Welcome Tony!
A pic would be nice to make us share the beauty 😀

Nexxen wrote on 2023-07-27, 23:13:

Welcome Tony!
A pic would be nice to make us share the beauty 😀

Thanks for the welcome!

Here's a not so good couple of pics. Will try to share some better ones once I get things situated here.

That's a great system you built there! Welcome to VOGONS!!!!!

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2023-07-28, 23:06:

That's a great system you built there! Welcome to VOGONS!!!!!

Thanks for the comments and the welcome!

The Zip drive and the optical drives with headphone jacks really pull it all together, beautiful system!

LeCroebar wrote on 2023-08-02, 13:03:

The Zip drive and the optical drives with headphone jacks really pull it all together, beautiful system!

Thank you! I love having the dual optical drives, especially the Creative PC DVD drive with the decoder card. It's been great watching DVD's on my Retro rig!

Still wanna post some pics of the inside, but haven't taken the time to break it down again. Too busy enjoying using it daily. 😀

Best wishes,

Tony.

My retro Nindendo/Raspberry PI3 setup ☺️

TuesdaysGone wrote on 2023-07-27, 23:27:

Nexxen wrote on 2023-07-27, 23:13:

Welcome Tony!
A pic would be nice to make us share the beauty 😀

Thanks for the welcome!

Here's a not so good couple of pics. Will try to share some better ones once I get things situated here.

hmmmm so beige 😜

mothergoose729 wrote:

hmmmm so beige 😜

Lol! True, even the poor pics are beige or perhaps closer to sepia tone! 😉

Welcome, Tony! It's wonderful to have you here! I'm Gabriel.

Something tells me you like cars, but I'm still not sure what! Haha

Was it easy to find these parts, or did you find the computer pre-built? Was there a challenge to set everything up?

Killermac wrote on 2023-08-05, 22:42:

Welcome, Tony! It's wonderful to have you here! I'm Gabriel.

Something tells me you like cars, but I'm still not sure what! Haha

Was it easy to find these parts, or did you find the computer pre-built? Was there a challenge to set everything up?

Thanks for the welcome! Nice to meet you Gabriel!

I do like cars, which probably explains why I spend a lot of my gaming time playing racing/driving sims. 😉 I love GT Touring car racing!

I actually bought this one already built. I knew what I wanted in my Retro rig so when I came across this one that had components I wanted like the Intel SE440BX MB, Banshee video card etc it made sense to buy it. I had to purchase the PS/2 keyboard and trackball separately. I also added the 3Com NIC for networking. And I flashed the BIOS with a newer version as the version it came with was recognizing the PIII in it as a Pentium Pro! 😮 I also have a CD burner coming that I'm going to install in place of the current CD drive that's in it. Will be nice and convenient to be able to burn CD's on it. And I would like to put a 5.25" 1.2MB floppy drive in it eventually.

Best wishes,

Tony.

Welcome Tony. Your system really looks nice and I am really glad to hear you enjoy your system a lot.

theiceman085 wrote on 2023-08-09, 06:27:

Welcome Tony. Your system really looks nice and I am really glad to hear you enjoy your system a lot.

Thanks for the welcome and kind comments. Really enjoying the retro experience and all the great people and info here on VOGONS.

Best wishes,

Tony.

Cyberdyne wrote on 2023-08-05, 19:10:

My retro Nindendo/Raspberry PI3 setup ☺️

You take Hogan's Alley really seriously.

LeCroebar wrote on 2023-08-09, 15:27:

Cyberdyne wrote on 2023-08-05, 19:10:

My retro Nindendo/Raspberry PI3 setup ☺️

You take Hogan's Alley really seriously.

I was at a loss for words when this was originally posted but you're right! Not sure why he posted that in this particular thread about my Retro rig. Oh well.

Cyberdyne wrote on 2023-08-05, 19:10:

My retro Nindendo/Raspberry PI3 setup ☺️

This is intriguing.
Very "eastern" humour.

Btw, I hope no texans hop in and show us theirs... 🤣

TuesdaysGone wrote on 2023-08-09, 21:39:

I was at a loss for words when this was originally posted but you're right! Not sure why he posted that in this particular thread about my Retro rig. Oh well.

Hope you don't have a tank or texan ancestry... 😀

Nexxen wrote on 2023-08-09, 23:59:

This is intriguing. Very "eastern" humour. […]
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Cyberdyne wrote on 2023-08-05, 19:10:

My retro Nindendo/Raspberry PI3 setup ☺️

This is intriguing.
Very "eastern" humour.

Btw, I hope no texans hop in and show us theirs... 🤣

TuesdaysGone wrote on 2023-08-09, 21:39:

I was at a loss for words when this was originally posted but you're right! Not sure why he posted that in this particular thread about my Retro rig. Oh well.

Hope you don't have a tank or texan ancestry... 😀

if anyone posts a tank i will make sure to make a good Battlezone reference

Nexxen wrote:

Hope you don't have a tank or texan ancestry... 😀

That would be "no" on both accounts. 🙂

Hey All,

The Sony CRX230A-U CDRW that I purchased arrived and I installed it this evening , replacing the Daewoo CD drive that was in it. Now I'll be able to conveniently burn CD's on my Retro rig, etc. While installing it, I took the opportunity to take some better pics as shown below. BTW, the little shadow dots you see are a result of dropping my phone one to many times, thus the camera spots. 😁

Best wishes,

Tony.