I'm trying to setup my retro machine with many OSes using BootIt Bare Metal (probably irrelevant here, but I thought I'd mention it) At the moment I'm focusing on Windows, as it is the most important part in my project. Just for clarification, I'm not referring to installing these OSes to a big …

As usual, I apologize for the long post ( tl;dr at the bottom). I recently resumed building/testing my retro rig: Mobo: SY-7VCA (latest BIOS) CPU: Intel Pentium III 1000EB RAM: 1x 512MB PC133 Storage: Gigabyte 120GB SDD with SATA-IDE adapter GPU (AGP): GeForce FX5200 Network (PCI): Intel PRO/100+ …

I don't have a spare router; only the one provided by the ISP, and I don't want to use that for a variety of reasons including security and locked firmware. That's why I thought of getting a switch now, and if needed I can get a router later on. I know how to configure a static IP in most OSes, …

Thank you everyone so far; keep it coming :) Glad to see some nice conversation. I'm taking note of the mentioned tips and suggestions and looking at locally-available switches. I heard of pfsense some weeks ago, but their official hardware is prohibitive in cost and I don't have other compatible …

You appear to be overthinking this. A switch that supports 10/100 isn’t going to care two hoots about what OS is connected to it, and the OS isn’t going to care what the switch is. If you REALLY want to ensure compatibility and no unforseen issues with auto negotiation, get any managed switch where …

The main idea is to have the machines (PCs and PS2) access RetroNAS via SMB / FTP; if compatibility is not an issue, I'd like to be able to run apps/games via SMB (or other similar protocol) without having to copy to the machine's internal drive. I may have other ideas in the future, but for obvious …

I'm looking for suggestions and recommendations for both an ethernet switch and ethernet router (suggestions from any era are welcome, based on the below requirements). The idea is to connect the following as of now (may need to add other "retro" devices later): Pentium 3-era systems with lots of …

I did some search yesterday trying to find reviews and more pictures of the case and included accessories, but came empty handed. Thanks for sharing the ones you found! Guess I'll have to find an alternative way to do it.

Thanks. Are these kind of rails universal/standardized or specific to each brand/model? If the latter (which I assume to be the case) is there some workaround I can use to kludge it together?

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I recently started work on building my retro machine (will make a post once it's ready) and I'm looking for help/suggestions on the following issues: -Drive bay I bought the case used/secondhand; wanted the smallest possible case and this is what I found... Codegen SP 3D19-CA The 5.25" drive bays …

Thanks! I ended up going with the only one I could "confirm" to be 128bit based on a sticker it has and the 8 RAM chips (let's hope it truly is). Unfortunately it's not easy to check with the crappy pictures people take and the lack of will they have for providing either better pictures or more …

I'm looking to buy a Geforce FX 5200 AGP for a retro pc I'm building (this specific card will be used for Windows 98SE and games that run in said OS). I've been reading and investigating a lot, especially here in vogons. From what I read, I should look for a card that is 128 bits. I've seen mention …

Update... Good news: I bought some stuff to improve the experience, such as PCMCIA adapters/cards (CF reader, USB2.0+FireWire, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS) as well as an extra 16GB CF card that I'll be using as a 2nd drive with the PCMCIA adapter. Due to the amount of OSes I wanted to install, I spent …

The first post of this thread mentions 5571 = 5570 + joystick port. There's also mentions that 5571 = 4871/9871. Have you tried the drivers for these? Also, found a link that may be of interest hopefully: http://www.win3x.org/win3board/viewtopic.php?style=30&t=19261 Good luck! :) PS: For reference, …

Thank you everyone for your responses and suggestions/information :) I received the machine and it seems to be in pretty good condition; still need to do some disassembly+cleaning. While I wait for my CF card to arrive (could only get a 32GB for now, but plan to go with at least 64GB in the near …

1. A 700MHz mobile processor is probably a mobile Coppermine ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_III_microprocessors#%22Coppermine%22_(180_nm)_2 ). It might be soldered on, making the rest of this discussion moot. As you can see, other Coppermine CPUs have a higher TDP, so it's a …

Long time lurker, first time posting; hope I'm not breaking any rule or etiquette. For a while now I've been looking to build a proper retro machine for late DOS and Win9x. Unfortunately due to lack of availability and excessive prices in my country (and customs being jerks with international …