Kahenraz wrote on 2022-10-18, 16:41:
eesz34 wrote on 2022-10-18, 16:06:
It's interesting to see what others consider vintage. I for example don't consider anything ATX to be vintage, even though an ATX board could be well over 20 years old.
I draw the line for my PC collection at the ATX corm factor, to keep things consistent and easier for me to build. I do however have a couple of Socket 7 boards that are also ATX.
What do you think of Socket 7?
I do have a Pentium Socket 7 that is AT, and that is only 1 of my 2 retro systems, unless you consider an Athlon X2 vintage which I really don't. I was using it as my main computer 4 years ago 🤣.
I wanted a system that sort of did everything without being too new, and it was a specific 486 or Pentium. I like the Pentium because it still supports 2 floppies, doesn't use a stupid NiCd battery, has ISA and PCI because PCI cards are more plentiful than VLB, and the BIOS is modern enough (booting from CD). Oh, and this specific 486 board was very poorly documented.
I guess it all depends on the situation. The P5 sits somewhere between what I think of as modern, but isn't built like it.