connor from the VCFMW? Emulex QD21

2022-09-13 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
I talked to Connor at the VCFMW about a QD21 that I need to pull data off a retired hard drive. Connor, can you contact me? If somebody knows who this Connor is (tall slender guy with short dark hair) can you give me his email? Thanks, Jon

[cctalk] Re: Connor from the VCFMW? Emulex QD21

2022-09-13 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 9/13/22 7:47 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: If somebody knows who this Connor is (tall slender guy with short dark hair) can you give me his email? I suspect that I know who he is. -- At least I know a Connor that is big into the retro computing / mainframe world. I have forwarded your

[cctalk] Replacement tachometer photosensors for RA8x drives?

2022-09-13 Thread Robert Armstrong via cctalk
I've discovered that three of my four RA8x drives (one 82 and two 81s) now refuse to spin up. All the failing drives give "SPIN ERROR" as the reason and I've discovered, by an combination of educated guessing and parts swapping with the working drive, that all three have bad optical sensors for

[cctalk] Re: Replacement tachometer photosensors for RA8x drives?

2022-09-13 Thread Matt Burke via cctalk
On 13/09/2022 20:54, Robert Armstrong via cctalk wrote: >Has anybody found a replacement for them? Does anybody have any > suggestions? > I had one of these that was not working but in my case it seemed to be the LED that had failed. I struggled to find a direct replacement in the correct c

[cctalk] Bubbl-Tec bubble memory (QBus)

2022-09-13 Thread Chris Hanson via cctalk
I just acquired the several Bubbl-Tec bubble memory boards for QBus, and was wondering if anyone had manuals or more information than the couple of web pages I've found with high-level descriptions: MBC-11A bubble memory controller MBB-11A bubble memory board for use with MBC-11A QBI-11C bubble