Welcome.

Congratulations for achieving the desired results! It's good that you found a way to enjoy what you want. Keep sharing those experiences.

Thank you, sprcorreia. It was indeed quite an experience.

Many a time I felt so frustrated and confused that I wanted to just quit, but instead I took a break and left it alone while I did other things. After a while, I went back to continue and move forward again. The perseverance eventually paid off - and the result is quite satisfying.

I'll try and post some pictures when I have a chance.

Sounds just about perfect. Pictures? 😀

Why FPM and not EDO RAM?

What is the model number on the Seagate drive? I am curious because I have a 4.3 Gb Seagate myself...

ncmark:

Let me find out the Seagate model number and I'll post it here. And the pictures are coming!

SquallStrife:

I used the FPM SIMMS because is what I had available already. I don't have any EDO SIMMS or PC66 DIMMS, and also tried two 32MB PC100 DIMMS but the mobo refused to start (and I didn't want to push my luck at the time). I am open to suggestions, however.

Yeah, I've been in that situation before. Masterful build though, I'm a fan! 😀

Here's the info you wanted, ncmark:

Seagate Medalist 4321, model number ST34321A, date code 9921

And now, the pics!

(just two things, though. I'm a lousy photographer, so the pictures came out looking dull and dark; I'll practice some more to try and improve. Also, please excuse my dust; I've been neglectful and haven't done a proper cleanup for quite a while)

Ribbon cable spaghetti.

Like a boss.

Nice! 😀

I decided to edit some of the pics in order to make them much clearer; unfortunately, the quality took a real nosedive (but at least everyone can see what I was trying to show in them - mainly the mobo 😁 ).

I also added a generic pic of the mobo I found sometime ago; it's practically identical to what I have.

That is definitely a different Seagate model than the one I have, even though the capacity is the same. I got mine right after Seagate took over Conner, and I think mine is a re-badged Conner. Yours looks like a "real" Seagate 😁

Two drives.... is that one for DOS and one for Windows? What version of Windows are you going to run?

Nice board!

Not bad at all and for the sound cards /drool 😮
Got both of those drives and the cooler well the fan any way but somehow lost the block 😒

ncmark wrote:

That is definitely a different Seagate model than the one I have, even though the capacity is the same. I got mine right after Seagate took over Conner, and I think mine is a re-badged Conner. Yours looks like a "real" Seagate 😁

Two drives.... is that one for DOS and one for Windows? What version of Windows are you going to run?

Nice board!

It could very well be, ncmark. I purchased both drives back in early 2001 at a local computer show, and the seller told me the Seagate was the real deal, not a re-branded Conner. The manufacture code date seems to indicate that, as well.

As for the OS, the Fujitsu will have two partitions - one with Windows 95A and DOS 6.2 in a dual-boot configuration, the other with Windows and DOS games; the Seagate will also have two partitions - one with apps, utilities, and various other "interesting" items, the other will just be for data storage in general. All partitions will be 16-bit only. This will somewhat replicate the kind of setup I was running back in the mid to late 90's, before I upgraded to new computer hardware and Windows 98 SE in 2000.

I think I have the 6.4 Gb version of that same drive. I got it new, but it never saw much use because I quickly went on to bigger drives. It is currently sitting in a DOS machine...

I was kind of bent out of shape about the takeover at the time, but the Seagate drives were really better. The 4.3 Gb I have spins at only 4500 RPM; the 6.4 Gb drive is ATA 33 and spins at 5400 RPM.

Looks nice spec wise but it desperately needs to be cleaned of all that dust.

Since it's been well over a year by now, I decided to post the recent changes that I have done to my P166MMX:

-FPM RAM replaced with EDO (same amount as before)
-Lite-On CD-ROM replaced with Plextor PX-W2410A CD-RW
-5.25 floppy drive added
-New CPU cooler
-Bigger ATX case
-Network card removed

All the new stuff came courtesy of my sister's husband, who was about to simply give them away to a scrapper; I gladly took them off his hands. The network card was dropped simply because it wasn't used at all (but can be added again if needed).

Finally, some new pics I took with a brand new camera (the old one simply keeled over and died); hopefully more will be added later:

Nice one. Might want to consider a S3 Trio instead of the Matrox if you have any issues with DOS games.

That power supply isn't original to that case, which is an Antec KS-288 Valueline.

http://www.antec.com/pdf/manuals/288.pdf

bjt wrote:

Nice one. Might want to consider a S3 Trio instead of the Matrox if you have any issues with DOS games.

Highly overrated problem. The Matrox will give a very nice picture and is quicker with both VGA and SVGA. It is a very good fit a quick Pentium like this machine. Also it is only in a handful older games that have some issues