A useful exercise, as i need to take stock. The herd will need to be thinned one day, but crazily there are still gaps in the collection! Seems there are 17 working or nearly working x86 machines floating around (and 14 Macs though the majority of those don't boot)

Laptops:
Alienware 18 (new games and picture processing, Win 7 Ultimate)
Asus i7 (I bought it for me, handed to the wife, Win 8.1 *yuck*)
Acer i7
Thinkpad 760CD (intending to play DOS games on it)
Thinkpad 760EL (it was advertised as an XL,which is what I wanted, so the search continues - might try Openstep)
Thinkpad 755C (486DX4-75 with 20MB RAM, on its way over)
Thinkpad 360CS (owned it since new, 1995)
Dock II which works with all four Thinkpads

Still to get:
TP760XL/D, IBM 5140 Convertible, Compaq LTE, Canon Notejet III

Desktops:
Core2 QX9650 in htpc case (email and Web browsing, media serving)
Amstrad PC4386SX 386SX20 w/co-pro (equivalent to my first PC back in '92)
Pentium II gaming machine (picked up from next to a dumpster)
Dell Dimension 4500 P4 (rescued and cleaned)
shuttle FB51G P4 (plan to give to the family to use)
opteron 185 machine (planned for Xp gaming)
P4 based on Itox board with CF onboard and ISA slots (was going to be my original retro DOS box until the PII showed up)
Parts for a desktop 486DX2/66
Parts for a Socket 7 machine (Pentium, Winchip or IBM CPU)
Parts for a Socket 370 build

Still to get:
5150, maybe Compaq Deskpro 486

For now I have these:

Samsung DeskMaster 486S/25Q (ISA 486 SX-25)
Siemens Nixdorf PCD-4Lsx (ISA 486 DX2-66)
ALR Flyer VL (VLB 486 DX2-50)
ALR Evolution 5DT (Pentium-166)
custom built desktop with P4-3066 Northwood and three ISA slots

I have an attic full of parts and stuff but currently only my Core i7 machine is in usable condition...
Well and my 440BX machine works somewhat, but right now it's only a mainboard on a table with some cards in it.

I do have some more semi-complete PCs, but they all have parts missing and/or no OS installed.
- Sharp PC7000
- Pentium 2 laptop
- Pentium 133 laptop
- 486 laptop
- S478 Penitum 4 with 7800GS
- S775 Pentium 4
- some 386
- IBM 5150

Working systems. I will only list some of the newer ones or I would sit here all day 😁

My main rig. Dual Xeon X5690@4.6GHz, EVGA SR-2, 48GB DDR3 ECC REG @2000MHz. Geforce GTX 770.
My spare main rig, Dual Xeon X5650@4.4GHz, EVGA SR-2, 48GB DDR3 ECC REG @2000MHz. Geforce GTX 580
Video benchmark rig Xeon X5670@4.8+ (Water cooled), Asus P6T Deluxe, 12 GB DDR3 @2100+ Geforce GTX 580 atm
The 2006 system, QX6700 @ 3.46, 4GB DDR2, Geforce 8800 GTX SLI.
Xeon E5620@4.0, Asus P6T SE, 12GB DDR3, Geforce GTX 770.
Acer timeline i5 laptop.

I do have a second spare EVGA SR-2 system but its not in working order at the moment.
One could think I like socket 1366 😀

Ready to go:

486 amd dx4 100, 1mb vlb, sbpro
233mmx, voodoo1, viper550, sb16
p5a, k6-3+@600, voodoo2 sli, geforce 2ti, awe32
p3b-f, p3-700.voodoo3 3500, awe64
tusl2-c, p3-s tualatin 1400mhz, voodoo5 5500 agp, sblive!
A7n8x deluxe, athlon xp 3000+ barton, 6800ultra, audigy
A7V333, 2800+ barton, 7600GT, audigy2
Asrock 775, 2,7ghz core2duo, Radeon 3850agp, audigy2
i5 2500k, r9 290, audigy4

Still building more and have parts for 20 more retro`s or so. In process of downsizing a bit on parts... cutting it down to mostly asus, creative, voodoo and nvidia. There is way too much stuff i never use 🤣

I used to have over 20 rigs completed, but these days I'm down to I guess around 10 rigs or so.
3 multicore systems
3 A64 systems running XP (one is down atm though and will be rebuild soon)
1 Sempron sA 2600+ (I might rebuild it though, or at least change the specs (CPU upgrade perhaps))
1 P3-s 1400 on a Gigabyte mobo (Windows ME and 256MB SDRAM)
1 P3 1000 somewhere in the attic
1 P3 933 on a VC-820 Slot 1 board (Windows ME)
1 Celeron 800 on a s370 BX board (Windows ME)
The rest escapes me for the moment 😁

meljor wrote:

Still building more and have parts for 20 more retro`s or so. In process of downsizing a bit on parts... cutting it down to mostly asus, creative, voodoo and nvidia. There is way too much stuff i never use 🤣

I know the feel 🤣
Though I can't bring it to part with my parts 😜

I forgot to add I have a non-working XT clone somewhere
and a Sharp MZ-100 laptop that won't boot from the floppy for some reason.

I have at least 30 complete PC systems, most of them working.

obobskivich wrote:

I want to see how a GeForce 8800GTS fits into a mini ITX machine. 🤣

It depends on the case used - there are plenty of them supporting large PCI-E VGAs.
I'm using this one http://www.coolermaster.com/case/mini-itx-eli … eries/elite130/

Tetrium wrote:

I used to have over 20 rigs completed, but these days I'm down to I guess around 10 rigs or so. 3 multicore systems 3 A64 system […]
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I used to have over 20 rigs completed, but these days I'm down to I guess around 10 rigs or so.
3 multicore systems
3 A64 systems running XP (one is down atm though and will be rebuild soon)
1 Sempron sA 2600+ (I might rebuild it though, or at least change the specs (CPU upgrade perhaps))
1 P3-s 1400 on a Gigabyte mobo (Windows ME and 256MB SDRAM)
1 P3 1000 somewhere in the attic
1 P3 933 on a VC-820 Slot 1 board (Windows ME)
1 Celeron 800 on a s370 BX board (Windows ME)
The rest escapes me for the moment 😁

meljor wrote:

Still building more and have parts for 20 more retro`s or so. In process of downsizing a bit on parts... cutting it down to mostly asus, creative, voodoo and nvidia. There is way too much stuff i never use 🤣

I know the feel 🤣
Though I can't bring it to part with my parts 😜

I have to....there is just no sense in keeping boards etc. that i never use. I have the right systems (for me) up and running and have backup parts for all of them (and even backups for the backups...)
So only when i get older than 250 years or so i might be forced to use the other parts 🤣

And when i sell off some parts i feel less guilty when i'm buying more stuff i WILL use 😎 Just need some balance (or a doctor!)

Oldies

Hyundai 386 SX 25
Custom 486 DX2 66
Pentium 1 233mmx under construction
Pentium 2 450

Main rig

Custom i7 3770k, Gtx 670, Caselabs m8 - watercooled

Pentium 4, Asrock P4vm88, 1gig Ram, Radeon 9600 and Voodoo1, SB-Live, Win98SE.
Pentium 3 500, Intel VC820, 256mb Ram, TNT2-Ultra, SB-Live, Win98SE.
K6-3 400, FIC PA 2013, 200mb Ram, TNT M64, GUS-ACE, AWE32-CT3900, MS-Dos-6.22.
P1-133, unknown mobo, 32mb ram, CL54XX-PCI, SB16, MS-Dos-6.22 and Os/2.

Those are the basic spec's for my machines....
Have a lot of incomplete systems, mobo's and various hardware in boxes.

Desktops
Daily runner, i7 920
"Modern retro rig" PIII 1.4GHz
"Mid retro rig" K6-III 400MHz
"Proper retro rig" 486 DX4 100MHz

Laptops
Dell XPS M1730
Cheap Samsung i5 something with the worst screen in the world

Currently in complete and working state are:

Desktops
- Nemesis - Q6700/HD4870X2/4Gb/SSD
- Pinkiepie (kitchen PC/daily serfing machine) - Core 2 Duo E6300/Radeon R5 250/2Gb RAM
- Ponyville - AthlonXP3200+/Radeon9800Pro/1.5Gb
- Goliath - IBM PC-300PL PII-450, 768MB RAM, TNT2, Voodoo2SLI, Vortex2
- The Guide - Am5x86-133, 64Mb RAM, 512Kb cache, Acer AP43, Matrox Mystique, Terratec Gold 16/96, CT2760, Covox

Portables
- Applejack - Core i5-450M/4GB/HD5470/SSD
- Rainbowdash - Siemens Scenic moblie 360 - Celeron 300A, 192MB RAM
- Bladerunner - Intel Atom N270 netbook
- Old Granny Smith - HP200LX 4MB

... and enough hardware to make 10 more 😀

Nice systems guys. My junk:

-Main system - Core 2 Quad Q6600, 4GB DDR2 800, 1TB HD, Radeon HD4830 512MB - Windows 8.1
-DX9 and lower gaming: Core 2 Duo E6400, 3GB DDR2 667, 250GB HD, Radeon X800 GTO, 5:4 monitor - Windows XP Pro
-Dell Dimension E310 - Pentium 4 524 HT, 2GB DDR 533, 100GB HD, Integrated GPU - Windows XP Home Media Center. I don't really use it for much, trying to find a role for it. Funny enough, the integrated GPU is some Intel GMA chip, and when I put in my GeForce FX 5200 PCI thinking it would be an upgrade, they scored very similarly in benchmarks, so I said screw it and removed the FX 5200.

Laptop - HP Pavillion DV2315 Turion x2 1.6ghz, 2GB DDR2, 160GB HD, Integrate - Crunchbang Linux
Laptop - Dell Inspiron 500m 1.3 ghz Pentium M, 512MB Ram, 20 GB HD - pfSense (currently my router)

I been looking around and I'm thinking about rebuilding my first PC from my childhood. Such a pain trying to find a case that looks similar to it, when all I can go on is memory.

One every day/game rig [W7/FX8350 @ 4.8/Noctua NH-D14/7870-LE/SSD boot] and 6 retro boxes [486, P233, C300@450, P933, P1400, P3600]. A 4-port KVMA switch connects 4 of the 6 retro boxes at any one time, so I have relatively little monitor/keyboard/mouse stuff on hand. Also rescued a little HP Mini netbook from the junk/forgotten pile at work.

Retro gear in action centered around Glide [V1, V2-SLI, V3, V5], Rendtion Verite [QDI-8mb], earlier 2D [CL-5443, 3D-2000], A3D [Vortex 1 & 2], Sound Blaster/comp [CT1750, CT2700, ES1868-F, with NEC XR385 and AdWave32 daughter boards], and a 7900GTX on the P3600 XP rig.

My list ...

• IBM PCjr (several varieties with expansion units, sidecars, etc.)
• IBM PC 5150 (several, including one with a 5161 expansion)
• IBM PC 5160 (several)
• IBM PC 5162 (assembled from parts, more of a frankenputer)
• IBM PC AT 5170 (several)
• IBM PC Convertible (5140)
• IBM PS/2 Model 25
• IBM L40SX (386 class laptop)
• Two IBM Aptivas, fairly generic. (Not the nice split system)
• Generic 386DX-40 in an IBM AT case (the original mTCP development machine)
• Generic 486-66DX/2 VLB in an IBM AT case (my original Redhat 6.1 system.)
• Compaq 4/33i (compact desktop system)
• Gateway tower (P166)
• Generic P133 clone (Win98 and DOS)
• And some generic Pentium-II class and later machines

I really need to thin some out. The problem with the PCjrs is that a lot of them are modified in some way, so many of them are kind of unique.

One nice thing about having this kind of variety is that I have a pretty good range of machines to test mTCP on. (At least 10 on that list are used for testing in addition to my testing with DOSBox and virtual machines.)

IBM PC JR with second drive addon
2x IBM 5150 (One with MDA one with CGA)
PackBell 386sx-16 Desktop
Toshiba 486 Laptop, forgot the model # and specs.
Gateway 2000 P75 Desktop
Compaq LTE Laptop 120mhz
Dell Latitude Laptop 133mhz
Dell Optiplex XL133
HP Pavilion Desktop 166mhz
Custom Built 233mhz Pentium Desktop
Custom Built 266mhz P2 Tower
Custom Built 450mhz P2 with Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
Monorail Brand K6-2 400mhz Tower
Custom Built Dual-600mhz P3
IBM Thinkpad T20 1ghz
Custom Build Athlon 1200
Shuttle XPC Athlon 1.67ghz
Custom Built P4 2.8 Tower
Custom Built Q6600 Tower

and now the "modern" Dells

Dell Optiplex GX240 2.0ghz P4
Dell Optiplex GX 270 3.0ghz P4
Dell Precision 670 2.6ghz Xeon
Dell Latitude D400 1.8ghz
Dell Optiplex 745 1.8ghz, 2gb
2x Dell Optiplex 755 2.33ghz, 2gb
Dell Latitude D830 2ghz
Dell Optiplex 760 3.0ghz, 4gb
Dell Precision 390 Q6600, 4gb, HD6850
Dell Precision 490 2x 2.33 Quad Xeons, 16gb, HD7850
Dell Precision T3500 2.66 Quad Xeon, 3gb, R9280

After writing this list I see that I may have a problem...

My collection is rather modest, both due to a lack of space and practicality

Pentium 133 machine with an S3 Virge DX , Voodoo 1 and 64Mb , for games up to 1996 or so.
Athlon 1400 machine with a Voodoo 5500 , 300GB SCSI HDD and 1GB of DDR RAM , for games from late 1996 to 2001.
A customized HP XW4400 , with a Core2Duo E6600 , 2GB DDR2 ECC and a 512Mb X1900XT , for DX8/9 games up to 2007 or so .

I also have my modern i5 3570k/8GB DDR3/GF770 machine obviously.

I do have several motherboards and a bunch of ethernet , graphics and sound cards , so I could easily build more computers , but given that between these PCs I can 99% of the games I want, its not necessary . if I was going to get another computer, it would not be a PC but rather something like an Amiga or Atari ST.

I try to keep at least one machine representative of a major generation:
Juko XT 12Mhz, 640kb, 2GB SCSI
Harris 286 20Mhz, 16MB, 1GB IDE
Amd 386sx-40, 16MB, 1GB IDE
Intel 486dx2-66, VLB, 32MB, 10GB
Amd 486dx5-133, 64MB, 40GB
Pentium 90Mhz, 128MB, 40GB
Pentium II 333Mhz, 256MB, 40GB
Pentium III 700Mhz, 512, 40GB
Although, they are not PC compatibles (except for my PM6100 - DOS compatible), I also keep several vintage Macs just for fun.