TrashPanda wrote on 2022-03-10, 05:28:I got a VA 503+ sitting in the box waiting for a modded K6-2+, still haven't got a nice case for it yet. […]
Show full quote
BitWrangler wrote on 2022-03-10, 05:02:
Nice, if you figure out how to save out the PCR file or whatever, I'd be interested. I have an M571 that's gonna get one of those K6-2+ modded to 3+ annnnd it could use the help. (Not my fastest super 7 btw)
I got a VA 503+ sitting in the box waiting for a modded K6-2+, still haven't got a nice case for it yet.
Im thinking of something like this
s-l1600.jpg
Only issue I have is .. well finding a place for something this dang big 😁
Kahenraz wrote on 2022-03-10, 10:06:I'm in the same boat. I would really like one of these old Gateway 2000 towers, but I would have nowhere to put it. […]
Show full quote
I'm in the same boat. I would really like one of these old Gateway 2000 towers, but I would have nowhere to put it.
The fact that the one you've picked out has two 2.5" bays is very attractive. You can put dual floppies or a floppy and a card reader.
vintage-gateway-2000-p5-133-gaming_1_b22c3ecb1f017c643f30daa603765ce3.jpg
vintage-gateway-2000-gaming-computer_1_bbd48d7605d8bd46196f0bd17a36756c.jpg
The trick is to buy two, stand them 6ft apart, put an old door on top, ta-daaa, extra desk/bench 🤣 ... Doesn't do anything for floor space problems though 🙁
I have a couple of behemoths of this ilk. Got them in early oughts when ppl just wanted rid of them. At that time too, there was a dearth of cheaper used ATX or cheap new ATX, so one of them got ATX io hole hacked out of it. Then it got an A7V, XP 1700 and GF2, but never ran that much. The other one is still AT... think it needs the larger format AT supply to fill it's hole up.
Possibly if the P2B dual board is got working, the A7V might find itself dispossessed. Can't think of what to do with the other though, K6-X system don't seem quite right. Maybe I could revive the retro-tweener server/disk array plan, with an AT BX board I have (PC Partner) .. I had/have a mid tower with a P2-99 (ZX) halfass set up like that, but it hasn't been powered in a while, so probably needs going through.
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.