First post, by AlessandroB
As many know I only collect IBM desktops and I have practically one for each CPU class (5150, PS/2, PS/1, DX4, P60, P200, P4) I only miss slot1 which deals with PentiumII/III cpu because I'm focused on systems up to Pentium200 (the P4 I need only in case of need as brute force). Looking at the availability online I realize more and more that (especially the old one) are increasingly rare and expensive. So I was thinking about using my computers when I want to test something in the correct Period with the correct CPUs, but if I want to finish DuneII or Doom, or X-Wing not to have my 386 and 486 running for hours and hours...
So it occurred to me to get myself a (always desktop and always IBM of course) Pentium II/III so as to have a very robust machine, still cheap to buy that could support the gaming load (mainly DOS and early Win98) for hours and hours, a computer for daily use in retro gaming. Not to mention that it would complete my collection as PII/PIII...
I found a nice IBM PC300GL with the 66/100Mhz Bus (not all have it) but it is the version without AGP slots (but it still has the ISA slots which in the desktop socket 370 versions have been eliminated).
my only little doubt is that not having the AGP slot it is too limited... I state that it will be used mainly in DOS and windows98 in strategy games (C&C and similar) I don't like games like Quake or Unreal. onboard has a S3 Trio 3D.
As always, tnks.