First post, by boxpressed
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In order to keep this hobby from getting out of hand, I want to build only two rigs, a fast Win98SE rig and a DOS rig. Ideally, I would like to have a 486DX2/66 powering my DOS rig, but I'm still sourcing the parts for it.
Yesterday, I picked up a Dell Optiplex GX1 from a local surplus sale. There was a sign on it that said it was not working and was for parts only. Another buyer was surprised I was buying it because it had been sitting there for a long time, apparently, surviving multiple biweekly surplus sales. It cost $0.50.
It turned out that the hard drive was fried, but I was able to get it up and running with a spare. It has a Slot 1 Pentium II-333. I did some research into this model, and it turns out that I have the earlier motherboard revision that does not allow for upgrading the processor to PIIIs. Although the onboard graphics are AGP (Rage Pro Turbo), there three PCI slots and three ISA slots (one shared). Now that I've brought this beast back to life, I'd kind of like to keep it. I like its looks and build quality, even though it uses a Dell proprietary form factor. I like having three ISA slots.
Would this be too fast to run games from the early 90s through 96 or so? I know that some of the Epic Megagames have speed problems. I'd really want it just to play those games that have native Ultrasound support.