First post, by Gabriel-LG
Yesterday, I saw this old PC on marktplaats (Dutch craigslist), complete with monitor, speakers, keyboard and mouse.
It looks like next to nothing has been done to this PC for years/decades.
The rear of the case immediately sparked my interest, since it clearly shows a pass through cable for a Voodoo 1 or 2. Also no PC'99 color coding for the (ATX) motherboard, indicating the motherboard predates this millennium.
The seller seems to have no idea what he is selling. As he proudly shows off the ethernet card that was added as an upgrade. No system specs, only that the working state is mentioned as "Windows XP"
So I put in an (initial) offer of 50 euros (about USD $55). Today the seller accepted my offer and I can pick it up tomorrow morning 😀 😁
I cannot believe I got this lucky.
Now I am left wondering, what is inside. I just wanted to share this lovely anticipation 😉
So here are some pictures of the PC, I am attempting to guess what is inside:
My guess:
- Asus Intel 440LX based motherboard, with either celeron 300A (although I really hope for SS7 a K6-2 with AGP)
- AGP Potato class 2D graphics card like S3 Virge DX
- Diamond Monster 3D (added later as an upgrade to add 3D capabilities; as voodoo2/3 came out, voodoo1 cost next to nothing, but provided a decent upgrade. This happened a lot around here)
- An Ensoniq based creative card (I think Sound blaster PCI 16)
- PCI 56K6 rockwell modem
- 8.4GB Seagate hard drive
- A P4 ready power supply, I recognise the orange sticker on the back. Apparenty the PSU has been replaced around 2002
What do you think is inside? Please let me know. Ofcourse I will share the actual content (pictures), when I picked up the computer