dr_st wrote on 2025-02-26, 06:53:

Plenty of nice IBM KB-8923/KB-7953 out there with the beige color scheme. Although I'm not sure how good their key rollover is. […]
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asdf53 wrote on 2025-02-25, 17:38:

Beautiful, looks like it just came out of the box. You absolutely need a mint condition beige keyboard to finish it off!

Plenty of nice IBM KB-8923/KB-7953 out there with the beige color scheme. Although I'm not sure how good their key rollover is.

songoffall wrote on 2025-02-25, 18:05:

And a 5.25 inch floppy disk drive to fill that gaping hole in the case 😀)

Actually, on a system of this age, I would find a second CD drive more useful than a 5.25" floppy. 😉

songoffall wrote on 2025-02-25, 18:05:

The Aureal Vortex audio is unbelievable, tbh, I expected Voodoo3 to be the star of the show, but turned out it was the sound card.

Count me jealous. I only have an Aureal Vortex 1 card. And I never used it. 🤣

How much would it take to ship you one, I wonder 😀)

dr_st wrote on 2025-02-26, 06:53:

Actually, on a system of this age, I would find a second CD drive more useful than a 5.25" floppy. 😉

I can understand why you'd not want a 5.25" floppy drive on a PC of that era.

I understand why, back in the day, that two CD drives would be useful. But now, for retro gaming, I'm not so sure. Just stick in a DVD writer drive and you should be able to do anything other than direct disk to disk copies. But with copy protection on most disks from 1998 onwards, I don't think I'd be doing that.

Here is mine retro PC build from the last year.

CPU Socket 478 P4 2.4
MOBO Asrock p4i65g
RAM 512 MB
SSD Intel 2.5, 80 GB
GPU BFG GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
SOUND CARD Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
SPEAKERS Roland monitors MA-8
CHASISS Generic, retro
OS ME/98
Peripherals:
MS IntelliMouse laser and Logitech keyboard and Logitech Wingman wireless game pad.

RetroPCCupboard wrote on 2025-02-26, 20:16:

dr_st wrote on 2025-02-26, 06:53:

Actually, on a system of this age, I would find a second CD drive more useful than a 5.25" floppy. 😉

I can understand why you'd not want a 5.25" floppy drive on a PC of that era.

I understand why, back in the day, that two CD drives would be useful. But now, for retro gaming, I'm not so sure. Just stick in a DVD writer drive and you should be able to do anything other than direct disk to disk copies. But with copy protection on most disks from 1998 onwards, I don't think I'd be doing that.

The reason why I would want a 5.25 floppy drive is because I need a Windows PC with USB and LAN to write images to disks to be used on older computers 😀)

songoffall wrote on 2025-03-06, 17:26:

The reason why I would want a 5.25 floppy drive is because I need a Windows PC with USB and LAN to write images to disks to be used on older computers 😀)

I do this all the time from various places...

if I need to move files from one system to another, I use DDLINK (no
need for a full up network).

To write images to disk under DOS, I use XDISK, or if non-PC disk, ImageDisk

To write them under Windows I used to use Winimage ... but I've found a simple
(and very small): DSKWRITE.EXE

In case any of these interest you:
DDLINK, XDISK and ImageDisk are all things I've written.
I include DSKWRITE in at least one of my packages on my site.
If needed - I can provide details on exactly where they are.

Dave ::: https://dunfield.themindfactory.com ::: "Daves Old Computers"->Personal

Could anyone identify the motherboard?
Thanks for your attention.

Gfrost wrote on Yesterday, 12:55:

Could anyone identify the motherboard? Thanks for your attention. https://i.ibb.co/WpjxkzV2/4365465476576.jpg […]
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Could anyone identify the motherboard?
Thanks for your attention.

PC Chips M506

DaveDDS wrote on 2025-03-06, 19:59:

I do this all the time from various places... […]
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songoffall wrote on 2025-03-06, 17:26:

The reason why I would want a 5.25 floppy drive is because I need a Windows PC with USB and LAN to write images to disks to be used on older computers 😀)

I do this all the time from various places...

if I need to move files from one system to another, I use DDLINK (no
need for a full up network).

To write images to disk under DOS, I use XDISK, or if non-PC disk, ImageDisk

To write them under Windows I used to use Winimage ... but I've found a simple
(and very small): DSKWRITE.EXE

In case any of these interest you:
DDLINK, XDISK and ImageDisk are all things I've written.
I include DSKWRITE in at least one of my packages on my site.
If needed - I can provide details on exactly where they are.

Dave ::: https://dunfield.themindfactory.com ::: "Daves Old Computers"->Personal

Thanks, friend. Those might come in handy when I at least have a functional Ethernet for my retro computers. But for now, the way I move large files is either CD blanks or USB, and USB on DOS is not ideal, to say the least.