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My Oldie Box
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Name: Betamaxster
Date: March 7, 2005 at 00:24:44 Pacific
Subject: My Oldie BoxOS: DOS/WINCPU/Ram: 5x86-133/32MB |
Comment: Got this "Oldie" system on my home network recently: AMD 5x86 133
Brand-X VLB Mobo
32MB RAM (2x16)
540MB & 340MB WD HDD's (C&D)
Epson SD-800 Combo FDD
Zip100 SCSI Insider
NEC Multiscan 6x SCSI CDROM (cartridge-loading)
Hercules 2MB VLB Video Card
Promise VLB Multi-Card (2x IDE, FDD, 2x Serial, Parallel)
SB16 Soundcard
3Com 3C509 ISA NIC
Adaptec 1542 ISA SCSI Card (Zip & CD)
Supra 28.8 Modem
IBM Model M Keyboard (via PS/2->AT Adapter)
MS Serial Mouse
14" CTX Monitor
Generic Desktop Case It's running IBM PCDOS 2000 & WFW 3.11 (w/ IE5 16-bit); connected to my home network & gets on the I-net via router & DSL. The mobo is weird in the fact that it has a GUI-type AMI CMOS setup, supports two IDE channels & can take four 30-pin &/or two 72-pin simms. I use it frequently for playing old DOS games. What'cha guys think?
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Response Number 1
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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: March 7, 2005 at 01:44:43 Pacific
Subject: My Oldie Box |
Reply: (edit)Hi BetaMax, That list brought a twinge of nostalgia. The 1542 is a good catch. I would put the ZIP on dieregard. Always had trouble with 'em. M2
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Response Number 2
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Name: T-R-A
Date: March 7, 2005 at 06:56:43 Pacific
Subject: My Oldie Box |
Reply: (edit)>>>It's running IBM PCDOS 2000 & WFW 3.11 (w/ IE5 16-bit); connected to my home network & gets on the I-net via router & DSL. The mobo is weird in the fact that it has a GUI-type AMI CMOS setup, supports two IDE channels & can take four 30-pin &/or two 72-pin simms. I use it frequently for playing old DOS games. What'cha guys think?<<< Used to have a machine almost exactly like that (except it had a P-83OD instead of a AMD5x86-133, a 1.2GB HDD, and no networking hardware). It really was sweet on DOS/WfWG 3.11. Even had the GUI setup and took mixed simms (I had 36MB in it---2x16MBx72pin & 4x1MBx30pin)... I need to get it running again...
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Response Number 3
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Name: jboy
Date: March 7, 2005 at 08:10:38 Pacific
Subject: My Oldie Box |
Reply: (edit)"What'cha guys think?" About what? Are you bragging or complaining? Give me ambiguity or give me something else
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Response Number 4
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Name: rogerashley
Date: March 8, 2005 at 08:03:00 Pacific
Subject: My Oldie Box |
Reply: (edit)Yeah wonderful, a breath of fresh air to know after 10 years it can still be achieved by a newbie. A 8088 AT PC on Broadband without an NIC is impressive......................
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Response Number 6
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Name: amber5465
Date: March 10, 2005 at 09:45:24 Pacific
Subject: My Oldie Box |
Reply: (edit)Wouldn't happen to have a Windows driver for that combo floppy drive, would ya? I could sure use one if such an animal exists.
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Response Number 7
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Name: Betamaxster
Date: March 14, 2005 at 16:55:06 Pacific
Subject: My Oldie Box |
Reply: (edit)I didn't need a driver for that floppy. Just made sure the jumpers were set for the 3½ as "A" and installed it on the twist-end of the floppy cable (I had an old card-edge-only cable). Then configured the drive options in the CMOS and it was recognized by DOS (and subsequently Windows) upon bootup. Jumper settings (if needed): http://www.nesi-fdd.com/epson1.html
Finally, to the dude who made the comment about whether I was bragging or complaining: I wasn't doing either. I simply asked for opinions since I built that box. Lemme explain:
The stripped-out case was found on the top of someone's trash a few weeks back. All that was included was the motherboard, CPU, HSF and power supply (no memory, cards or drives). The rest of the hardware and all the installed software came from my collection of old computer junk. In fact, the only expense incurred (maybe other than the gas to drive it home) was 2 bucks and some change to buy a new mobo battery. Luckily it was a easy-to-get lithium coin type. Whole thing built into a "retro-box" and saved from the landfill.
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Response Number 8
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Name: jboy
Date: March 14, 2005 at 20:23:10 Pacific
Subject: My Oldie Box |
Reply: (edit)It's a figure of speech often rendered when the intent of a statement could be taken either way (dude) Restoring scrap machines (or even machines from scrap) isn't exactly a new experience for most of the contributers here - if you want to trade stories, I put together a PIII system top to bottom, the only piece I had to purchase was a monitor cable (and no, no gasoline used). Many, many more 'antiques', as well. Your accomplishment is fine and you can be proud of yourself - but it's not exactly earth shattering news (dude) Give me ambiguity or give me something else
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