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First post, by Half-Saint

Posted on 2013-07-26, 11:33

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Hi all,

this is my first post so let me introduce myself. I'm a computer enthusiast from Slovenia who only recently revived his interest in old PCs. Before that, I was mostly collecting non-PC computers and consoles from the 80s and 90s (Sinclair, Commodore, Atari,...). Here's my most recent project:

Specs:
Intel Pentium 120 MHz
Socket 7 motherboard VX chipset
64 MB EDO RAM
1.2 GB hard drive
Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro
Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 CT3670
Pioneer DVD-106S/2 slot loading DVD-ROM
3.5" floppy drive
runs Windows 98

List of modifications:
First thing I had to do was clean everything, then I removed the power supply and cleaned it inside and out. Sleeving the cables was quite time consuming but it turned out better than expected. I didn't like the cable clutter so I ended up sleeving one IDE cable which was first cut in 8-wire strips. I also sleeved the PSU fan cable and replaced the original fan with a tri-color LED fan.

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The project is not finished yet. I will be sleeving all the internal serial/parallel cables and a 5.25" floppy at a later time.

The finished computer will be used as a working exhibit in my computer repair shop 😀

Cheers
SainT

Reply 1 of 7, by Private_Ops

Posted on 2013-07-27, 03:37

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Looks like a good start.

Reply 2 of 7, by LunarG

Posted on 2013-07-28, 09:29

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Sounds like that's going to be a nice system. I used to have a Pentium 120 back in the days. Blew one of my friends away when he saw Duke3D running on it (he thought I was still sporting my old 486sx33). All in all I think it's a great cpu for old dos games. Grats on a nice system. 😀

WinXP : PIII 1.4GHz, 512MB RAM, 73GB SCSI HDD, Matrox Parhelia, SB Audigy 2.
Win98se : K6-3+ 500MHz, 256MB RAM, 80GB HDD, Matrox Millennium G400 MAX, Voodoo 2, SW1000XG.
DOS6.22 : Intel DX4, 64MB RAM, 1.6GB HDD, Diamond Stealth64 DRAM, GUS 1MB, SB16.

Reply 3 of 7, by rgart

Posted on 2013-07-28, 10:00

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I think it's a solid build with good hardware choices.

I hope you run a few games on it 😀

=My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz=. =My 486DX2-66MHz=

Reply 4 of 7, by Half-Saint

Posted on 2013-07-28, 11:07

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Have you guys looked at the pix? Is it possible to use attachments so that they show up in the post as normal images?

2nd question: I'm thinking of adding a Voodoo 2 to the system. Will the Diamond card be good for that combo?

Reply 5 of 7, by LunarG

Posted on 2013-07-29, 00:59

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I can't imagine that there should be any problems with adding a Voodoo 2. Probably makes more sense using a Voodoo 1 for this era build though, but if you already have the Voodoo 2, then go for it 😀

Reply 6 of 7, by vetz

Posted on 2013-07-29, 21:43

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LunarG is spot on.

Just be careful that the Voodoo2 is a bit larger and may not fit in all PCI slots on an AT board (depending on CPU position). On my Asus VX97 it is a tight fit between the card and the heatsink.

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Reply 7 of 7, by Half-Saint

Posted on 2013-07-30, 07:19

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vetz wrote:
LunarG is spot on.

Just be careful that the Voodoo2 is a bit larger and may not fit in all PCI slots on an AT board (depending on CPU position). On my Asus VX97 it is a tight fit between the card and the heatsink.

Thanks. I had to swap the cards around to get it right. Now everything fits perfectly 😁

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