First post, by raymangold22
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I've inherited three IBM thinkcentres (all northwoods with an AGP 4x/8x interface). This is perfect for a few classic GPUs and turning them into a decent windows 98SE system.
Seeing that I never set up anything beyond a P3 with windows 98, and the fact I lacked AGP systems, these really filled a lot of gaps!
(Don't worry, I'm only keeping one for myself, once I've finished repairing the other two, they'll be going out to whoever I can find that'll love them to bits). I don't like hoarding things, and everything I put together is always carefully restored and put to USE, respectfully.
Here's a photo of one of them set up with proper matching peripherals. The *absolutely fantastic* CRT was the last series IBM made, that one uses a high quality LG tube, and there's really no scan line distortion or flickering, even in 640x480.
3dfx sticker is because of the voodoo 4500 inside!
(This one is used as a secondary LAN computer for older games such as Hexen, Theme Hospital, DOOM, Nox, Command & Conquer, Diablo, and whatever else! Got it set up with IPX nicely: threw in a 3com NIC and ignored the onboard ethernet which I believe is intel).
I know a few others have tried creating high-end windows 98 computers, primarily for the use of business software though. Any thoughts regarding running later computers with windows 98SE is highly appreciated.
PS: It's worth noting that everything in that photo was being thrown out at some point. Except the mouse, I got that new from IBM.
Specifications:
1GB of RAM (supports up to 4GB)
40GB Maxtor HDD
Voodoo 4500 AGP 4x
Northwood P4 2.66 Ghz
DVD drive & 1.44 floppy
and so forth...