Taken a year, it's still not quite finished, but here is my retro setup. […]
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Taken a year, it's still not quite finished, but here is my retro setup.
I had something very similar in the UK but as anyone with more then 2 computers can confirm. cabling becomes a nightmare. so have put more thought into it this time.
This is my "THE RACK OF POWER" (consumption)
Bottom Shelf left to right.
Duel 1Ghz G4 Mac G4 Got myself a Mac G4 -Help!
Dual Xeon 5450, Radeon HD 4890 Crossfire XP build: My Dual Socket XP Build
Dual Xeon 3.8Ghz Windows 2000 Server build: Windows 2000 20th Anniversary Client/server build
Second from the bottom shelf.
Duel Xeon E5504 Win7/XP build: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t= ... soundcard)
Slot 1 P3 1Ghz GF4 Ti4600 Dos/Win98 build: Dell makes surprisingly good retro PC's
S370 P3 1Ghz, Voodoo 3 PCI (Work in progress)
Third from the bottom shelf
Dual Slot 1 P3 600, GF2 MX + Voodoo 2 SLI Dos/Win98/2k build: Asus P2B-DS Build
Dual PPro 200, Matrox Mystique, Voodoo 1 Dos/Win95/NT3.51 build: Duel Pentium Pro build
Slot A Athlon 650, Banshee, Vortex 2 Dos/Win98 build: Slot A FIC SD11 Dumpter find
"Comms shelf"
Pair of dial up modems, Cisco ATA and 2611 Dial up network https://youtu.be/AEiYyMwW8gY?si=0YFCoYAxoXMg5d00
Dell Power connect 24 Port switch.
Top Shelf
Osborne DX2/66 VLB Dos 6.22/WFW 3.11 Osbone 486 DX2 66 VL-Bus (My 1st PC ever)
Crown 9510 POD 83, VLB Dos 6.22/WFW 3.11 I accidently got a TCS9510 486 VLB PC
5x86 133, Win95 Another 486 being built
Recent find 386 in tower with 286 badge. Future project.
On the floor I have a massive tower case which original had the P2B-DS motherboard but is currently empty.
Above that the S478, GF 6800 Ultra Win9x/XP build: P4P800 End of Win98 Support Build
On top is my Quad GTX590 WinXP/Win7 build: My main XP rig. LGA 775 Asus P5N-D, GTX590 SLI, SB X-Fi
Desk has 3 HP EliteDisplay 201's chosen for having VGA/DVI/DP inputs and a Dell 5:4 monitor. All 4 VGA inputs connected to a separate KVM.
DVI is often used as a 2nd screen on more modern computers.
DP used to be used for laptops but these need setting up again.
Also on the desk is my SC-55 (typically hooked up to the Osborne) and my Logitech Z5500 speakers.
To connect this many computers to the speakers I have a 4 port toslink switch, or each PC also has a standard audio cable from the back I can plug the speakers direct into.
This does means I loose true 5.1 surround sound but currently with 2 small children I'm actually using my headphones more at the moment.
The cabinets above the screens have all my CD's and above them some of my Big Box software. (I think the rest is still at my parents)
