What kind of retro desk has no DOS compatible gaming PC?

kolderman wrote on 2020-04-26, 03:37:

What kind of retro desk has no DOS compatible gaming PC?

Point of order: They are all COMPATIBLE with DOS. It's just that none of them have DOS installed. 😜 Though DOS would probably be less than ideal on anything other than the E5800 machine.

Also, just about anything that doesn't require Real Mode should run fine on the ME install as is.

Jackhead wrote on 2020-04-22, 15:57:

My Retro corner: https://abload.de/img/img_017316tjn9.jpg […]
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My Retro corner:

OK, since no one mentions it; I'll do it: Look at all those devkits, gosh darn.
Do you have a history in the industry or are you just an avid collector? I'm assuming the latter, but you never know.

Jackhead wrote on 2020-04-22, 15:57:

My Retro corner: https://abload.de/img/img_017316tjn9.jpg […]
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My Retro corner:

😳 You have so many devkits like they are nothing! I see Wii, PSP, and Xbox Alpha devkits! Holy crap! Do you even use the latter, considering it's a P3 RDRAM PC? If you haven't put something else inside, that is.

Here are a few of my machines. Specs from left to right. ASRock K8-NF3, AMD Turion 64 ML-34 OCd to 2.01Ghz, ATI Radeon X1600 Pro AGP 512Mb, 1Gb DDR 400Mhz Running Windows 2000 Professional. OEM Intel 440FX Motherboard, Pentium II 233, 3Dfx Voodoo 3 1000, 256Mb PC100 SDRam, Running Windows NT 4.0 Workstation. Abit AN7, AMD Duron 1800+ OCd to 2.0Ghz, Nvidia GeForce FX5200, 1.5Gb DDR 333Mhz, Running Windows XP Home Edition.

Couch/sofa FTW 🤣

Haha ikr, maximum seating!

How much glue did that require?

Latest setup. I have one x86 and one nonx86 testing areas. Just put a switch assy on my x86 test table.

Chnpp00 wrote on 2020-05-17, 20:41:

Here are a few of my machines. Specs from left to right. ASRock K8-NF3, AMD Turion 64 ML-34 OCd to 2.01Ghz, ATI Radeon X1600 Pro AGP 512Mb, 1Gb DDR 400Mhz Running Windows 2000 Professional. OEM Intel 440FX Motherboard, Pentium II 233, 3Dfx Voodoo 3 1000, 256Mb PC100 SDRam, Running Windows NT 4.0 Workstation. Abit AN7, AMD Duron 1800+ OCd to 2.0Ghz, Nvidia GeForce FX5200, 1.5Gb DDR 333Mhz, Running Windows XP Home Edition.

Liking the NT flavors of Windows.
Don't understand running XP home though? It only supports 1 CPU and going off the case badges its a SMP system, and one of the mythical Mixed AMD/Intel systems 😉

liqmat wrote on 2020-05-17, 22:53:

How much glue did that require?

so I'm not the only one who see's that at least x3

imi wrote on 2020-05-18, 11:55:

liqmat wrote on 2020-05-17, 22:53:

How much glue did that require?

so I'm not the only one who see's that at least x3

Hell, I'm still completely mesmerized by the faux wood grain drive bay cover. The simple pleasures.

Hi all. Love the thread, always check it out every so often.
I've been meaning to post my pc area in here for a while but I only feel like it's become organised enough to show you recently.

■ My office / computing area

(From right to left, four share the big CRT with a KVM switch and the other two are on the dual screens.)

■ Intel i7 3770K running Windows 10
■ Intel Core2Quad running Windows XP & 7
■ AMD Athlon 64 X2 running Windows XP (and maybe x64 XP as well in the future). [KVM]
■ AMD K6-3+ running Windows 98Se and DOS 7 [KVM]
■ Intel Core2Quad running Windows 10 which I use as a home data s and Plex Server [KVM]
■ Intel 80386-SX running Windows 3.11 & DOS 6.22 [KVM]
■ Ignore the iMac G5 running 10.4 Tiger

what a comfy room... that apricot system is a thing of beauty, too bad the CRT doesn't quite match ^^

imi wrote on 2020-05-18, 15:31:

what a comfy room... that apricot system is a thing of beauty, too bad the CRT doesn't quite match ^^

This is the screen I received along with the Qi from it's previous owner (13"). It is in dire need of a service, as the picture goes yellow intermittently but returns to normal with a Fonz style bonk.
Both are cast off hardware from the old Vickers Defence Systems (BAE) plant in Scotswood, Newcastle.

Oooooh... that Apricot. Only case I think is slightly sexier than that is the similar design Atari TT030.

For anyone who was wondering why one of the cases in my area has multiple CPU stickers, it's meant to illustrate the history of CPUs/MOBOs that have been in the case. Also, I posted the image from my phone, and apparently it must have been sent through an Australian server at some point.

Feeling inspired tonight so thought it’s time to finally contribute to this thread and help keep it going. I’ve really enjoyed this thread in particular and am really grateful for this community. Here’s my refuge, no doubt inspired by countless posts on Vogons.

- Socket 8 Pentium II Overdrive, all SCSI, resound opl3, MPU-401 and my original voodoo2 in olive drab tower
- 486 DX2, all SCSI, Cirrus Logic VLB, Yamaha SB clone, Adlib clone
KVM switch for these two with a Model M and period correct Trackball.

- Modern PC: AMD Ryzen 7 2700x, RX570, Windows 7 and Linux Dual boot
Roland Super UA, UNICOMP AS/400 layout keyboard, trackball.

SC-55mkII, MT-32 revA, 2x Roland D50s all fed into ART mixer
Roland SRA-50 amplifier to big DCM speakers on top of bookshelves off camera.

- Macintosh (bought non working, did not modify case at all, just used hot glue gun)
MiSTer FPGA, ipad2 screen (fits perfectly) Chinese aftermarket controller board
this gives pretty good results for consoles and Atari/Amiga

vittek wrote on 2020-05-21, 07:04:

Feeling inspired tonight so thought it’s time to finally contribute to this thread and help keep it going. I’ve really enjoyed t […]
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Feeling inspired tonight so thought it’s time to finally contribute to this thread and help keep it going. I’ve really enjoyed this thread in particular and am really grateful for this community. Here’s my refuge, no doubt inspired by countless posts on Vogons.

- Socket 8 Pentium II Overdrive, all SCSI, resound opl3, MPU-401 and my original voodoo2 in olive drab tower
- 486 DX2, all SCSI, Cirrus Logic VLB, Yamaha SB clone, Adlib clone
KVM switch for these two with a Model M and period correct Trackball.

- Modern PC: AMD Ryzen 7 2700x, RX570, Windows 7 and Linux Dual boot
Roland Super UA, UNICOMP AS/400 layout keyboard, trackball.

SC-55mkII, MT-32 revA, 2x Roland D50s all fed into ART mixer
Roland SRA-50 amplifier to big DCM speakers on top of bookshelves off camera.

- Macintosh (bought non working, did not modify case at all, just used hot glue gun)
MiSTer FPGA, ipad2 screen (fits perfectly) Chinese aftermarket controller board
this gives pretty good results for consoles and Atari/Amiga

Awesome machines, and such a peaceful refuge. Congratulations. That fake mac is really interesting too.

Shagittarius wrote on 2020-05-21, 14:41:

Thank you, it’s such a joy to share here, everyone has something awesome and unique and it’s always inspirational.

On the Fake Mac:

I had looked at a lot of tutorials online, and there’s a particular 9” lcd from the ipad2 that fits. I would have gone for CRT but the only 9” SVGA CRT is black and white and I couldn’t source one in time, I wanted to finish the project while I was motivated.

Here’s everything that’s on the inside. I just copied the measurements from the metal frame in there originally and made it out of acrylic. The SD card reader fits perfectly inside part of the original floppy drive cutout.

The motherboard and original CRT are on a shelf, perhaps with a recap and troubleshooting they can be brought back to life.