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First post, by BloodyCactus

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I've decide to replace my 486dx4-100 build with a SS7.

My first SS7 setup as a kid was an original K6-200 on a QDI Titanium (Intel 430TX), that died and was replaced later with an Aopen AX59 Pro (shame to think thats one I should have kept today 🤣!).

So this week I've been getting parts to do a SS7 build.

already have;

- FIC PA-2013 v2.1
- K6-2+ 500
- cooler
- 3c905c-tx-m
- awe32/28mb

I need to decide on a video card. probably going to get a g400max. I remember I got one when it was new (I worked then in a development house that owned a computer store so we could get stuff on discount it we bugged the retail guys...) still have some old tools in my original dos directory from back in the day, gx00vbe.. Was gonna get geforce3 but that feels like overkill for this level.

got a sata to ide interface coming, this is so I can plug the Gigabyte I-RAM ramdisk (4gb ram on it) in.. swap file on the ramdisk whoop! hell, might not even need a swap file anymore with 512mb ram on win98se.

Will probably run win98se. Back in the day I ran win2k (I still have that lovely holographic cd from microsoft), I remember it was a bit of a pain to run some games on it tho. I need dos, 98se gives me dos, so thats a done deal.

I think I may preemptivly recap this motherboard, before its gets stuck in a case with all its bits. It has something like 25-30 caps on it from memory. 17 years old... right on the edge of the cap plague...

Thinking I might put some toggle switches on front of the machine tied directly to the frequency jumpers, so I could make a slower cpu setting for booting into dos for old games or something. with setmul, i might not need to do that tho.

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Reply 1 of 5, by CkRtech

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BloodyCactus wrote:

I've decide to replace my 486dx4-100 build with a SS7.

NooooOOooooooooooooOOOooooooooo......

j/k. Enjoy your build, BloodyCactus. 😁

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Reply 2 of 5, by candle_86

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why not run 486 and K6-2

Reply 3 of 5, by BloodyCactus

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really only got room to run 2 boxes on my bench. Got the xi8088, 8bit dos box going and trading the 486 for the k6-2+. It was a hard choice the 486 does most of what I need but for some stuff I needed pentium class, the k6-2+ will give me that.

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Reply 4 of 5, by BloodyCactus

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I forgot just how big these old ATX motherboards are. Now I need to track down a full size ATX case with 6 rear slots..

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Reply 5 of 5, by brostenen

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You might be able to source one on craigslist or something.
Check locally in pc repair shops for old unwanted cases. 😉

Don't eat stuff off a 15 year old never cleaned cpu cooler.
Those cakes make you sick....

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