Yea. And Ebay has a 20% promo code right now, it is a good time to buy some retro hardware. Promo ends at 10pm eastern time.

I picked up a Creative Voodoo Banshee for $32 (US) shipped on Ebay a few weeks ago. I'd call that pretty cheap. Just set search alerts for when they get listed, and use the Ebay bucks promos & coupon codes. They have routinely been offering 15-20% off promo codes.

Roughly 8x10 (feet) not including 3ft of closet depth.

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As said by tannerstevo, the best option is getting a color matched to something you want. Take in a component to an automotive paint store.. they'll scan the color. My local automotive paint store (in the US) will do spray cans of the color you choose for less than $10 per can. From there, you'll …

Looked for Linksys LNE100TX v2.0 drivers forever on the internet.. couldn't find any proper working ones. Then I remembered I'm a digital hoarder and found them stashed on my file server in an obscure folder from 1999. 😎 NIC is working now in my PIII 98SE machine.

haha. It needs some blue cathodes to make it run cooler and faster though.

I use DuPont Freon-TF spray for all electronic components. It gets rid of all surface contaminants and oils that hold the stale smoke smells. I can do an ATX motherboard in about 30 seconds and make it smell like factory new. For all non-electronic components that aren't sensitive to water, just …

oeuvre wrote: Those Presarios had proprietary PSUs that are hard to find, just FYI in case you ever need a new PSU well good luck Luckily it still works just fine, but if it ever dies I would just repair it. 😀

Starting my collection, here's the stuff that came over the past week. Compaq Presario 9232 / 120MHz Pentium / 40MB EDO RAM / 1.2GB Quantum Fireball / Linksys LNE100TX 10/100 NIC / 4x CD-ROM / 1.44MB Floppy http://i.imgur.com/AtOIyvIl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/A3vzaHwl.jpg Shuttle SK41G / Athlon XP …

The Pi does have a wireless keyboard in there, tucked vertical. I mostly just use it in my H1 if I go offroading or camping. But yea, the UV cathodes in the 98/XP machine was made that way on purpose, since it captures my memories of going to LAN parties back in high school and how a lot of builds …

As it should. 😄

Thanks for the great forum.. this will be my first post. I'm just starting into retro builds to bring back the childhood memories. For now, I just built a dual boot 98/XP gaming PC, but I'm in the process of doing a Socket A build with a Voodoo 5 5500 that will be running 98SE, then I'll re-setup my …