First post, by Anonymous Freak
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Yes, I know, BX-based systems are popular for the P2/P3 era, but I wanted to go slightly newer, while still saying pre-NetBurst. First are the "fixed parts," the ones that I'll rarely, if ever, change. Then are the "variables," ones I might swap in and out.
So, the parts I have, or have on their way:
Asus P3B-L - Slot 1, Intel 820 chipset, 2 RAMBUS slots, UDMA/66 ATA, 1 AGP 4x Pro, (dual voltage) 5 PCI, 1 ISA, onboard Intel 82559 LAN, no onboard sound. (One of the few 820 boards with an ISA slot, and onboard LAN. Was also available with onboard SCSI, but I couldn't find the "both LAN and SCSI" model, so I went with the LAN-only model. They also made a "no onboard peripherals" model I didn't bother with, and even the ISA slot was optional.)
Asus S370-133 slotket adapter (for when I want to use a S370, which my default will be.)
Asus DIMM Riser - the rare one, a riser that plugs in to a RAMBUS slot, has an MTH on the riser, and two PC-100 DIMM slots (for if I feel like using SDRAM.)
2 x 512 MB PC-800 RIMMs (this will be my default memory for it, also have two 512 MB PC-133 DIMMs.) -- Yes, I've always been fascinated with RAMBUS - the actual technology was solid, it was corporate goofiness on their part, which exasperated price problems.
2 GB "industrial" ATA SSD (the small kind that plugs directly into the ATA port on the motherboard.) Also have plenty of spinning 3.5" hard drives if I care to install one.)
Generic ATAPI DVD-ROM drive
Teac dual-drive combo 3.5"/5.25" drive. (The Asus P3B is one of the few 820 chipset boards that supports two floppy drives.)
Processors:
Slot-1 Katmai Pentium III 600 (100 MHz bus.)
Slot-1 Coppermine Pentium III 600EB (133 Mhz bus.)
Slot-1 Coppermine Pentium III 733 MHz
Socket 370 Coppermine Pentium III 850 (100 MHz bus.)
Socket 370 Coppermine Pentium III 1000 (133 MHz bus.)
Socket 370 Tualatin Pentium III-S 1.4 (133 MHz bus, with Tualatin socket adapter.) - this will be my default CPU.
Video cards:
Intel i740 (the 'original' AGP video card.)
Radeon All-In-Wonder (yup, the original pre-numbering Radeon, 32 MB DDR, with TV tuner and video in/out, I've owned this since it was brand new, and it was my primary video card for years.)
nVidia GeForce 256
Voodoo 3 3500 (again, with TV tuner and video/in out, complete with giant ugly dongle.)
Voodoo 5 5500 (this will probably be my "default" video card.)
FireGL of some kind I can't recall - my only actual AGP Pro video card.
Radeon Pro 9500 (for when I get a bee in my bonnet and try to run Windows 10 on it.)
Quantum Obsidian X-24 (dual Voodoo 2 PCI accelerator with 12 MB RAM per GPU.)
Sound cards:
Sound Blaster Pro 2.0
Sound Blaster 16 PCI
Sound Blaster AWE32 ISA (probably my default.)
Windows Sound System ISA (you know, for giggles.)
Really want to get a GUS, but those are ridiculously expensive.
Not sure what else I want to throw in it... Any suggestions? Probably an LS-120 drive, since I have a few of those, and this board can use it as a "drive A:" floppy drive and a "drive D:" high-capacity removable drive. (I have one ATAPI drive, two USB drives, and one PowerBook G3 drive-bay drive.)
