First post, by athlon-power
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I know I have been very spotty with replying to threads I create, and while that's not exactly the best thing to do, it's been strange lately. So, that being out of the way, I figured I'd give a few updates on various rigs I have that work:
The Gateway G5 200 is still my main DOS gaming system, and other than a few minor issues popping up, it's been okay. The Pentium MMX 200 machine now has a K6-2 266 in it, and I updated the BIOS on it to enable full K6-2 support. The 486 DX2-66 is now functioning, with an old Vibra 16s, 1GB HDD, and 8MB of RAM. The motherboard can no longer use any cache over 128KB, as known good cache chips show up as bad in the 256KB section, which is why I'm not using 16MB of RAM.
The Slot 1 Pentium III 500 has remained untouched for months. I now have a heap of parts, some in unknown condition, some in known working condition, but no ideas on what to do with them. I have two empty ATX cases, one ATX case that has been disassembled for months, etc., I have a Socket 5 motherboard from an incredibly rusted Dell Dimension, the now broken Socket 7 motherboard out of the Packard Bell, a Gateway Tabor III just sitting around, and two Socket 370 celeron motherboards setting around, as well as a Socket 462 based system with an Athlon XP 1800+ sitting in it, doing nothing.
I have no idea where to start, or what to do. All I have been doing is fine-tuning the two Socket 7 machines and getting the 486 running, which was nice, but it's a bit too slow for what I want to do with it, so I probably won't be doing a giant amount with it unless something comes up where it can be useful, as harsh as that sounds.
That's where I'm at. Lots of parts, no real coherency on any of it. Just a lot of broken/incomplete computers sitting in my closet, really. I have three that actually get close to functioning fully, and that's about it.
Where am I?