Tempus wrote on 2023-12-30, 00:06:

This is my system. It is named after Qbix's DOSBox emulator. […]
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This is my system. It is named after Qbix's DOSBox emulator.

This system is a long time project that I've had lots of fun putting together. It is very close to complete, but I have a few very minor changes planned ahead. The pictures are from different times in the project, so they are not showing entirely the current configuration.

The computer is an Intel i486DX2 66Mhz on a ECS UM4980 V 1.1 motherboard, with 8 ISA expansion slots, whereas 3 are VESA local bus.

It has 8MB of RAM and 256KB of cache.

Drives:
- Seagate ST38410A HDD
- Compact Flash drive (8GB card)
- Quad speed CD-ROM
- PCMCIA card reader with 2 slots using 2 x 16MB flash cards.
- Floppy drive
- Gotek FlashFloppy with rotary encoder and OLED screen

Expansion cards:
- Roland Sound Canvas Card SCC-1A
- Roland LA PC Card LAPC-I with Roland MCB-1
- Sound Blaster Vibra 16 CT2800 (OPL3)
- Gravis Ultrasound PnP with 8MB of RAM
- SCM Swapbox card (interface for PCMCIA card reader)
- 2theMax ET4000/W32i VLB 1MB
- SST-2948 Super I/O Card VLB
- 3Com 3C5098-TPO NIC

Other:
- Gravis Gamepad Pro
- Gravis Analogue Pro
- Roland MT-32 rev0 (connected to the MCB-1)
- Roland MA-7 speakers
- Roland M-160 mixer

Is the case by any chance the huge tower that someone on eBay is selling?

Work in progress. Intel Aurora motherboard with 450KX chipset. Configuration will be Pentium PRO 200 256KB cache, 64MB Edo ram, scsi 16x cdrom, 9 GB Scsi hdd on aluminium rack, Matrox Millenium 4 MB + 3dfx Voodoo 2, soundblaster awe64, network card full atx case.

mmx23 wrote on 2024-01-07, 13:05:

Work in progress. Intel Aurora motherboard with 450KX chipset. Configuration will be Pentium PRO 200 256KB cache, 64MB Edo ram, scsi 16x cdrom, 9 GB Scsi hdd on aluminium rack, Matrox Millenium 4 MB + 3dfx Voodoo 2, soundblaster awe64, network card full atx case.

That's one swell looking board!

Work completed.
Installed win98 and Nt4.0 sp6 . I'm very pleased with the results. The motherboard is made in week 42, year 95, all original.
Some w98 results from Everest: Hdd linear read transfer rate is 25 MB/s, random read is 20 MB/s, Ram move transfer is 100 MB/s, GLQuake 1 640x480 demo test returned 66,8 fps; quake 2 in 640x480 runs at 33 fps - demo001, Quake 3 at 512x384 demo01 returned 19 fps.
Hdd is a Seagate Barracuda 9GB 7200 rpm w 1 MB cache. Hdd is placed in a beautifull aliminium rack, with voltage and hdd temp monitoring, dual fan, it makes the system to look beautifull. More stickers with Pentium PRO and 3dfx will come, I have to print them on a clear adesive coat. For voodoo2 I've used FastVoodoo 4.0 drivers.

mmx23 wrote on 2024-01-07, 19:49:

Work completed. Installed win98 and Nt4.0 sp6 . I'm very pleased with the results. The motherboard is made in week 42, year 95, […]
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Work completed.
Installed win98 and Nt4.0 sp6 . I'm very pleased with the results. The motherboard is made in week 42, year 95, all original.
Some w98 results from Everest: Hdd linear read transfer rate is 25 MB/s, random read is 20 MB/s, Ram move transfer is 100 MB/s, GLQuake 1 640x480 demo test returned 66,8 fps; quake 2 in 640x480 runs at 33 fps - demo001, Quake 3 at 512x384 demo01 returned 19 fps.
Hdd is a Seagate Barracuda 9GB 7200 rpm w 1 MB cache. Hdd is placed in a beautifull aliminium rack, with voltage and hdd temp monitoring, dual fan, it makes the system to look beautifull. More stickers with Pentium PRO and 3dfx will come, I have to print them on a clear adesive coat. For voodoo2 I've used FastVoodoo 4.0 drivers.

I had this case in the early 2000's. In my memory there was a front panel that could slide up/down to cover the drive bays... 🤔

Yes, normally has a sliding front panel. I found this case thrown away at dumpster 4 years ago,
it was in horrible condition, very dirty. But other than the missing door it was complete. It still has few scratches tho. Is very solid, don't know the case name or manufacturer, I found only a stamp with Made in Taiwan.

Do you have more informations about that Aluminium bay with lcd? Looks really good

I've bought it from ebay few years ago, come in white or black color, support sca ultra 320 scsi drives and connect with 80 pin to the controller. It has monitoring for :
12v and 5v with selectable 5 or 10% tolerance ; Hdd temp monitoring via temp sensor cable;
hdd activity led and icon on the display;
Failure light indicator;
Dual fan with front fan working all the time and back one comes in whem the hdd temp threshold - which is selectable- is reached. When alarm comes in, there is a buzzer which beeps which can be turned off.
Also the scsi ID can be setup and is displayed on lcd.
From what I see there are only few black mobile racks left to a seller from UK, if you are interested search on ebay for 'Mobile rack, caddy for 80-pin SCA Ultra 320 SCSI hard drive. Black.LCD.Alum'.
From my point of view this is the most best looking and featured rack I've seen.

Thanks! Maybe I’ll find the beige version one day

snoopy23 wrote on 2024-01-09, 08:10:

Thanks! Maybe I’ll find the beige version one day

the bezel doesnt have any markings on it... a thin layer of beige paint should do the trick (to keep the structure).
Then you could even choose exactly the type of beige your case has.
Just an idea... because of the less common nature of this "Intelligent Design Enhanced Mobile Rack SI-146"
http://www.corvintaurus.de/werkstatt2_hdd_wec … lrahmen_1-2.php

Nothing special but I present my "retro" XP build based on my childhood 478 socket Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz processor. It took me quite a lot of time and effort to assemble this but with the help of the forum members I finally managed to piece together something close to what I wanted.

I changed the power supply in the first pic from logisys to a more reliable one as the previous psu was acting weird. I also had to replace the old Intel fan with a Startech one as the plastic retention mechanism did not fit the Dell board and it ended up breaking around the edges when I applied a bit of force to it.

The motherboard is a measly Dell dimension 3000 and I am yet to get a good GPU(I have put a pci fx 5200 as I am limited by the PCI only motherboard) but I would say this works for now. Coming to think of it I may even try to get a Win 98 installation on this rig.

Hopefully my future XP builds would be better as I am a XP fanatic.

Not sure yet where this is going, just started to put some drives in and see if it looks good. For the system itself I have different options in my mind.

Wow, first time I ever see the 5 disc CD charger, did not know this existed. I would have loved to have it back in the days!

Yeah, play Atlantis or C&C with both add-ons with only a push of a button. How convenient. 😀

Edit; Huh... Both games feature Seth as a character (hello chinny22) 😉

PD2JK wrote on 2024-01-14, 17:31:

Yeah, play Atlantis or C&C with both add-ons with only a push of a button. How convenient. 😀

Indeed. 😀 How does it work physically?

dr_st wrote on 2024-01-14, 18:13:

PD2JK wrote on 2024-01-14, 17:31:

Yeah, play Atlantis or C&C with both add-ons with only a push of a button. How convenient. 😀

Indeed. 😀 How does it work physically?

This system seems to push the cd forward and move the laser/motor and the top clamp towards the slected cd.

DerBaum wrote on 2024-01-14, 18:32:

This system seems to push the cd forward and move the laser/motor and the top clamp towards the slected cd. https://i.pcmag.com/ […]
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This system seems to push the cd forward and move the laser/motor and the top clamp towards the slected cd.

This looks impressive and I suppose a little bit on the expensive side right? At least in those years... Never saw one before and never knew they existed for PC.

Here's one of mine, my "Warhorse" build.

AMD Athlon XP 2000+, Asus A7NBX-VM/400, 512Mb Samsung 333MHz CL2.5 DDR SDRAM, Sparkle GeForce4 MX440, Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2, Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 40Gb

songoffall wrote on 2024-01-17, 12:37:

Here's one of mine, my "Warhorse" build. […]
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Here's one of mine, my "Warhorse" build.

AMD Athlon XP 2000+, Asus A7NBX-VM/400, 512Mb Samsung 333MHz CL2.5 DDR SDRAM, Sparkle GeForce4 MX440, Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2, Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 40Gb

Noctuas are indeed the cherry on top of the old stuff... But, but, but ... you have space, why not give hard drives room to breathe?

Dwaco wrote on 2024-01-17, 19:05:

songoffall wrote on 2024-01-17, 12:37:

Here's one of mine, my "Warhorse" build. […]
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Here's one of mine, my "Warhorse" build.

AMD Athlon XP 2000+, Asus A7NBX-VM/400, 512Mb Samsung 333MHz CL2.5 DDR SDRAM, Sparkle GeForce4 MX440, Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2, Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 40Gb

Noctuas are indeed the cherry on top of the old stuff... But, but, but ... you have space, why not give hard drives room to breathe?

They aren't getting particularly hot, and there's another fan down there I need for the intake.

One thing that does get hot is the south bridge, need to add a heatsink with adhesive thermal tape, I think.