My frist computer was from that era. I remember my first computer having an Intel CPU though; most likely a 25 or 33mhz SX. It was an IBM PS/ValuePoint. At one point, my dad replaced it's 5.25" floppy drive with a CD drive then added a sound card then when he decided I was old enough for the …

BTW, @retro, If you can, take a look at your PCChips m919. I just noticed that on mine, there's no visible leads coming from the outer-most pins on the CPU socket and that there's visible metal in all but the outer-most pin holes. While I did get mine to post with the Pentium Overdrive chip which …

I think that's the version I have but now that you've questioned me, I do feel somewhat dumb as I totally forgot to change the quality settings. I have everything set to look as nice as possible. Next time I'm upstairs I'll give it a try again. Either way though, I think it's safe to say it at least …

A showoff thread for old stuff could be fun. Come to think of it, it'd take me all day to get a photo of all the obscure hardware I have; I'm too much of a packrat. I might try Kega in the future when I rebuild the noname system. However, I plan to keep the Pentium ODP in the Gatewat and KGen98 runs …

It'd be fun if we all took pictures of the obscure hardware we have. Pictured below is a Mitsubishi Amity VP tablet, an HP 95LX palmtop and a Palm Pilot Professional. BTW, under Windows 95 and Windows 98, handwriting recognition is horrible. The Mitsubishi has a 133mhz 5x86, 48mb RAM, 1gb hard drive …

For my retrobox, most of my software doesn't need much of the lower 640k. The few games I have that require more conventional memory all handle mouse and sound themselves so I just simply reboot and hold down the shift key while doing so. On a computer I had awhile ago, I just had separate autoexec …

I think I have the Red Hill Guide memorized. It's a fun read. That's how I was able to figure out what motherboard that odd thing was. The Gateway doesn't seem to be compatible with the 5x86 chip I have. I checked the voltage and multiplier settings along with a few oddball jumpers but it just won't …

I have a pair of old PCI cards laying around that have chip sockets. I remember back when I regularly still dealt with old Pentium era equipment, I'd often times take cards I had trouble with or just had a crappy chipset and pry the memory chips off if they were the type that could fit in the socket …

Yeah, it's a Dell UltraScan 21TE 21" monitor. Has a Mitsubishi Diamondtron tube and is pretty nice to look at though not nearly as nice to look at as a current model LCD. With the 8mb ATI Rage video card, I'm actually able to use Windows 3.1 at 1600x1200 though the monitor only does 60hz refresh at …

I figure my first post can be showing off some old junk I have. Recently, I wound up with two old 486 systems; a Gateway desktop that originally had a 66mhz 486 DX2 but now an 83mhz Pentium. The other system a 133mhz AMD 5x86 and what, from what I can gather, was once a notorious motherboard known …