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Does anyone know what case this is?

It looks like it was a machine designed for a specific commercial purpose, probably image or video processing, and not a generic mass market box. Maybe something similar to an AVID setup?

I think the case is probably from AOpen, just going on the aesthetics of the front panel.

The internals are more interesting for me!

SquallStrife wrote:

I think the case is probably from AOpen, just going on the aesthetics of the front panel.

The internals are more interesting for me!

I'm interested in both. 😁

Been wanting an Asus P65UP5 and the dual Pentium Pro processor board for a while now. And the Slot-1 P2 board for it as well.

Does anyone know what case this is?

I don't know the brand name, I don't think there even ever was one. It's just a generic case, cost about $30 new. I used a bunch of 'em back in the late '90s for cheapo Super 7 builds. I was never that enamored with them... the airflow absolutely sucks, even going by '90s standards, the hard drive cage is awkward to deal with, and they're surprisingly flimsy even though they're relatively heavy.

Yes, it looks like a generic case, but a generic that can put many "branded" cases to shame. It even has the card holders for long cards, like the original AWE32 or LAPC-I.

This is one fine case, definitely.

What's wrong with my retro rig? Argghh, someones screwed the case on upside down!!!

Reverse ATX and bottom mounted PSU from the 20th century.
Other specs: Tualatin 1.4S @ 1.6ghz, 512mb Hynix @ 152mhz CAS3, Jetway 618AF Intel 815E board, GF3 Ti 200 + Voodoo 2 SLI (STB Blackdragon), 40gb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm HD, Sony 1.44" floppy, Aopen slot loader 16x DVD-ROM drive, 2 PCI slot fans - 1 generic below the video card and 1 fatass Evercool for the top, 300w Enlight PSU.

O/S: Windows 98SE2ME + Opera 9 + Clamwin + Clam Sentinel + DX9

m1919 wrote:

SquallStrife wrote:

I think the case is probably from AOpen, just going on the aesthetics of the front panel.

The internals are more interesting for me!

I'm interested in both. 😁

Been wanting an Asus P65UP5 and the dual Pentium Pro processor board for a while now. And the Slot-1 P2 board for it as well.

Get in line. Do you know how many of those boards i've seen on ebay in the past 10 years? THREE. 2 are still on ebay, I bought the third.

That picture has the socket 7 daughter card. I could be persuaded to sell you my "backup" p65up5&c-p6nd. The top of my "must buy" list is the p65up5's big brother the p65up8. If I ever find working 8 board with cpu card, i'm prepared and willing to sell a kidney to get it. (although if they take cash, all the better 🤣 )

For the record, the pentium pro overdrives make having the socket 8 cpu card better than the slot 1. same speed but the overdrives have full speed cache vs the p2's half speed.

This is the current status of my P1 gaming machine:

I did a lot of work to get it to that point!
--> P1 233Mhz MMX w/ arctic silver thermal paste
--> 92mm Noctua fan for CPU
--> S3 Trio64
--> 3dfx voodoo2 12MB (diamond monster)
--> SB16 w/ crystal FM
--> IBM G70 CRT (very nice, got for free)
--> Model M 1986 (rescued from school dump, perfect condition)
--> 3dfx sticker was an ebay find, still have one left (these ones are the good plastic ones, not cheap paper or anything).
--> My favourite creative SBS20s, always had them since bought new in the 90's.
--> standard PS/2 IBM mouse, I love those.

Building this took a lot of patience, and getting all of the required parts was not immediate. This was done over a span of two years (starting in 2010). But if you have the determination, anything is possible.

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/545/pg1 … troduction.html

Not really a retro-rig, but more something I found while searching for a case for a retro-rig.

This thing is based on an old GlobalWin server case from maybe ten years back. They got lazy with aesthetics considering the front panel is pretty much the same as it was back then, other than a few small changes here and there, but that works in its favor as far as retro boxes go. I'm trying to find one of these babies for a new project of mine.

I remember Escom. It was walking past the Escom shop in my local town centre that I first saw Doom, running on a 486DX-80 in the display window. I stood for what seemed like an hour watching the demo loops, before walking home without blinking and, upon getting home, saying "can i have a PC please ... can I have a PC please ... can I have a PC please ... ". Until I finally got a PC.

Pity it was a 486SLC-33 with 2 MB ram which couldn't play Doom for SHIT!

Had fun with Wolf 3D though.

A year later I aquired a 486DX2-66 from a friend that worked for Escom, and finally got my shotgun groove on. Those were the days ....

m1919 wrote:

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/545/pg1 … troduction.html

Not really a retro-rig, but more something I found while searching for a case for a retro-rig.

This thing is based on an old GlobalWin server case from maybe ten years back. They got lazy with aesthetics considering the front panel is pretty much the same as it was back then, other than a few small changes here and there, but that works in its favor as far as retro boxes go. I'm trying to find one of these babies for a new project of mine.

An ATX case with -eight- mounting brackets! Nice!

Tetrium wrote:

m1919 wrote:

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/545/pg1 … troduction.html

Not really a retro-rig, but more something I found while searching for a case for a retro-rig.

This thing is based on an old GlobalWin server case from maybe ten years back. They got lazy with aesthetics considering the front panel is pretty much the same as it was back then, other than a few small changes here and there, but that works in its favor as far as retro boxes go. I'm trying to find one of these babies for a new project of mine.

An ATX case with -eight- mounting brackets! Nice!

It's actually an E-ATX case, the powerbar can be removed to free up the full area of the mobo tray. 😁

m1919 wrote:

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http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/545/pg1 … troduction.html

Not really a retro-rig, but more something I found while searching for a case for a retro-rig.

This thing is based on an old GlobalWin server case from maybe ten years back. They got lazy with aesthetics considering the front panel is pretty much the same as it was back then, other than a few small changes here and there, but that works in its favor as far as retro boxes go. I'm trying to find one of these babies for a new project of mine.

HO... LY.... I.... I think I want that case......

Tetrium wrote:

An ATX case with -eight- mounting brackets! Nice!

8 slots feature is quickly becoming the new standard today for ATX cases.

That chrome-finished plate/tray looks badass though. Also seems handy as an open testbed.

I have seen some nice cases in my day but that Ultra case is ok. I did buy this a few years back for $80 used which says a lot about that case. 😎

Here's a snapshot of one of my vintage rigs - a 486DX-33 with 16MB RAM and a Cirrus Logic VESA card. In the audio department it's equipped with a SB Pro and a Roland SCC-1, and it's also got a Thrustmaster game card. Great for old 2D adventure games and early 3D games like Falcon and Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, but not quite powerful enough for Doom or Duke3D (that's what my Pentium 233MMX system is for).

I am in a process of building the Death Star.
So far I have:
Case: Alienware Predator ALX 2.1 - Because this is the best looking case I ever seen.
Power Supply: Antec NEOPOWER 480 ( Basically Brand New ) - Because I already have it somewhere.
Motherboard: Intel D815EEA2 ( Brand New) - Because I wanted something durable & stable.
Processor: Pentium III 800EB - ( Brand New ) Not too powerful, but I don't want my video cards to overheat.
Video Card 2D: Matrox G200 AGP for now, later will be replaced with Matrox G400.
Video Card 3D: 3Dfx Voodoo 2 in SLI ( Brand New )
Hard Drive: Maxtor 20GB 7200RPM ( Brand New )
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! ( Brand New )
Memory: SDRAM PC 133 CAS 2 ( Brand New )
FDD: Teac ( Brand New )
DVD-ROM: Don't have it yet.
PS2 Keyboard: Don't have it yet.
Monitor: Don't have a CRT one yet, but hopefully it will be at least SONY CPD-200ES.

Here are a couple of images of one of my socket 7 boards. The Epox board has a K6-III+500 cpu which can work on this board at 616Mhz using the 112Mhz fsb speed with the 5.5x multiplier. At the moment she is working at 600MHz (6x100). Onboard are 512Mb of CL2 PC133 Hynix Ram with timings set at 2-2-2-5. With WPCredit used to optimise the chipset I can get a Superpi 1M time of around 4min 54secs.

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The Video card loaded at the moment is an ATI Rage 128. I am just building up a Final Reality score for the video cards I have with this set up.

I hope to add some more images of other systems I have shortly

Stedman