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:Hi! […]
Hi!
My plans about this setup:
4mb ram upgrade
Sb 16 ct2950
Maybe external battery,becouse old varta has been removedI 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.
_: K6-III+ 450apz@550, P5A-B, 128Mb CL2, Voodoo 5500 AGP, MX300, AWE64 Gold 32mb, SC-55v2.0
_: Pentium III 1400 S, TUSL2-C, 512Mb CL2, Voodoo 5500 AGP, MX300
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.
WildW wrote on 2024-05-27, 10:38:Just some pics of my Gateway E4200, rehomed in a Fractal Design Pop Silent. Specs are not remotely interesting - PIII-450MHz with 128MB RAM, Ensoniq Audio PCI, Voodoo 3 2000, and a USB 2 card connected to the case's top USB ports.
I was considering adding some black cow-pattern decals to the case, but I'm not very arts-and-craftsy.
It also has optional obnoxious RGB =)
This looks really good... I dig how the subtle lighting inside the case does manage to compliment the old aesthetics very nicely.
My DOS-machine
Birthday - October 26, 1990.
Main processor - AMD n80l286 12/s
Numerical coprocessor - Intel c80287xl - 10
Video - Jovian Logic RUBY 451 - 256KB
Multicard witch Winbond chip
Memory - 1MB 80ns
A:\ - 5.25 TEAC, no cover (DOS 6.22)
B:\ - 3.5 Mitsumi, no mount (games)
HDD - no
Sound - speaker
Monitor - VOLTRON monochrome
Keyboard - yes
blank001 wrote on 2024-06-19, 16:23:Haven't posted here in a while!
I can't wrap my head quite around how clean this build is. Mine all have lint and rust and spun screw marks where the drives were pulled in and out.
Finally finished my retro builds 😀
From left to right:
Pentium MMX - 233MHz
286 - 12MHz
286 - 16MHz ( black case )
386SX - 33MHz
386DX - 40MHz (Midi Tower)
486DX - 33MHz
486DX2 - 66MHz (Midi Tower)
486DX4 -100MHz
Also a Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 speaker system, really good
Αlso tried some stickers before buy for all the rigs
Obijuan1983 wrote on 2024-07-05, 22:24:Finally finished my retro builds :) […]
Finally finished my retro builds 😀
From left to right:
Pentium MMX - 233MHz
286 - 12MHz
286 - 16MHz ( black case )
386SX - 33MHz
386DX - 40MHz (Midi Tower)
486DX - 33MHz
486DX2 - 66MHz (Midi Tower)
486DX4 -100MHz
Also a Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 speaker system, really good
Αlso tried some stickers before buy for all the rigs
What a great list of machines and awesome PC cases. Do you have a list of graphics/audio cards in each machine?
Obijuan1983 wrote on 2024-07-05, 22:24:Finally finished my retro builds :) […]
Finally finished my retro builds 😀
From left to right:
Pentium MMX - 233MHz
286 - 12MHz
286 - 16MHz ( black case )
386SX - 33MHz
386DX - 40MHz (Midi Tower)
486DX - 33MHz
486DX2 - 66MHz (Midi Tower)
486DX4 -100MHz
Also a Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 speaker system, really good
Αlso tried some stickers before buy for all the rigs
I had this case before.
Do you know what model it is ?
286 - 12MHz - Cirrus Logic CL-GD5420 512 KB - NO Sound ATM
286 - 16MHz ( black case ) - Cirrus Logic CL-GD5420 512 KB - Sound Blaster Pro 2 CT 1600
386SX - 33MHz - Cirrus Logic CL-GD5420 512 KB - Aztech Multimedia Pro 16 ISA AZT-2316 (OPL3)
386DX - 40MHz (Midi Tower) -
Tseng Labs ET4000AX - Aztech Multimedia Pro 16 ISA AZT-2316 (OPL3)
486DX - 33MHz - Diamond Speedstar 24X - Creative SB CT 2940 (OPL3)
486DX2 - 66MHz (Midi Tower) - Tseng Labs ET4000AX - Creative SB CT 2940 (OPL3)
486DX4 -100MHz - Matrox Mystique 4MB - Creative SB CT 2940 (OPL3) / Sound Blaster Live CT4760 , just received an 5.25 Live Drive II (CT4860) that will install tomorrow
Intel486dx33 wrote on 2024-07-05, 22:50:Obijuan1983 wrote on 2024-07-05, 22:24:Finally finished my retro builds :) […]
Finally finished my retro builds 😀
From left to right:
Pentium MMX - 233MHz
286 - 12MHz
286 - 16MHz ( black case )
386SX - 33MHz
386DX - 40MHz (Midi Tower)
486DX - 33MHz
486DX2 - 66MHz (Midi Tower)
486DX4 -100MHz
Also a Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 speaker system, really good
Αlso tried some stickers before buy for all the rigs
I had this case before.
Do you know what model it is ?
CST Elite 286
zuldan wrote on 2024-07-05, 22:30:Obijuan1983 wrote on 2024-07-05, 22:24:Finally finished my retro builds :) […]
Finally finished my retro builds 😀
From left to right:
Pentium MMX - 233MHz
286 - 12MHz
286 - 16MHz ( black case )
386SX - 33MHz
386DX - 40MHz (Midi Tower)
486DX - 33MHz
486DX2 - 66MHz (Midi Tower)
486DX4 -100MHz
Also a Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 speaker system, really good
Αlso tried some stickers before buy for all the rigs
What a great list of machines and awesome PC cases. Do you have a list of graphics/audio cards in each machine?
Have more than 50 Retro PC's that want to fully restore, but cant keep them all...will add to my Retro rigs as soon as I restore them an Philips NMS 9100 8088XT and another 4-5 , with Dual Socket 5 Pentium 166/ Pentium Pro /Pentium II Slot 1/Pentium III Slot 1
PC#1 Pentium 233 MMX - 98SE
PC#2 PIII-1Ghz - 98SE/W2K
Trying a clean build.
AMD Athlon 64 (2GHz)
2GB RAM
ASUS x550 (128 MB)
DVD - Pioneer
3.5 - yes
HDD Maxtor (?GB)
Win7
Sorry for my English
I picked up a couple more Lian Li cases recently and one of them specifically because it included a genuine original side panel with window. Well it turned out to also have a fully functioning system in it with some useful other parts, but also... a working cold cathode! I used to have them in my PC-70 back in the day and remember them being so incredibly fragile, and I've not seen them for sale anywhere recently. So I've just moved the cathode and the panel onto one of my existing builds to give it a bit more of the early 2000s 'sex spec' vibe. I had a blue LED strip in there before which was fine, but there's just something about the light from a cold cathode, it's softer, less garish, and it just looks so right. Period correct 😁
This build is virtually exactly what I was running for a while back in the day - ABIT KR7A-RAID, Athlon XP 1700+, Gainward GeForce 3, 80GB Maxtors in RAID0. I love revisiting my old systems like this, very sentimental.
Shadzilla wrote on 2024-07-06, 19:09:I picked up a couple more Lian Li cases recently and one of them specifically because it included a genuine original side panel with window. Well it turned out to also have a fully functioning system in it with some useful other parts, but also... a working cold cathode! I used to have them in my PC-70 back in the day and remember them being so incredibly fragile, and I've not seen them for sale anywhere recently. So I've just moved the cathode and the panel onto one of my existing builds to give it a bit more of the early 2000s 'sex spec' vibe. I had a blue LED strip in there before which was fine, but there's just something about the light from a cold cathode, it's softer, less garish, and it just looks so right. Period correct 😁
This build is virtually exactly what I was running for a while back in the day - ABIT KR7A-RAID, Athlon XP 1700+, Gainward GeForce 3, 80GB Maxtors in RAID0. I love revisiting my old systems like this, very sentimental.
I love those Lian Li cases back then they were so nice. I haven't seen the glow of a cold cathode tube in a long time it looks great in that system.
Shadzilla wrote on 2024-07-06, 19:09:I picked up a couple more Lian Li cases recently and one of them specifically because it included a genuine original side panel with window. Well it turned out to also have a fully functioning system in it with some useful other parts, but also... a working cold cathode! I used to have them in my PC-70 back in the day and remember them being so incredibly fragile, and I've not seen them for sale anywhere recently. So I've just moved the cathode and the panel onto one of my existing builds to give it a bit more of the early 2000s 'sex spec' vibe. I had a blue LED strip in there before which was fine, but there's just something about the light from a cold cathode, it's softer, less garish, and it just looks so right. Period correct 😁
This build is virtually exactly what I was running for a while back in the day - ABIT KR7A-RAID, Athlon XP 1700+, Gainward GeForce 3, 80GB Maxtors in RAID0. I love revisiting my old systems like this, very sentimental.
You are so very lucky. That’s like a find of a lifetime. Silver cdrom and floppy drive!
What is that blue LED showing on the front of the case?
zuldan wrote on 2024-07-06, 20:36:You are so very lucky. That’s like a find of a lifetime. Silver cdrom and floppy drive!
What is that blue LED showing on the front of the case?
See... when I first found a PC-7 a few years ago I actually thought that was the find of a lifetime. And since then every time I see a nice Lian Li of this era for sale I still think to myself, "that's the find of a lifetime, I must have it!".
So now have 11 of these style cases from Lian Li 😅
The blue backlit panel on the front is from a Lian Li automatic fan controller. It has three temperature sensors and three fan headers and you can set temperature ranges and it will control the fan speeds. I use it for the CPU and exhaust fans in the case, with the intake fans being on the typical 3 speed fan switch for a PC-60.
I shot a video a few months ago about my collection, which of course now has two more... 😬
