Nice system! I have the same case (but I'm not using it for a retro system) and I like it a lot.

Great use of the 5.25" combo bay... I have been looking for something similar myself but haven't found one at a cheap price.

Very interesting use of the internal hub to bring USB 1.1 to the front ports... reminds me of the early USB 3.0 cases used when motherboards had USB 3.0 on the I/O panel but not internally.

Minor question... is it necessary to use the wire fan grill on the 80mm exhaust fan? I see you've managed your cables away from the blades and presumably you wouldn't be sticking your fingers in there while it's running...

bZbZbZ wrote on 2023-02-25, 08:39:

Minor question... is it necessary to use the wire fan grill on the 80mm exhaust fan? I see you've managed your cables away from the blades and presumably you wouldn't be sticking your fingers in there while it's running...

Hi thanks for the feedback! Strictly speaking the fan grille is not necessary, at some point I thought of zip-tying a cable to it but found a better way to do it eventually (using a cable guide running across the chassis). I reckon it doesn't have detrimental effect on the airflow.

I do wonder if a C3 CPU would not serve you better for DOS games. A 1ghz Ezra probably comes about the same as a 300mhz p3, but will slow down much better, and be cooler overall (good for htpc setup).

kolderman wrote on 2023-02-25, 12:36:

A 1ghz Ezra probably comes about the same

Hi thanks for the feedback. That’s an interesting thought however heat production is not an issue with this build. Otherwise there is not much incentive for going C3. For starters, I have a Voodoo1 compatibility concern about something running at 1GHz even if it could be throttled. Second, it is a 100MHz bus CPU you mention while this board has a max multi value of x5 at a 66MHz FSB (LX). It’s hard to say if it will work as good as P2-300 at all. Then, Pentiums are much more available in my regio. Finally, I find slotkets a bit janky looking.

Neat build! Thanks for the explanation on dual Voodoos, I was wondering the rationale there.

ATi_Loyalist wrote on 2023-03-19, 15:08:

dual Voodoos

Hi thanks for the feedback! Yes the games default to Voodoo3 so I copy a number of Voodoo1-related files from the driver redistributable to the DOS game folder so it picks up the proper card.
Recent example where I had to do it is The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard. Before I did it it defaulted to run on Voodoo3 (which has subpar compatibility with this DOS game, namely font and texture corruption).

Files are GLIDE2X.DLL, GLIDE2X.OVL, FXMEMMAP.VXD.