Louise Nurdig/Redknapp of Eternal

Wow she was pretty at the time, I had never noticed..

RetroPCCupboard wrote on 2026-03-05, 21:09:

No! Sorry! But that is probably the most likely match for a singer of that era married to a footballer. […]
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appiah4 wrote on 2026-03-05, 20:02:

Victoria then. She really does look so different now.

No! Sorry! But that is probably the most likely match for a singer of that era married to a footballer.

Nexxen wrote on 2026-03-05, 20:33:

I cheated and asked a friend (btw, he's british). He think it's her but he's not 100% sure (I believe so after looking at pics), […]
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I cheated and asked a friend (btw, he's british).
He think it's her but he's not 100% sure (I believe so after looking at pics), the name of the band is "something that lasts a lot". Her name has some "chili" in it.
If it is correct I'll tell when requested, I don't want to spoil the hunt.

TBH I would have never found her, I never heard of her.

Based on what you said about the band, I think you are correct. I am not sure on the chilli reference though.

In the FHM magazine 100 s*xiest women she was in the list for something like 10 years. Dont think she ever won it though

Ok, colour of chili.
It wasn't me spotting her though, this is very brit stuff I guess 😀

Nexxen wrote on 2026-03-05, 22:39:

Ok, colour of chili.
It wasn't me spotting her though, this is very brit stuff I guess 😀

Yep! I wasn't expecting a non-brit to know TBH.

appiah4 wrote on 2026-03-05, 22:35:

Louise Nurdig/Redknapp of Eternal

Wow she was pretty at the time, I had never noticed..

Yes. That's her. I thought she was stunning, but everyone has different opinions on what they find attractive, and that's fine.

As a married man, I'd never put a wallpaper like that on my desktop now. But when I was a single male in my teens and early 20s I certainly did! Posters too!

As a married man, I get you 😁

yrz2001 wrote on 2026-02-08, 13:41:

Obijuan1983 wrote on 2022-11-24, 16:27:

IBM Netfinity 3500 […]
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IBM Netfinity 3500

Just restored this nice server 😀

2 x Pentium II 233MHz

256MB RAM

2 x 9.1GB SCSI HDD 7200rpm

S3 Virge GX2 AGP SVGA

2 x IDE Controller

FDD Controller

Ethernet

How do I open the front panel of this computer case? I've tried for quite a while but haven't been able to.

If remember correct it has some screws at the top (after you remove the top cover) that holds the front cover

I found a picture of my box from 2009-2012. It was a Intel Desktop board with 945 chipset and Pentium D 925 4x1024M DDR2-800 and it had 8600GT when I assembled it, but died and replaced with 630 or 730, can't recall. This was a awesome box and even though the guts were hangin' out all over, I STILL carried this heavy b*^ch all across town.

Well, it wasn't really retro at the time, but it sure is now. I'd like a evil-looking PC like that again. Such a vibe.

Major Jackyl wrote on 2026-03-11, 23:00:

I found a picture of my box from 2009-2012. It was a Intel Desktop board with 945 chipset and Pentium D 925 4x1024M DDR2-800 and […]
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I found a picture of my box from 2009-2012. It was a Intel Desktop board with 945 chipset and Pentium D 925 4x1024M DDR2-800 and it had 8600GT when I assembled it, but died and replaced with 630 or 730, can't recall. This was a awesome box and even though the guts were hangin' out all over, I STILL carried this heavy b*^ch all across town.

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Well, it wasn't really retro at the time, but it sure is now. I'd like a evil-looking PC like that again. Such a vibe.

An extra, external power supply? And is that a HDD stack with a side mounted fan? That's pretty bad-ass 😁

I would also like to know more. Are the two PSUs used at the same time? Why are the HDDs mounted externally?

Looks very cyberpunk 😎
I have a Pentium II test machine built with all the crappiest components that still produced a stable system and that is also just the chassis, but it doesn't have anything mounted externally, so definitely doesn't look as cool as yours 😅 Never considered this system worth photographing, but you inspired me, so here it is in all it's lack of glory:

- PCChips M729 motherboard
- Pentium II 350MHz
- 128MB RAM
- Trident 3DImage 9750 with 4MB
- 4GB CF card

H3nrik V! wrote on 2026-03-12, 06:08:

Major Jackyl wrote on 2026-03-11, 23:00:

I found a picture of my box from 2009-2012. It was a Intel Desktop board with 945 chipset and Pentium D 925 4x1024M DDR2-800 and […]
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I found a picture of my box from 2009-2012. It was a Intel Desktop board with 945 chipset and Pentium D 925 4x1024M DDR2-800 and it had 8600GT when I assembled it, but died and replaced with 630 or 730, can't recall. This was a awesome box and even though the guts were hangin' out all over, I STILL carried this heavy b*^ch all across town.

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Well, it wasn't really retro at the time, but it sure is now. I'd like a evil-looking PC like that again. Such a vibe.

An extra, external power supply? And is that a HDD stack with a side mounted fan? That's pretty bad-ass 😁

The PSUs I used were pretty pathetic, so I had one running the board and the other running everything else (5xHDD, DVD, floppy, ZIP, fans, random USB+5V dangling out the back). A 200W and a 300, if I recall. I also had a ZIP under the floppy most of the time. My squealing woes were solved and the PSUs survived to the end.

devius wrote on 2026-03-12, 14:20:

I would also like to know more. Are the two PSUs used at the same time? Why are the HDDs mounted externally? […]
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I would also like to know more. Are the two PSUs used at the same time? Why are the HDDs mounted externally?

Looks very cyberpunk 😎
I have a Pentium II test machine built with all the crappiest components that still produced a stable system and that is also just the chassis, but it doesn't have anything mounted externally, so definitely doesn't look as cool as yours 😅 Never considered this system worth photographing, but you inspired me, so here it is in all it's lack of glory:

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- PCChips M729 motherboard
- Pentium II 350MHz
- 128MB RAM
- Trident 3DImage 9750 with 4MB
- 4GB CF card

The red button you got on yours is a nice touch, I like it.

I made the drive cage out of erector set, since most cases I had at the time were mATX and didn't fit my stack of drives. I remember having 2x80GB, 2x40GB and a 20GB. One of the slim Maxtors could've been a 60. You really get what you get when you're surviving on random pulls from the recycling center.

Here are my Retro Beige Boxes. A Penitum II 400MHz slot 1, AMD K6-2 550MHz socket 7, AMD Athlon 1200MHz socket A, Pentium III 700MHz slot 1, Pentium III 1000MHz socket 370, Pentium 4 1.8GHz socket 478.

johnvosh wrote on 2026-03-30, 11:10:

Here are my Retro Beige Boxes. A Penitum II 400MHz slot 1, AMD K6-2 550MHz socket 7, AMD Athlon 1200MHz socket A, Pentium III 700MHz slot 1, Pentium III 1000MHz socket 370, Pentium 4 1.8GHz socket 478.

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great stuff 😀 i know there is a lot of overlap between these systems in terms of their relative capability but part of the fun is choosing set ups. For me the P2 shouts ms dos / win 9x and the power of the athlon1200 and/or p3-1000 are borderline high end 9x and more XP. What i've done, just for interest, in the past is set up a system dedicated to 'productivity', i.e. no worry about graphics cards just install appropriate office and other applications plus development tools and experience the environment as it might have been back in the day. It's one approach to agp-less or systems otherwise not that great for games but admittedly they end up not being used much! 😀

gerry wrote on 2026-03-30, 11:42:

great stuff 😀 i know there is a lot of overlap between these systems in terms of their relative capability but part of the fun is choosing set ups. For me the P2 shouts ms dos / win 9x and the power of the athlon1200 and/or p3-1000 are borderline high end 9x and more XP.

I agree completely. My retro cupboard plan definitely has a lot of overlap also:

Pseudo XT (1981–1990) — 8088 @ 4.77–10 MHz / Trident VGA / AdLib (OPL3) / PC Speaker, AdLib (no API standard)

Pseudo 386–486 (1990–1993) — Pentium MMX 166 MHz (scaled) / Trident 8900C / Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 / VGA DOS + early Sound Blaster standard

Early Win95 (1993–1996) — Pentium MMX 200–300 MHz / RIVA 128ZX + Voodoo1 / Sound Blaster 16 CT2230 + Wavetable / Glide + DirectX 3

Early Win98 A3D (1997–1999) — Pentium III 550 MHz / TNT2 Pro + Voodoo2 SLI / AWE64 Gold (DOS) + Vortex 2 (Windows) / A3D 2.0 + Glide 2 + DirectX 6

Late Win98 3DFX (1998–2000) — Pentium III 700 MHz / Voodoo3 3500 / Sound Blaster 32 (DOS) + Vortex 2 (Windows) / Glide 3 + DirectX 6

Late Win98 nVidia (1999–2001) — Pentium III Tualatin 1.4 GHz / GeForce 2 Ti / Sound Blaster Live! / DirectX 7 + EAX 1/2

High-End Win98 / Early XP (2000–2003) — Athlon XP 2500+ / GeForce4 Ti 4600 / Sound Blaster Audigy / DirectX 8 + EAX Advanced HD

Early XP (2002–2004) — Pentium 4 3.4 GHz / Radeon 9800 XT / Sound Blaster Audigy 2 / DirectX 9 + EAX 3/4

This layout makes the intentional overlap boundaries very clear—especially where Glide fades out and A3D/EAX dominance shifts into pure DirectX.

gerry wrote on 2026-03-30, 11:42:

What i've done, just for interest, in the past is set up a system dedicated to 'productivity', i.e. no worry about graphics cards just install appropriate office and other applications plus development tools and experience the environment as it might have been back in the day. It's one approach to agp-less or systems otherwise not that great for games but admittedly they end up not being used much! 😀

Now, that would be an interesting idea for my little SFF Tualatin PC that has no AGP...:

What would you do with a Tualatin PC with ISA slot in an SFF case?

gerry wrote on 2026-03-30, 11:42:

great stuff 😀 i know there is a lot of overlap between these systems in terms of their relative capability but part of the fun is choosing set ups. For me the P2 shouts ms dos / win 9x and the power of the athlon1200 and/or p3-1000 are borderline high end 9x and more XP. What i've done, just for interest, in the past is set up a system dedicated to 'productivity', i.e. no worry about graphics cards just install appropriate office and other applications plus development tools and experience the environment as it might have been back in the day. It's one approach to agp-less or systems otherwise not that great for games but admittedly they end up not being used much! 😀

Here is what my beige box systems are. I have a total of 19 computers currently! I have moved a couple of these video cards between the systems. Would like to get a couple other video cards, but they are getting expensive or very hard to find. Would like another GeForce 3, but there is next to none or none at a decent price on eBay Canada.

Gateway 2000 GP6-400 — Pentium II 400 MHz / 384MB Ram/ Rage 128GL AGP 16MB DX 6.0 / Sound Blaster Live (upgraded from integrated Ensoniq ES1371 / Win 98SE

Gateway Select 400 - K6-2 550 MHz / 128MB SD-RAM / Integrated Rage Pro Turbo 8MB / Integrated Creative ES1378 / XP (original install) & Win 98SE

Gateway Select 1000 — Athlon 1200 MHz / 512MB PC-133/ Radeon 7200 64MB DX 7.0 / Sound Blaster Live / XP Pro SP3 / Original MB died so replaced with Abit Kt7A Raid

Dell Dimension XPS T700R — Pentium III 700/256/100 Slot 1 / 384MB SD-RAM / Rage 128 Pro 16MB DX 6.0 / Turtle Beach A Vortex 2 / Win ME

Dell Dimension XPS B866 — Pentium III 1000/256/133 Socket 370 / 384MB PC800 RD-RAM / GeForce 3 64MB DX 8.0 / Sound Blaster Live / Win 98SE

Custom Build — Pentium 4 1.8 GHz / 512MB SD-RAM / MX400 Pro 32MB DX7.0 / Win XP SP2 (original install)

RetroPCCupboard wrote on 2026-03-30, 12:31:

High-End Win98 / Early XP (2000–2003) — Athlon XP 2500+ / GeForce4 Ti 4600 / Sound Blaster Audigy / DirectX 8 + EAX Advanced HD

johnvosh wrote on 2026-03-31, 01:16:

Dell Dimension XPS B866 — Pentium III 1000/256/133 Socket 370 / 384MB PC800 RD-RAM / GeForce 3 64MB DX 8.0 / Sound Blaster Live / Win 98SE

great collections and great examples of Athlon XP (I have a liking for those!) and P3 as gaming platforms there 😀
And the respective AGP less machines are prime "productive like its a quarter century ago" machines 😀

Hey,
Here's a machine that I just recently put together from a few parts I had over the years.

CPU: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4Ghz (Socket 462)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu
Memory: 512MB RAM (2x256MB) PC133 Samsung
Motherboard: EPOX 8KHA (Fully Re-Capped)
Video Card: 3Dfx Voodoo 5 5500 AGP 64MB (2X GPU)
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 SB0100 PCI
Hard Drive: 120GB Samsung SSD with IDE-to-SATA Adapter
Power Supply: Corsair HX1000 (1000W) Power Supply
Drives: 2x DVD-RW IDE
Case: Antec VSK4000E-U3
Case Fans: 2x Noctua NF-P12

Just a preview of my horde,

From left to right

486 dx 2 33 (MSDOS 6.22) , for now on the monochrome, usually just on the vga tube, but just for show off.
Alphastation 500 400MHZ Alpha 21164 (Tru UNIX 4.5), on the HP Flatscreen
DEC 3000 600s 175 MHz Alpha 21064 (Ultrix 4.4) , on a VT510 terminal, not in sight.
MicroVAX 3100-85 KA55 CISC CPU (openBSD VAX5.😎 on another VT510 terminal, not in sight.
Laser Turbo XT2, waiting for parts (4164 and 4464 memoery chips. Wil be DOS 3. And the monochrome will be his partner in crime.

Oooh and 'Heras', my trusted doggo, guarding my precious retro / classics.

Regards,
Crash

Very interesting and unusual choice of machines! Also, the case on that 486 looks brand new 😳

Oh hey, posting old bedroom computer setups?

Me in the middle of no idea what, circa 1999:

Probably around 2001 some time:

And my final CRT setup in 2004:

Didn't hang on to a single one of those monitors.. (or computers, for that matter) 😭

I had one of those green desk lamps. Tossed my CRTs as well mid 2000s. Wished I didn't but here we are...

Just finished putting this all together...

PCPartner ZXBS3-936
P3 800Mhz
384 MB RAM (125+256)
Matrox G400 (16MB)
SoundBlaster, CT4780
USB 2.0 PCI card
DLink DEF-530TX NIC
3.5 & 5.25 FDD (yes both works)
256GB SSD (over SSD -> IDE adapter. i just used old Samsung spare i happen to have)
Microsoft Serial mouse (yes serial mouse, not PS/2, not USB)
AT desktop case (LEDs replaced. Old ones were not bright).
Blue badge IBM model M KB
PSU that was in the case was like 35+ years old . I don't trust it so i put in seasonic ATX PSU i happened to have as a spare. MB takes both AT and ATX)