[kwlug-disc] Old / Vintage components

[Colin Mackay]

Vesa came before PCI, then 16-bit ISA, 8-bit ISA.

But there were many other more proprietary ones.

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 12:00 PM Raymond Chen <raymondchen625 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Last weekend I saw a PCI slot image when I was reading a book. That really
> brought back a lot of memories when I was younger, friends and neighbours
> asked me to help them with all kinds of PC hardware problems. Opened the
> case all the time, plugged and unplugged cards... And I couldn't recollect
> what's the standard before PCI... That's ISA, now I know. Thank you!
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:32 AM CrankyOldBugger <
> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not to speak out of turn here, but have you talked to our laptop
>> recycling experts Paul and Charles?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 11:29, Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Me too.  I was crying while typing.
>>>
>>> It always seems to be that when I have the means to move ahead on
>>> something like this, I've missed the boat on something. ;)
>>>
>>> But I will contact some local e-waste folk!
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:02 AM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Man, questions like these make me want to cry  -- just last year in
>>>> May, my local IT joint had a massive purge of older parts, ranging from 486
>>>> to PIII and the associated ISA-bussed stuff, all e-wasted. Remarkable how
>>>> many brand-new ATI VLB video cards were tossed, a project that went bad.
>>>>
>>>> I think you would have the best of luck with a visit to a smaller
>>>> e-waster, where you tell them that you will tear apart some older PCs and
>>>> take what you want and they get some free labour. I would imagine most
>>>> e-waster will frown on an outside at their premises from a liability
>>>> standpoint, but mebbe not.
>>>>
>>>> I think it worth a try.
>>>>
>>>> I am personally looking for an ASUS ISA-486 mobo as it was
>>>> best-of-breed back in the day as I have a real nice Intel 486dx4-100 CPU in
>>>> hand along with the RAM/PSU/Video. Shockingly, we found a new DEC Alpha
>>>> mobo that will run Win NT and likely some Debian cut. That mobo was kept:-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Ron Singh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:20 PM Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking to revive an old 386 I once had.  I've found an identical
>>>>> model on ebay and it's on it's way, but it got me wondering if there was
>>>>> anything in the K/W (or even Toronto) area where older computer parts may
>>>>> still be available?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've done a number of google searches, but most of the companies out
>>>>> there sell more recent systems (2010+).  I'm hoping for late 80's early
>>>>> 90's.
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone knows, please let me know!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
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