Unboxing tech treasures: Exploring mysterious computer parts

Please see pinned comment for updates! Who doesn’t love a good rummage through a box of random PC parts? In today’s video I do just that -- I dig into this filled box of computer parts looking for interesting and unknown cards. Part 2 will be next week when I dig seeing if I can get any of the cards working. Part 1: This part! Part 2: Coming soon -- Info Creative Labs CT2770 Sound Blaster 16 Value (With CT1471 chip there does have real OPL3 sound, allegedly) Creative Labs CT4500 Sound Blaster AWE64 Value PNP Creative Labs CT3620 Sound Blaster 32 Creative Labs CT4520 Sound Blaster AWE64 Value PNP Creative Labs CT2940 Sound Blaster 16 PNP MQX-16 Music Quest Inc. Scan Cap by Conversion Technology Copyright 1991 BlackFoot by Arroyo Technologies for the Macintosh II NuBus Eclipse II Portacom Technologies VGA card with P86C911 Chip -- Links Freetech/Flexus 486F55 Motherboard Keithley DDA-08/16 (DDA08_16).pdf Dumped ROMs for TMS Vectrix EX1280 video card: Dump ROM from BlackFoot card: S100 bus RAM card TDL Z16: Folder/TDL/Z16 RAM/TDL 16K Heath EGA 150-307-3 Rev and P/N 150-307-2 Rev Apple Talk TOPS card: Adrian’s Digital Basement Merch store: Adrian’s Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel) Support the channel on Patreon: -- Tools Deoxit D5: O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards) Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe: Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron: Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope: Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier: TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro) TS100 Soldering Iron: EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter: DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer: Magnetic Screw Holder: Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine) RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI) Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five) Heat Sinks: Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too) --- Links My GitHub repository: Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group --- Instructional videos My video on damage-free chip removal: --- Music Intro music and other tracks by: Nathan Divino @itsnathandivino