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Title: WTF is this? LOL
Post by: SuperDeadite on March 16, 2012, 11:54:38 AM

??? ??? ???

http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g107439640 (http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g107439640)

Title: Re: WTF is this? LOL
Post by: BlueBMW on March 16, 2012, 01:28:52 PM

Quote from: SuperDeadite on March 16, 2012, 11:54:38 AM
??? ??? ???

http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g107439640 (http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g107439640)

Kind of looks like a cluster@#$& But someone sure put some time into building whatever it is!

Title: Re: WTF is this? LOL
Post by: neko68k on March 16, 2012, 01:38:37 PM

Thats wild. I dont even recognize that plug.

Title: Re: WTF is this? LOL
Post by: eidis on March 16, 2012, 07:24:12 PM

The green board looks pretty much like PIO-6834-2/4M-1 - Memory expansion board 2MB

(http://www.gamesx.com/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=&media=x68000:pio-6834_1a.jpg)

And the homebrew card could be additional 2MB memory expansion for the first board.

I'm not too sure about the third one, but judging by the pin and connected wire count it could be a connector for some custom monitor.

The seller even went an extra mile to warn everyone:

QuotePlease refrain from bidding more nervous.

Keep the scene alive !
Eidis

Title: Re: WTF is this? LOL
Post by: lydux on March 17, 2012, 03:09:16 AM

WTH ! No fear ! :D

Eidis is probably right. This is an original X68000 which embed only 1MB of RAM while all PIO-6834 series assume there is at least 2.
So I guess it's a 1MB extension for filling the hole by taking some logic part of the PIO-6834 to reduce chips count.

A viable but insane idea btw >.>

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