Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-13, 05:52
Wow awesome. I don't even know how I got it, or why I didn't throw it out! That is awesome it will be in my Pentium 1 box!
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-13, 05:48
What about this? I don't even remember where I got it! Creative Ensoniq ES1370
Re: BeOS
Posted on 2012-03-13, 05:40
I liked BeOS so much that I got this: Pretty buggy really, BeOS 5 was better.
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-13, 05:37
Ha okay :p I do have an SB16 in my 486, but the CDROM drive is plugged into it. I'll have to go hunting!
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-13, 05:31
And a couple of things to add. I need to work out which sound card to use. I'll probably go with the SB Live. I have no idea if the Audigy 2 would even work. http://michaeldale.com.au/images/oldpc/Sound%20Blasters.JPG And a copy of Windows 98se (for distribution with a new pc only :lol:) http:// …
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-13, 05:21
I'm actually thinking of a pair of 12MB Voodoo 2s or maybe even a Voodoo 3! I'd even like to get a HW T&L card to see how that runs on such an old system (although that will be later). I've found my Pentium CPUs and fans, so they're good to go Pentium 133MHz http://michaeldale.com.au/images/oldpc/ …
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-13, 00:26
Thanks for the tip. I'm pretty sure I have some PC133 ram (probably a 256mb stick!). Nice. I'm not 100% sure of what all this talk about cacheable ram is though.
I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-12, 23:22
So this website has made me want to play some old games. Like MechWarrior 2. So I've decided to build a Socket 7 Pentium 1 Machine. I've got a 486 but I really want to use one of my many 3dfx video cards. Anything newer is a bit new in my mind! At this stage all I have is a number of Pentium 1 CPUs, …
Re: Cyrix appreciation thread
Posted on 2012-03-12, 23:02
Ha thanks. Yeah I believe I built my first computer (well pulled apart and rebuilt) when I was 6 years old, an old 12MHz 286. Most of my first computers came from my dad's work when they would throw them out. I loved those days. He would tell me the day before that he would get me a computer from …
Re: Cyrix appreciation thread
Posted on 2012-03-10, 13:23
I lie. They are IBM Blue Lightning 486 DX2/66 chips. Also in the photo is a 486 DX50 and an AMD 486 SX2/66.
Re: Cyrix appreciation thread
Posted on 2012-03-10, 13:13
I've got a few Socket 3 Cyrix 486 chips. Not 5x86.
Re: Cyrix appreciation thread
Posted on 2012-03-10, 13:12
I got a motherboard with the Cyrix (different from the Pentium), I don't remember what model it was though (probably a 430TX). I was 13 or 14 years old at the time, I got the motherboard + Cyrix CPU for $50 if I remember correctly. My school friend sold it to me, all second hand, it wasn't until a …
Re: Cyrix appreciation thread
Posted on 2012-03-10, 01:25
If I remember correctly the games of choice were Starcraft 1 and Quake 3, and I did get a different motherboard with the Cyrix. The Pentium 133 was on an older VX style motherboard, I don't remember what the Cyrix came on. I agree it was a touch faster in Windows than the Pentium 133, but not enough …
Re: The "Not a 486 anymore, sadfase" 6x86 Build
Posted on 2012-03-10, 01:17
I remember trying to play half-live 1 on a Matrox Millennium, it did the same thing, that card is really only good for 2D. Nice machine I like it. Always happy to see a Voodoo card still being used :) Do you know if the Cyrix 6x86MX is much better than the non MX version? I had a PR200 and it was …
Re: Windows 95-98 era benchmark util
Posted on 2012-03-09, 07:10
3dmark2000 is a good one, 2001se was pretty intensive.
Re: Cyrix appreciation thread
Posted on 2012-03-07, 02:57
I had a Cyrix PR200 back in the day. My school friend sold it to me. He said it was a Pentium 200 and it was meant to upgrade my Pentium 133. The Cyrix PR200 was slower at 3D games than my Pentium 133, I was pissed :p I ended up over-clocking the Pentium 133 to 166 and moved the Cyrix into another …
Re: 3D Accelerators Compared
Posted on 2012-03-07, 02:40
Awesome thread! Here are a couple of my Kyro cards:
Re: My 486
Posted on 2012-03-07, 01:48
Sorry more photos! This is another photo of some of my other machines (some of my favourites). I should have posted this in the "Retro Rig Photo Thread", opps! I don't seem to be able to delete these posts...
My SGI
Posted on 2012-03-07, 01:45
This machine is a bit different to all the PCs. It is an SGI Indy. MIPS R4600 133MHz 64bit CPU 64MB Ram 2x1GB SCSI HDDs Sorry the photos aren't great: http://michaeldale.com.au/images/sgi/indy/photo%201.JPG http://michaeldale.com.au/images/sgi/indy/photo%202.JPG http://michaeldale.com.au/images/sgi/ …
Re: My 486
Posted on 2012-03-07, 01:35
Here are a couple of photos of some other random hardware I have. http://michaeldale.com.au/files/cpus/pentium60.png http://michaeldale.com.au/files/cpus/286.JPG 286 to 386sx upgrade board. http://michaeldale.com.au/files/cpus/286to386.JPG http://michaeldale.com.au/files/cpus/286to386sxback.jpg
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