First post, by kneedragger37
Hi all --
After cleaning some of my old college stuff out of my parents' house and finding my old games and some soundcards and other components, I'm trying to build an old Pentium 100 system like the one I had in college, to play my old games. Until I found this site, I thought I was nuts! Good to know there are other nuts like me around. 😉
I've found so far:
- a never-used P-100 processor
- 4 32mb 72-pin SIMMs
- my old SB16 (and I think my old GUS is around somewhere too)
- an AT-style mid-tower case
- a bunch of software
I need your help finding:
- *a socket 5 motherboard with the options i had way back when* in particular, I'm looking for something with the Intel 430nx neptune chipset. This seems to be impossible to find. Call me crazy, but it's what I had and I thought it was awesome. If there's a reason to use something else, I'd love some opinions and explanations.
- a good pci 2.0 compatible graphics card
- an HDD and CD-ROM drive that will work with this system
I'd also like to know if there are other online communities of lunatics who like to build obsolete PCs... they ought to be a hoot.
Thanks in advance,
Stu