SiBurning wrote on Today, 02:29:

Yesterday & today, I busted 3 knuckles trying to restore 3 old computers. The dual athlon and p3 didn't work so they're dismantl […]
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Yesterday & today, I busted 3 knuckles trying to restore 3 old computers.
The dual athlon and p3 didn't work so they're dismantled.
Luckily, the good son lives.

- Soyo SY-6BA+ III Slot-A motherboard, with 2 16-bit ISA slots, 5 32-bit PCI, and 1 3.3V AGP slot.
- Celeron 300A clocked to 450.
- Windows 98 SE build 4.10.2222
- 512 MB RAM
- 3 hard drive partitions: 2 GB, 1.5 GB, 17 GB, and another drive not connected. There's not even a slave connector on the cable.
- The Sony disc drive failed, but a Panasonic from another box worked. Panasonics always were reliable.
- The CMOS battery is a 2032 which I have on hand. Very unexpected!
- Sound Blaster AWE-32, full length (I measured 13")
- Diamond Voodoo graphics card
- Elsa Gladiac 511 TV-out (NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX NV11B, AGP 4x, 64MB RAM)
- Network card: 100Mb ???!!! I'll be replacing this

What a sweet gaming box it was. But now what?

All of my Windows 98 era games are working perfectly on an HP/Compaq 8710w laptop.
Not portable, of course, since there's no way to get a battery.
Not without hacking one myself.
The other games are easily run in an emulator.

Looking back, I note my only posts here were in two threads back in 2011.
Perhaps I should hibernate again for another 15 years.
We'll see if the old Celery 300A still works.
Or if I do.

seems like a good all rounder, DOS and 9x games - so many run on newer systems but a good old celeron feels very 90's.

Amazing 15 year gap btw! had you been a visitor in meantime, otherwise well remembered! i wonder what things will be like 15 years hence, vogons must be one of the longest active forums

SiBurning wrote on Today, 02:29:

Yesterday & today, I busted 3 knuckles trying to restore 3 old computers. The dual athlon and p3 didn't work so they're dismantl […]
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Yesterday & today, I busted 3 knuckles trying to restore 3 old computers.
The dual athlon and p3 didn't work so they're dismantled.
Luckily, the good son lives.

- Soyo SY-6BA+ III Slot-A motherboard, with 2 16-bit ISA slots, 5 32-bit PCI, and 1 3.3V AGP slot.
- Celeron 300A clocked to 450.
- Windows 98 SE build 4.10.2222
- 512 MB RAM
- 3 hard drive partitions: 2 GB, 1.5 GB, 17 GB, and another drive not connected. There's not even a slave connector on the cable.
- The Sony disc drive failed, but a Panasonic from another box worked. Panasonics always were reliable.
- The CMOS battery is a 2032 which I have on hand. Very unexpected!
- Sound Blaster AWE-32, full length (I measured 13")
- Diamond Voodoo graphics card
- Elsa Gladiac 511 TV-out (NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX NV11B, AGP 4x, 64MB RAM)
- Network card: 100Mb ???!!! I'll be replacing this

What a sweet gaming box it was. But now what?

All of my Windows 98 era games are working perfectly on an HP/Compaq 8710w laptop.
Not portable, of course, since there's no way to get a battery.
Not without hacking one myself.
The other games are easily run in an emulator.

Looking back, I note my only posts here were in two threads back in 2011.
Perhaps I should hibernate again for another 15 years.
We'll see if the old Celery 300A still works.
Or if I do.

The way I see it, the hardware-software system creates a different experience - different memories.

Some of those memories are good, some bad, but they are interconnected.

You can emulate the hardware (and even the software) but that creates a different experience - like emulating life, it's just wouldn't be the same.

Maybe the emulated is better, or maybe worse - how would you describe the differences?

RetroLizard wrote on Today, 04:12:

I bought a high-end Radeon AGP card.

Unrelated question, but does anybody know the best way to paint a computer case and have it last?

You sand the previous paint down, use good primer, then automative grade paint on top in several thin layers. It's usually not worth the effort. What are you going to paint?

appiah4 wrote on Today, 10:12:

RetroLizard wrote on Today, 04:12:

I bought a high-end Radeon AGP card.

Unrelated question, but does anybody know the best way to paint a computer case and have it last?

You sand the previous paint down, use good primer, then automative grade paint on top in several thin layers. It's usually not worth the effort. What are you going to paint?

I'm thinking about partially repainting a pc case.

RetroLizard wrote on 52 minutes ago:

appiah4 wrote on Today, 10:12:

RetroLizard wrote on Today, 04:12:

I bought a high-end Radeon AGP card.

Unrelated question, but does anybody know the best way to paint a computer case and have it last?

You sand the previous paint down, use good primer, then automative grade paint on top in several thin layers. It's usually not worth the effort. What are you going to paint?

I'm thinking about partially repainting a pc case.

Solvent can wipe off an outer later of discoloured paints/plastics. Automotive touch-up paint can mask scratched metal. Your needs might be different.