I am cleaning up and wondering why I am holding on to these vintage PC parts? I wonder if trying to sell them (as one big lot) is even worth the effort.
(01) IBM PC/XT mainboard with Inboard386/PC cable attached. 640K on the mainboard. Later model. Purchased new long ago.
(02) IBM PC/XT mainboard 64K - 256K board. 8087-2 present
(03) Penta 8 bit I/O card with clock. Should have the manual and disk filed away.
(04) Three AST SixPack Plus cards. Looks like one set of cables for them. Not sure on the pinout of those old cables. Should have the manual and disk somewhere.
(05) WD1002A-FOX F002 X3 floppy controller. No BIOS on this one. See 06 also. Looks like someone good with a soldering iron and and EPROM programmer could turn this into 06.
(06) WD1002A-FOX F004 X5 floppy controller. BIOS on this one. Similar to 05 but with a BIOS.
(07) Two Sysgen Omnibridge floppy controllers. Has a BIOS. Allows using a 1.44M floppy (and 1.2M floppy) in a PC/XT. I should have the manual and driver disk for this.
(08) Two Orchid RamQuest 8/16 EMS cards. These work in 8 bit slots. One was sent back to Orchid way back when, with a original PC, to get reprogrammed to function with a 4.77 MHz IBM PC. The second does not have the EEPROM for the FPGA at all, but still functions, strange. I should have the manual and driver disk for this. I have one of these installed in a 80386 at the moment. Not sure why I am keeping that 80386 either.
(09) Two Plus Development HardCard 20 Meg, 8 bit.
(10) Plus Development HardCard 40 Meg. I think one of the hardcards might have the driver software in the root directory.
(11) Intel Inboard 386/PC with 80387. No memory option. I should have the manual and driver disk for this.
(12) Intel Inboard 386/PC with 80387. Has a memory option. Not sure how large though.
(13) Hercules monochrome video card
(14) Hercules Incolor (monochrome but color ... EGA output) video card. Have manual and driver disk
(15) Two "true blue" IBM 8-bit VGA adapters! Have the manuals and I suspect a driver disk for a PS/2 model 30.
(16) SoundBlaster Pro. Have manual and driver disk.
(17+) Oh , I almost forgot, how could I do such a thing, two original Copy II PC option boards and two Copy II PC deluxe option boards!
(18) 8-bit Paradise VGA card.
(19) One recently dead IBM PC/XT 286 mainboard. It tries to boot, it really does. Seems the CMOS memory or first 64K is bad. Remember to change the batteries in your old computers! The batteries powering the CMOS corroded and put some corrosion on things. It does not look that bad. My cleaning should have fixed it. Maybe it just needs some really good contact cleaner or something. So sad this thing has died. Its death may have prompted this forum post.
(20-) Well sort of anyway, the VGA Wonder XL24 is in the 80386 mentioned above. One ATI VGA Wonder, one ATI VGA Wonder XL, and one ATI VGA Wonder XL24. You need to configure these for 8 bit mode using a 16 bit slot before using them in an 8 bit slot most likely. (no mice for these ... all three come with a built in, proprietary, mouse port). I should have the manuals and driver disk for one of these somewhere.
Note: no XT keyboard.
Note: no original floppy drives
Note: no original hard drives, nor any MFM or RLL hard drives
Note: no original cases
Note: no original monitors
The Perstor controller for MFM / RLL drives died long ago, but I think I still have the manual and drivers for it somewhere.
Countless other manuals and driver disks from this PC era.
One huge , full tower , 12 slot California PC products solid steel case with casters. Big and heavy. Getting old and starting to rust.
And how could I forget these manuals.
(a) IBM Technical Reference Personal Computer AT
(b) IBM Technical Reference Personal Computer XT and portable PC
(c) IBM Technical Reference DOS 3.30
(d) IBM Guild to Operation Personal Computer AT
(e) IBM Technical Reference Personal Computer XT
(f) IBM Hardware Maintenance and Service Personal Computer. Three volume set. Volume 3 has a difference part number though, strange.
(g) IBM Technical Reference PC Network
(h) IBM Guide to Operations Personal Computer XT
(i) IBM Installation and Setup Personal Computer AT
(j) IBM DOS Technical Reference 3.00
(k) IBM DOS Technical Reference 2.10
(l) IBM DOS 2.10
(m) IBM DOS 3.2
IBM DOS 3.3
(o) IBM PC Network 1.00
(p) IBM BASIC Reference 3.0
Undoubtable more stuff lying around (hmm ... there is QRAM 286 still shrink wrapped! (the precursor to QEMM386))
Rant: I have four IDE controllers with a BIOS ... all four use the 80386 instruction set. No luck getting them to run on an 80286, despite what their specifications say.
I am tired of moving this stuff all around. Any suggestions on what to do with it?
I am not even sure why I registered with this site and posted this message today. Even at $10 per card, the cards would add up to over $300. It is sort of sad, when I think that the true value of this stuff may be zero these days. Even shipping it somewhere would be quite a bit of effort to pack everything up properly, not to mention the shipping charges. I shutter to think of what the true value of this vintage stuff should be. I should probable take pictures, pack it all up, and list it on eBay for $1000 or more and be patient. So sad, a modern day value of close to zero, but a sentimental value far greater.
Sincerely,
-BernieK
(01) IBM PC/XT mainboard with Inboard386/PC cable attached. 640K on the mainboard. Later model. Purchased new long ago.
(02) IBM PC/XT mainboard 64K - 256K board. 8087-2 present
(03) Penta 8 bit I/O card with clock. Should have the manual and disk filed away.
(04) Three AST SixPack Plus cards. Looks like one set of cables for them. Not sure on the pinout of those old cables. Should have the manual and disk somewhere.
(05) WD1002A-FOX F002 X3 floppy controller. No BIOS on this one. See 06 also. Looks like someone good with a soldering iron and and EPROM programmer could turn this into 06.
(06) WD1002A-FOX F004 X5 floppy controller. BIOS on this one. Similar to 05 but with a BIOS.
(07) Two Sysgen Omnibridge floppy controllers. Has a BIOS. Allows using a 1.44M floppy (and 1.2M floppy) in a PC/XT. I should have the manual and driver disk for this.
(08) Two Orchid RamQuest 8/16 EMS cards. These work in 8 bit slots. One was sent back to Orchid way back when, with a original PC, to get reprogrammed to function with a 4.77 MHz IBM PC. The second does not have the EEPROM for the FPGA at all, but still functions, strange. I should have the manual and driver disk for this. I have one of these installed in a 80386 at the moment. Not sure why I am keeping that 80386 either.
(09) Two Plus Development HardCard 20 Meg, 8 bit.
(10) Plus Development HardCard 40 Meg. I think one of the hardcards might have the driver software in the root directory.
(11) Intel Inboard 386/PC with 80387. No memory option. I should have the manual and driver disk for this.
(12) Intel Inboard 386/PC with 80387. Has a memory option. Not sure how large though.
(13) Hercules monochrome video card
(14) Hercules Incolor (monochrome but color ... EGA output) video card. Have manual and driver disk
(15) Two "true blue" IBM 8-bit VGA adapters! Have the manuals and I suspect a driver disk for a PS/2 model 30.
(16) SoundBlaster Pro. Have manual and driver disk.
(17+) Oh , I almost forgot, how could I do such a thing, two original Copy II PC option boards and two Copy II PC deluxe option boards!
(18) 8-bit Paradise VGA card.
(19) One recently dead IBM PC/XT 286 mainboard. It tries to boot, it really does. Seems the CMOS memory or first 64K is bad. Remember to change the batteries in your old computers! The batteries powering the CMOS corroded and put some corrosion on things. It does not look that bad. My cleaning should have fixed it. Maybe it just needs some really good contact cleaner or something. So sad this thing has died. Its death may have prompted this forum post.
(20-) Well sort of anyway, the VGA Wonder XL24 is in the 80386 mentioned above. One ATI VGA Wonder, one ATI VGA Wonder XL, and one ATI VGA Wonder XL24. You need to configure these for 8 bit mode using a 16 bit slot before using them in an 8 bit slot most likely. (no mice for these ... all three come with a built in, proprietary, mouse port). I should have the manuals and driver disk for one of these somewhere.
Note: no XT keyboard.
Note: no original floppy drives
Note: no original hard drives, nor any MFM or RLL hard drives
Note: no original cases
Note: no original monitors
The Perstor controller for MFM / RLL drives died long ago, but I think I still have the manual and drivers for it somewhere.
Countless other manuals and driver disks from this PC era.
One huge , full tower , 12 slot California PC products solid steel case with casters. Big and heavy. Getting old and starting to rust.
And how could I forget these manuals.
(a) IBM Technical Reference Personal Computer AT
(b) IBM Technical Reference Personal Computer XT and portable PC
(c) IBM Technical Reference DOS 3.30
(d) IBM Guild to Operation Personal Computer AT
(e) IBM Technical Reference Personal Computer XT
(f) IBM Hardware Maintenance and Service Personal Computer. Three volume set. Volume 3 has a difference part number though, strange.
(g) IBM Technical Reference PC Network
(h) IBM Guide to Operations Personal Computer XT
(i) IBM Installation and Setup Personal Computer AT
(j) IBM DOS Technical Reference 3.00
(k) IBM DOS Technical Reference 2.10
(l) IBM DOS 2.10
(m) IBM DOS 3.2
IBM DOS 3.3
(o) IBM PC Network 1.00
(p) IBM BASIC Reference 3.0
Undoubtable more stuff lying around (hmm ... there is QRAM 286 still shrink wrapped! (the precursor to QEMM386))
Rant: I have four IDE controllers with a BIOS ... all four use the 80386 instruction set. No luck getting them to run on an 80286, despite what their specifications say.
I am tired of moving this stuff all around. Any suggestions on what to do with it?
I am not even sure why I registered with this site and posted this message today. Even at $10 per card, the cards would add up to over $300. It is sort of sad, when I think that the true value of this stuff may be zero these days. Even shipping it somewhere would be quite a bit of effort to pack everything up properly, not to mention the shipping charges. I shutter to think of what the true value of this vintage stuff should be. I should probable take pictures, pack it all up, and list it on eBay for $1000 or more and be patient. So sad, a modern day value of close to zero, but a sentimental value far greater.
Sincerely,
-BernieK