Shponglefan wrote on 2024-06-05, 19:59:

A floppy drive is worth it just for the start up seek noises.

Now I want a hacked phone firmware, so I don't get forced Nokia tune....

gerry wrote on 2024-06-03, 14:43:

darkstar79 wrote on 2024-06-01, 12:35:

486 DLC 40,PCchips M326 board,4mb ram,conner 420 MB hdd,multi isa controller,1 MB cirrus logic VGA😀

nice, like those old colorful bios screens, going to put it up in a case? new component plans?

Hi!

My plans about this setup:

4mb ram upgrade
Sb 16 ct2950
Maybe external battery,becouse old varta has been removed

I ike Ami Color BIOS too!😀

Case just arrived😀

darkstar79 wrote on 2024-06-09, 07:07:

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Hi!

My plans about this setup:

4mb ram upgrade
Sb 16 ct2950
Maybe external battery,becouse old varta has been removed

I ike Ami Color BIOS too!😀

Case just arrived😀

did you complete it? i noticed the CD reader, some nice multimedia with the SB card. with 8mb total, sb card and cd its kinda like some of the 486s i remember, where owners had added various things to bring it into the mid 90's multi media world 😀 also, with this set up i'd be tempted to consider ide to sd or cf to give capacity and options for hard discs too, even 1gb would seem like a lot back then but 2 or 4 would be "huge". the 420hdd is good though, and more 'period correct'

Haven't posted here in a while!

After a move that warped my old case, I migrated my Pentium III 1.4ghz setup to a new home. The drives are original to the case. Case model is CX-5.

I moved the MX300 and Voodoo 5500 into "cold" storage and replaced them a couple of daily drivers.

- CT4830, running the Joestar driver method.
- Asus V9520, an FX 5200 128-bit/128Mb card running 45.23 Dets.
- Enermax EG375P-VE with 32A on the 5V line.
- Noctua 80mm on intake.
- CF to IDE 64Gb drive.

Benches 6700 in 3dmark 2000.

Current build:
Motherboard: Fujitsu-Siemens D2030-A Socket 939 OEM replacement (NEW old stock), SiS 761GX/965L chipset (* NOT an overclocking board. Stock only, but rock solid stable so far. Great drivers!)
CPU: Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4GHz
Heatsink: Arctic Freezer 7 X (92mm Silent)
RAM: 2GB G.Skill DDR 400 (Running at 333) 2.5-3-3-6
GPU: ATI X800 XL PCIe (Down-clocked x800 XT that does not require external power.)
Sound: Yamaha XG YMF-744 PCI Soundcard with very good OPL3 synth and DOS emulation
Storage: Boot = Seagate Momentus XT 7200RPM 500GB SSHD with 4GB SLC NAND cache, Data = Samsung SpinPoint F3 7200RPM 1TB HDD, Optical = IDE LG 8x DvD ROM 52x CDRW
OS & Core Apps: Windows 98se, updated, R. Leow Patches, Windows ME Utilities, DGVooDoo Custom 3DFx DLL Wrapper, Daemon Tools/Alcohol 120.

This works perfectly in Windows 98se and has full driver support. However, I am testing some more modern parts that are 'unofficially working' but MUCH faster...because I can. 😀
I also have several Voodoo cards (2 in SLI, 3000 and 5500) but the glide wrappers are very fast and save me a PCI slot on this tiny motherboard.