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Pentium 133 tribute

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Posted on 2021-11-07, 19:04

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My Pentium 133 was bought in November 5th, 1996.
If I still had it, it would be 25 years old by now.

Not wanting to rebuild 100% what it was, I think it's time for a tribute.

Looking at the invoice and from what I recall, maisn specs were:

AT case with AT (Flagpoint?) motherboard
Intel Pentium 133MHz
2x 8MB SIMM (later upgraded to 24MB)
Seagate 1.3GB HDD
Goldstar 8x CD-ROM
S3 Trio 64V+ 2MB PCI
BTC/MED ISA soundcard

Let the fun begin!

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Reply 1 of 6, by sprcorreia

Posted on 2021-11-07, 19:04

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The main star of the build:

Intel Pentium 133.jpg

And the REAL question to me: ATX or AT? Personally I grew up to dislike AT, but the HX is screaming "Choose me!"

Intel AN430TX.jpg

Gigabyte GA-586HX.jpg

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Reply 2 of 6, by sprcorreia

Posted on 2021-11-07, 19:04

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Reply 3 of 6, by gerry

Posted on 2021-11-09, 08:48

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were there pics? anyway, will be nice to see when done

will you go with CF to IDE and more ram this time?

Reply 4 of 6, by Joseph_Joestar

Posted on 2021-11-09, 08:55

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Nice build! Very similar to my first PC, which was also purchased in '96.

I still remember the crunchy sounds those Seagate Medalist HDDs made while reading/writing. I wouldn't use one today, with all the modern alternatives that are available, but that sound remains one of the earliest memories that I associate with PC gaming.

PC#1: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / YMF719 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155
PC#2: AthlonXP 2100+ / ECS K7VTA3 / Voodoo3 / Audigy2 / Vortex2
PC#3: Athlon64 3400+ / Asus K8V-MX / 5900XT / Audigy2
PC#4: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 970 / X-Fi

Reply 5 of 6, by sprcorreia

Posted on 2021-11-09, 15:03

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gerry wrote on 2021-11-09, 08:48:

were there pics? anyway, will be nice to see when done

will you go with CF to IDE and more ram this time?

Fixed.
I have a few HDDs (Seagate and Quantum) that are perfect for the build but I do like a silent machine... Decisions, decisions...

Reply 6 of 6, by sprcorreia

Posted on 2021-11-10, 23:09

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I decided to go with the ATX motherboard.
Although it has an ATI RAGE II +DVD with 2MB, Yamaha YMF715-S and YMF704-S (wavetable) onboard, I decided to use:

Elsa Winner 2000 AVI/3D (4MB Virge VX)

Elsa Winner 2000 AVI3D.jpg

ESS ES1868F + ES690F

ESS 1868 + GM.jpg

16MB DIMM will do for now, I'll upgrade if necessary

16MB DIMM.jpg

I like the sound of the ESS wavetable and the quality of the Elsa card is quite nice.

Another thing I'll add is my favorite add-on that was bought back then and kept since.

Aimslab Radiotrack ISA card

Radiotrack.jpg

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