Old Thrashbarg wrote:One of the most fun parts of 'retro' hardware, to me anyway, is the fact that you can get to play with all the cool shit you didn't know about or couldn't afford when it was new.
Isn't that more or less the entire mission statement of this section of Vogons?
Tetrium wrote:That's BADLY overpriced! I got a couple Overdrives @ 200 Mhz as part of a group buy for WAY cheaper, and those were NOS.
And yup, the MMX chip was also faster because of it's double L1 cache.
And I do hope you find a case for it, or you'd be limited to EISA cards 😵
Yeah I know, sarcasm doesn't work well on the internet. 🤣
As for the Case...http://cgi.ebay.com/10-BAY-FULL-TOWER-SERVER- … =item51939ec0fd
Mau1wurf1977 wrote:Always have to chuckle when people build retro systems and look for FAST components 🤣
IMO slow is king in ths case. Just go with what's available, compatible and affordable. If you need performance, just move onto the next thing (Pentium 2, 3 or 4).
Tetrium wrote:Doh, CTRL + C instead of c == ouch.
Anyway, I always try to use optimal components instead of the fastest, like the K6-III/400 + single V2 instead of a K6+ @ 600Mhz + GF4Ti 😉
Well you see... The ONLY other retro rig I have is a Dual 1GHZ P3 system with an Voodoo Rush GPU, an ASUS P2B-D motherboard and an AWE32 sound card. 😒
EDIT: Well I take that back I do have a Fujitsu Lifebook 535tx laptop with a Pentium MMX 133. But I really don't like it's intergrated ESS audio setup; I didn't think it was possible for a Sound Blaster-16 clone to sound that little like a Sound Blaster-16! 😖