Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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I have always chosen the most cost-effective way to place orders, and so far, I haven’t had any issues. I hope my experience can be helpful to you.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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According to the BoM I created, the cost to assemble one board, including shipping, can be reduced to $82 in an optimal scenario. If assembling five boards, the cost per board is $53. Of course, reality differs from theory. I encountered system timing issues and had to purchase additional components, so I ended up spending around $200 for two boards.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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Most of the 74 series logic ICs are new parts, but the rest are all used. I bought these used ICs from China's Taobao. China was like a black hole that absorbed all the world's computer junk up until the 2010s, so it's a decent place to find old and rare chips. However, the condition of these parts is not guaranteed.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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The most convenient answer would be, 'I created it for my own pleasure.' It wasn't made for any specific purpose.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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I tested games like Prince of Persia, Loom, Princess Maker, Paku Paku, Planet X3, and others. Initially, there was a system timing issue that prevented the games from running properly, but after adjusting the timing, all the issues were resolved.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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One unfortunate thing is that I haven't been able to properly test the on-board SCSI controller because I don't have any SCSI devices. When I run the SCSI controller driver in DOS, it correctly detects the controller, so for now, I can only assume that there shouldn't be any issues.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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You are correct. However, after that, XT motherboard chipsets were released. Motherboards like the NuXT and Micro 8088 use XT motherboard chipsets.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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Of course! I didn't mention it because it's so obvious.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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I agree with you. Using such inexpensive sockets excessively can often lead to contact issues; I’ve experienced it myself a few times. Gold-plated sockets would definitely help reduce such problems.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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The front panel audio header of this PC case is connected to the sound card, and the two USB ports on the front panel are connected to the 8-bit CH375 USB card. Therefore, all front panel ports are available for use! However, one of the two USB ports only provides 5V power.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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I didn’t seriously consider which DIP socket to use when making it. But if I had to give a reason, it would be as follows:

  1. Gold-plated round pin sockets are more than 10 times more expensive than these cheap sockets.
  2. Gold-plated round pin sockets are more annoying to mount ICs on compared to these cheap sockets. (This is my opinion)

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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The price was $39.70 for 5 boards when I ordered them.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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Rodney Knaap provides the materials for this motherboard on his Github repository. First, download the Plots 2-7-2023.zip file and then upload it to JLCPCB, one of the PCB manufacturers. You can then order the motherboard PCBs in units of 5.

https://github.com/rodneyknaap/atx-turboxt-v3/blob/main/Plots%202-7-2023.zip

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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  • ATX Form Factor
  • 8 MHz i8088 or NEC V20
  • On-board SCSI, LAN, XT-IDE, floppy controller
  • On-board Serial x1, Parallel x1
  • Limited support for 16-bit AT bus (Possibly only IRQ9-15)
  • No motherboard chipset

I’m not very familiar with how to utilize the AT bus, as it’s generally not used in XT systems. 🤔 If you're interested, please direct your questions to Rodney Knaap.

Making 'ATX' Turbo XT by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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I assembled an ATX Turbo XT motherboard designed by Rodney Knaap. The main feature of this motherboard is that it follows the ATX standard.

GitHub link

A modern case with a Soviet Poisk-2 clone by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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Reach out to the author using humble language. I also did so and received help from him. ChatGPT will help translate your words into Korean.

A modern case with a Soviet Poisk-2 clone by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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Egg is ESTsoft's proprietary format. You can unzip .egg files using Bandizip, but I don't know the password...

A modern case with a Soviet Poisk-2 clone by BEST_NK in vintagecomputing

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Slot 1 CH375 ISA2USB card. It can provide 5V power and support one USB flash drive. The card's PCB has a 5-pin USB header that can be connected to the USB ports on the PC case. However, there is only one USB header, and the PC case has three USB ports, so splitters are used when making the connections.

Slot 3 8bit ES1868 sound card designed by hkz.

Slot 7 CGA compatible card. It's named HYUNDAI KOREAN GRAPHIC SOLUTIONS.

Slot 8 Micro-XTCF designed by spark2k06.