Stuff To Give Away

I have a number of books and computer bits I would like to give away.

The Size Of Thoughts (Nicholson Baker)

Neanderthal (Douglas Palmer)

Sound:

8-bit(!) ISA Soundblaster. Worked last time I used it, years and years ago.

Video cards:

ISA video card. "Orchid ProDesigner IIs". Biggest chip says "Tseng Labs ET4000AX". No idea if it works.

Modems:

ISA modem. 28800bits/s. Made, or at least branded, by Pace. One of the chips says "RC288DPi". Manual with command set. Pretends to be an ordinary serial port. Last used in 2001, when it worked.
ISA modem. US Robotics Sportster. 14400 bits/s. Pretends to be an ordinary serial port. Last used in the mid-90s, worked at the time.

Motherboards and CPUs:

Gigabyte GA-586TX socket-7 motherboard. Intel chipset. Manual. 4 PCI slots, 3 ISA slots, 2 DIMM slots, 4 SIMM slots. AT and ATX style power connectors. AT-style keyboard connector. CPU (probably a K6 233MHZ) with heatsink and fan. Recently failed, probably the mobo is broken but I don't know for sure.
Anonymous socket-6 AT motherboard with AMD DX4-100 486. ALi chipset. Two SIMM slots, 3 PCI, 3 ISA, one weird brown slot that resembles an ISA slot. Manual. No heatsink (IIRC doesn't need one). Didn't work last time someone tried to use it, but one of CPU and mobo might still be good.

Cases and PSUs:

ATX desktop case. 3 5.25" bays, 2 3.5" bays.
AT tower case. 4 5.25" bays, at least 5 3.5" bays. Originally bought 1996?
250W AT PSU with output socket for monitor. Was still working in 2006.

Other computery things:

NCD 88k X Terminal, with keyboard, 3-button mouse and 17" color CRT monitor. IIRC it has 12MB RAM (the three SIMMs seem consistent with this but I've not booted it to check). You will need a TFTP-capable host to network boot it; I still have a copy of the software image. Photographs.
~~4-way monitor/keyboard switch. NB keyboard connnectors are AT-style (not PS/2 or USB). Worked in 2006.~~g
2 male-male AT keyboard cables (for use with switch). Worked in 2006.
~~2 male-male VGA cables (for use with switch). Worked in 2006.~~
Small blue heatsink.

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Mail me if you want any of the above. Whenever I add stuff to this page I will mention it on my livejournal.

Computer hardware is Linux-friendly (in the "it worked for me" sense) unless stated otherwise. Drivers, manuals etc are not included unless stated otherwise. "Case" does not mean "case and PSU".

I'm located in Cambridge, UK. You collect from King's Hedges (not working hours) or Station Rd (working hours), or meet somewhere in Cambridge town centre on a weekday lunchtime. (Or obviously at some occasion we'll both be at.)

Note that I don't much want to transport bulky objects such as computer cases into town!

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