First post, by Digitalzombie
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Heya everyone 😀
Just out of sheer luck I've got my hands on some additional 3dfx awesomnes. So nostalgia is back on the menu for now.
Because my retro systems are pretty much complete as they are, I was looking around for something *fresh*.
I've stumbled upon some cheap POS systems (which I always ignored), used for cash registers in supermarkets/shops.
Has anyone ever tried adapting one for some retro activities? Couldn't find any mention about that around here (or pretty much anywhere).
So after some searching, suddenly there was the "Aures Poseo".
At least on paper a very neat system:
- CPU: "3.2 Ghz Celeron" (the Ebay listing I've looked at)
- Socket: 775
- Chipset: Intel 945G (so ... Win98 support I guess)
- RAM: 512MB DDR2
- SATA (even with hardware RAID)
- 2 free PCI Slots
- A ton of 12 / 24V I/O ports ... that will never be used
It got one audio line out, but the datasheet just mentions vaguely a "Speaker & MIC Connector". So no clue yet what audio chip they've used. Thats why the 2 PCI slots come in handy. One for the V3 3000 and the other one for a nice little soundcard. Which I would through in anyway, be it just to use the midi port for a SC-55 (don't want to fiddle around with serial ... yet!).
But the highlight to me personally ... the case. I mean, just look at it! That SCREAMS Voodoo 3 console PC 😁
The hardware status screen is awesome too. Especially since it runs without extra software. But looking at the cutout for the display, my mind already goes in the direction of a custom animated 3dfx bootup logo on startup. Wouldn't be a problem, small OLEDs are cheap.
The IBM surePOS would be a nice alternative. Often very similar specced and a different kind of beauty:
A bit more expensive though. I've bought the Poseo today for about 40 USD and the IBM surePOS are around 100 USD.
So ... pretty much one part "look what I've found" and one part "so ... any recommendations on how to build the system?" 😁
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