elszgensa wrote on 2024-02-06, 18:33:
Good read, and your philosophy is right up my alley too. I've always found it much more fun to choose from a number of quite good components than to pay through the nose for the one very best model.
If you're ever in need of writing prompts - I'd love a followup going into periphery, e.g. how to find a reasonable display supporting low-res, hi(-ish)-Hz DOS modes without too many issues, compatible mice (do we grab a vintage PS2 one straight away, or can we somewhat reliably identify USB models that support running through a passive adapter), that sorta thing.
Yeah, I have that same philosophy when it comes to my modern hardware as well, it's good, but not the best of the best. If it does what I need, and does it well, that's what matters to me the more. 😀
I will be doing a follow-up post once time permits, like I did for my Win95 EPIA-800 build.
For PS2 mice/keyboards, thankfully some are still available, and still being made by some companies (Like Perixx). While you can get away with using a USB-PS2 adapters for both, I really wanted "real" PS2. I picked up a NOS HP keyboard and NOS Mi MIcro mouse for this build.
Bruno128 wrote on 2024-02-09, 11:26:
You complain about voodoo prices yet you spend $40 on a simple fdd 🤷♀️
Indeed. 😀
The $40 FDD is still vastly cheaper than a Voodoo card, and also vastly more useful since I have a LOT of floppy disks I want to archive and having a new old stock drive I know is in 100% working order goes a long way in helping me complete that task.
Also, I don't have a need for a Voodoo, it would just be nice to have one to play with again, but I had a need for the floppy. There are many things I want, but I will always divert funds to what I need before the things I want. 😀