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1997 VX97 Dream machine

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First post, by SilverHawk

Posted on 2020-08-13, 12:30

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Well, not quite a dream machine, but good enough for me. Rescued this thing from a warehouse environment. Blew out all the years of dust from running in a "dirty" environment. Came with memory, CPU, PCI Mach 64 GT, 24X Mitsumi CDROM, 3.5" floppy, and 3.5" NEC ZIP drive. Here it is as it currently sits. There are a few notable non-period correct parts, but convenient/tasteful upgrades.

ASUS VX97
Pentium 200MMX
64MB EDO
6GB Maxtor HDD
54X Mitsumi CDROM
3.5" NEC floppy
3.5" Card reader drive
Diamond V330 Riva 128 PCI
AWE64 Value

Last edited by SilverHawk on 2020-08-13, 14:39. Edited 2 times in total.

Reply 1 of 6, by Repo Man11

Posted on 2020-08-13, 13:10

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Very nice!

"I'd rather be rich than stupid" - Jack Handey

Reply 2 of 6, by chrismeyer6

Posted on 2020-08-13, 14:18

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Nice find/rescue. And pics of the inside?

Reply 3 of 6, by SilverHawk

Posted on 2020-08-13, 14:37

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-08-13, 14:18:

Nice find/rescue. And pics of the inside?

I added one pic. I am embarrassed by the cable management, but I had to make do with the cables I had available. Besides, I never cared about cable management in my youth. It is more period correct this way. HAHA!

Reply 4 of 6, by Intel486dx33

Posted on 2020-08-13, 17:10

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Depends on what OS you are running ?

My first pentium computer was a Pentium 150MHz running WinNT-4.0 and it served me well. I was able to do all kinds of stuff with it
Because the the versatility of the OS and multitasking power of the Pentium.

Reply 5 of 6, by gerry

Posted on 2020-08-14, 08:44

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a fine rescue job! Great for that early win9x / late dos era of software

Reply 6 of 6, by SilverHawk

Posted on 2020-08-14, 21:53

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gerry wrote on 2020-08-14, 08:44:

a fine rescue job! Great for that early win9x / late dos era of software

Thank you. It wears the battle scars well. I was not sure how the black drives would look, but they seem to accent the black LED panel well.

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