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  • Auction: Kingston AOX Micromaster 486/33 Microchannel CPU upgrade board

    From Tomas Slavotinek@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 9 00:08:07 2022
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144638210018

    Bargain... BIN+MAO

    Welp, gonna snag the photos at least.

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  • From Tomas Slavotinek@21:1/5 to Tomas Slavotinek on Sat Jul 9 02:25:07 2022
    On 09.07.2022 0:08, Tomas Slavotinek wrote:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144638210018

    Bargain... BIN+MAO

    Welp, gonna snag the photos at least.

    It's the old AOX MicroMASTER PCB but rebadged as Kingston "Micro Master"
    (not "MCMaster"). Was this a normal practice or is it an early
    transitional sample?

    Photos stolen, parts list updated/corrected: https://ardent-tool.com/CPU/MCMaster_486.html#Aox_486

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  • From Kevin Bowling@21:1/5 to Tomas Slavotinek on Sat Jul 9 11:38:29 2022
    On 7/8/22 17:25, Tomas Slavotinek wrote:
    On 09.07.2022 0:08, Tomas Slavotinek wrote:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144638210018

    Bargain... BIN+MAO

    Welp, gonna snag the photos at least.

    It's the old AOX MicroMASTER PCB but rebadged as Kingston "Micro Master"
    (not "MCMaster"). Was this a normal practice or is it an early
    transitional sample?

    Photos stolen, parts list updated/corrected: https://ardent-tool.com/CPU/MCMaster_486.html#Aox_486

    The brochure mentions model 90 and 95.. I wonder why that would be
    considered.

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  • From Tomas Slavotinek@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 9 21:42:43 2022
    The brochure mentions model 90 and 95.. I wonder why that would be considered.

    Probably because of this: https://ardent-tool.com/CPU/MCMaster_486.html#superserver

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  • From IBMMuseum@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 19 10:10:24 2023
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144951960136

    BIN+MAO, not affiliated

    Only oNe tHoUsAnD doLlaRz...

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  • From Tomas Slavotinek@21:1/5 to IBMMuseum on Sun Feb 19 19:14:46 2023
    On 19.02.2023 19:10, IBMMuseum wrote:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144951960136

    BIN+MAO, not affiliated

    Only oNe tHoUsAnD doLlaRz...

    Lol, yeah. MAO...

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  • From Tomas Slavotinek@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 19 19:06:35 2023
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144951960136

    BIN+MAO, not affiliated

    It's the older style AOX variant: https://www.ardent-tool.com/CPU/MCMaster_486.html#Aox_486

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  • From richard smice@21:1/5 to Tomas Slavotinek on Sun Feb 19 10:49:04 2023
    On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:14:49 PM UTC-5, Tomas Slavotinek wrote:
    On 19.02.2023 19:10, IBMMuseum wrote:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144951960136

    BIN+MAO, not affiliated

    Only oNe tHoUsAnD doLlaRz...
    Lol, yeah. MAO...


    I just love the tick tick tick sound that they make when you do the speed test..... from the setup diskette
    Kind of Like a race car revving up...LOL a huge difference on a model 50 or model 60 ,65, 70, 80,

    Not so much after that... Back then with dial up modem internet......there was not anywhere near so much waiting time with an AOK installed..
    Kingston was a little faster.... I think 66mhz 486 cpu...

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  • From James Hall@21:1/5 to richard smice on Mon Feb 20 07:45:15 2023
    On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-5, richard smice wrote:
    On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:14:49 PM UTC-5, Tomas Slavotinek wrote:
    On 19.02.2023 19:10, IBMMuseum wrote:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144951960136

    BIN+MAO, not affiliated

    Only oNe tHoUsAnD doLlaRz...
    Lol, yeah. MAO...
    I just love the tick tick tick sound that they make when you do the speed test..... from the setup diskette
    Kind of Like a race car revving up...LOL a huge difference on a model 50 or model 60 ,65, 70, 80,

    Not so much after that... Back then with dial up modem internet......there was not anywhere near so much waiting time with an AOK installed..
    Kingston was a little faster.... I think 66mhz 486 cpu...

    Must be the "Platinum Edition"

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  • From richard smice@21:1/5 to James Hall on Mon Feb 20 15:21:56 2023
    On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 10:45:20 AM UTC-5, James Hall wrote:
    On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-5, richard smice wrote:
    On Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 1:14:49 PM UTC-5, Tomas Slavotinek wrote:
    On 19.02.2023 19:10, IBMMuseum wrote:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/144951960136

    BIN+MAO, not affiliated

    Only oNe tHoUsAnD doLlaRz...
    Lol, yeah. MAO...
    I just love the tick tick tick sound that they make when you do the speed test..... from the setup diskette
    Kind of Like a race car revving up...LOL a huge difference on a model 50 or model 60 ,65, 70, 80,

    Not so much after that... Back then with dial up modem internet......there was not anywhere near so much waiting time with an AOK installed..
    Kingston was a little faster.... I think 66mhz 486 cpu...
    Must be the "Platinum Edition"

    On December 14, 1996 John Tu and David Sun allocated $71.5 million for employee bonuses as a result of the acquisition, averaging $130,000 for each of the company's 550 workers.[7] Kingston announced a 49% increase in unit sales for its memory module
    products in calendar year 1996 over calendar year 1995.

    Please look at wiki about this small startup company,,,, It is truly amazing

    They were very very good at what they did and still are..

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