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My sweet Beast

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First post, by NyLan

Posted on 2021-05-25, 16:35

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Hi there,

wanted to share some pictures of my baby.

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Pentium 3 850Mhz with 2x Noiseblocker NB-BlacksilentFan XS1
Matsonic Hybrid Motherboard Slot 1 / Socket 370 (VIA Apolo Pro)
512Mo SDRAM PC133
Graphic card AGP Nvidia FX 5500 256MB
2x 3DFX2 SLI
Yamaha OPL3 sound Card Audician
PSU Corsair RM750

And I put a "SSD Pci slot Rack" 😀 I can easily switch between some SSD I've prepared.
I used SeaTool to limit the SSD Capacity - From 256GB - to 120GB for Win98 and 32GB for DOS ( Even if I only created a 2GB Partition on it )

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My Intel SE440BX-2 Intel's website Mirror : Modified to include docs, refs and BIOSes.
Proud owner of a TL866 II
Personal GitHub

Reply 1 of 5, by NyLan

Posted on 2021-05-25, 16:41

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More details of the Mobo, the back and SSD Rack 😀

My Intel SE440BX-2 Intel's website Mirror : Modified to include docs, refs and BIOSes.
Proud owner of a TL866 II
Personal GitHub

Reply 2 of 5, by chrismeyer6

Posted on 2021-05-25, 20:14

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Nice job this is a great build. What games are you planning on playing on it?

Reply 3 of 5, by NyLan

Posted on 2021-05-25, 21:34

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I've some games under windows and some other for DOS.
But my main pleasure is more to get my hand in the stuff ( both hardware and software ) and make them work 😀

My Intel SE440BX-2 Intel's website Mirror : Modified to include docs, refs and BIOSes.
Proud owner of a TL866 II
Personal GitHub

Reply 4 of 5, by chinny22

Posted on 2021-05-26, 10:08

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Nice setup the option to run Slot or 370 CPU's makes it unique.
Personally I'd add a better soundcard for Win98 something like a SBlive or Vortex.

and if its more the hardware side you enjoy setting it up on the network can be fun/challenge and makes transferring files a non issue

Reply 5 of 5, by NyLan

Posted on 2021-05-26, 18:26

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I'm trying to use floppy / CDr most of the time, even trying to avoid using an USB Drive.
I used to have a BNC NIC on my historic W98 computer 😉

My Intel SE440BX-2 Intel's website Mirror : Modified to include docs, refs and BIOSes.
Proud owner of a TL866 II
Personal GitHub

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