Love the build. My 1997 build is very similar, but my Mystique is the slower sibling, but it has the Rainbow Runner expansion.

Congrats on the great project! 😉

Found these Floppy images in an old HDD. Title: ATI Video Drivers Version: A00 OS: Windows 3.1 Language: English Created: 08/10/97 15:30 If memory serves me right, used them with a 3D Rage Pro in 3.11

ronyket wrote on 2021-12-01, 14:54: Does your Compaq have Onboard Cache memory? Mine does not have any. It struggles hard on Doom, unfortunately. It doesn't. On these computers (and on yours too I believe) cache is an external module that connects to the slot next to the riser card slot.

Really nice setup. Do you happen to know the name of those pc cases that you have on the shelf below? (the white and two black) Best regards Thanks I tried to find some stickers or anything that would identify them, but no luck. In my country (Portugal) these were quite common in the mid-2000's. …

- IPC Wall Mount 3-ISA (half length) Case - Acrosser AR-B8170 SBC (Vortex86-DX 800MHz, XGI Z9s graphics, 256MB RAM) - 8GB SanDisk SD Card [bootable volume] - Sound Blaster AWE64 Value https://i.imgur.com/OwhjjVTh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/OqxplvCh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/KHYf5qCh.jpg https://i.imgur. …

This looks very, very similar to a Compaq Prolinea 4/33 I have here as my 486 machine. But mine doesn't have an integrated Sound chip, and had that ***** of varta barrel battery, which, corroded part of the mainboard, which I repaired myself. Mine came with a 486DX33 in it, and a different Video …

Wow, I saw one just like that for sale a few months back, but the seller had already sold it when I contacted him. Very nice looking machine! Thanks :) The one you saw is probably the one I got (I'm guessing you saw it on OLX). I've never seen one before or since. I have a thing for OEM machines, …

Here is one of my favourite rigs. IMG_2975.JPG IMG_2979.JPG It's a Compaq Deskpro XE 433S. The previous owner bought it in 1994 and used it in an office environment for quite a few years, and didn't change anything on it, so I got it with it's original spec: - 486 SX-33 - 8Mb Ram - Onboard Compaq …

Here's my area. sideR.jpg sideL.jpg Basically, me and my wife turned the attic into a mix of offices / entertainment area and she allowed me to have a U-shaped desk with some of my rigs. The idea behind it was to create an effect of evolution as I rotate from right to left with the builds becoming …

TimmermanV, you are a life saver. Just got one of these PCs with a faulty HDD and no recovery disks. It's now been returned to it's former glory.