Well, not quite as retro, but here is a 2010 model that will maximize your drive space for sure.....! 😆
https://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/lian_li … 77f_review.html

More models:
https://forums.unraid.net/topic/16925-tower-c … -top-to-bottom/

As I predict you will have to search for several years to find anything remotely _beige_ in this category...

Although I suspect there are none(!) - as they all used to have at least a few 3.5 hard drive bays in front.
So this below is probably the best you'll ever find, even if it is very tall you'll get about the same number of outer bays as that Chieftec Dragon one.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173853271724

At least you can get that Lian Li in aluminium silver color, which by now is more or less 'retro', heh...

Received my Amiga 600!

I already have an Amiga 500 which is in great shape, and have a bunch of addons and accessories for it... but it has always been just a bit too big to fit on my desk comfortably (particularly once I plug in the ACA500+, it ends up being very wide for my desk).

Had my eye on the Amiga 600 for a while now due to the space savings. Plus I think they look great. 😀 And the built in IDE port and PCMCIA slot is awesome in 2020. I know back in the day people were mostly upset with Commodore for releasing the 600, but I don't care about that history today. I think I definitely prefer this machine to my A500!

Decided to just spend a bit more to get one that has already been re-capped. I figured I could probably re-cap it myself... but those SMD caps can be a bit of a pain sometimes, and after watching some videos of people recapping an A600, I figured that my track record with removing SMD caps them so far on other projects has been ... not perfect (the last project I did, I ended up accidentally lifting 2 pads 🙁 ). Didn't want to end up there again with an Amiga. Meh.

The problem I have now is that none of the addons I ordered for the A600 (e.g. 1MB Chip mem expansion, Fastmem expansion, CF card stuff, WB 3.1 ROM) have even been shipped from the store I ordered them from. And I ordered all of this (including the A600) on the same day. Bah! Oh well, will make due with floppies for now.

bestemor wrote on 2020-10-19, 21:19:

Well, not quite as retro, but here is a 2010 model that will maximize your drive space for sure.....! 😆 https://www.vortez.net/a […]
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Well, not quite as retro, but here is a 2010 model that will maximize your drive space for sure.....! 😆
https://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/lian_li … 77f_review.html

More models:
https://forums.unraid.net/topic/16925-tower-c … -top-to-bottom/

As I predict you will have to search for several years to find anything remotely _beige_ in this category...

Although I suspect there are none(!) - as they all used to have at least a few 3.5 hard drive bays in front.
So this below is probably the best you'll ever find, even if it is very tall you'll get about the same number of outer bays as that Chieftec Dragon one.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173853271724

At least you can get that Lian Li in aluminium silver color, which by now is more or less 'retro', heh...

I guess i have to wait for one of those Lian Li's anodized in beige then :p
Hmm, I could retrodize one possibly ^^

This stuff

And some boxed cards...

that's some nice stuff :3

I bought one of my dream computers today... finally after years, will have to wait a bit for it to show up though probably and I hope it won't need too many repairs, if any, cause parts ain't easy to come by on this part of the globe ^^

Well, I mentioned in another thread that I had easy access to a 233MHz Pentium MMX. And that proved to be true, as I picked it up locally for $10. I just need to get a damn motherboard and cooler that will work with this and one for my Ceramic 100/166MMX

SVD wrote on 2020-10-06, 18:25:

I bought two AMD K6-2+ 350mhz 1.5v CPUs

I guessed that they can probably handle 2.0v as the other K6-2+'s and the 1.5v is just for low wattage mobile? so quite good for oc maybe 😀 Can someone confirm before i blow one x) I have a ss7 board that goes down to 1.8v the rest to 2.0v

Thanks for posting this, I appreciate the link before the mods removed it. I ordered two of these, they just arrived today. My SS7 boards only go down to 2.0V.

Since these are the same core as all the other + chips I plan to and expect they’ll run fine at 2.0V at 600MHz.

Mine are dated 20 week 2003 so almost 2 years newer than my other + chips. Maybe they’ll let me reach 660MHz (6x110)? I know the board can handle that FSB.

HanJammer wrote on 2020-10-19, 21:57:

And some boxed cards...

Super nice - that ISA / VLB era Paradise chipset is fantastic in my experience. Great image quality and compatibility and nice drivers - speed is also OK, some fiddling with jumpers has made a difference for me.

Two beauties.

Western Digital VGA 16 WD90c00

ATI VGA Wonder 16

HanJammer wrote on 2020-10-19, 21:54:

This stuff

Great haul! I've restored a PC30-III not that long ago and the HDD wouldn't spin up (WD93028-A). I gave it a good shake and that seems to have done the trick 😆

twilliamc wrote on 2020-10-19, 20:52:

I made an estate sale purchase over the weekend of a P2B-DS fitted with dual P3-800's. Imagine my surprise after it posted up with no issues. After a night of wondering which case I should put it in, I settled on my old Lian-Li PC-65. It is still a work in progress as I need to install drives, fan extension cables, and the OS. Here's a photo of it on my lunch break.

20201019_134039.jpg

I am considering a dual boot of 98se and 2000. Maybe some linux flavor.

Great, I love those dual Pentium III builds, especially when they come in a nice case like this one! 😄

I got me one of these:

I have been in this hobby for a couple of years now and the times I needed one for troubleshooting or repairs so far justified it.

An oscilloscope is probably next.

tpos(I will then probably get thrown out of the house by my wife)

appiah4 wrote on 2020-10-20, 11:33:

I got me one of these:

Once I got exactly the same thing, I found that I actually needed more than one type of writer to properly repurpose/repair/refresh various shapes of roms.

Welcome to the nerd cave.

appiah4 wrote on 2020-10-20, 11:33:

I got me one of these:

Indeed an underrated tool. You forgot the UV eraser in your bucket list. 😉

And ... be carefully with flashing UEFI ROMS external .

Gered wrote on 2020-10-19, 21:22:

Received my Amiga 600!
[...]

nice!
consider getting a Furia 020 accelerator for that A600 - it will make it a very capable whdload system

appiah4 wrote on 2020-10-20, 11:33:

I got me one of these: […]
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I got me one of these:

I have been in this hobby for a couple of years now and the times I needed one for troubleshooting or repairs so far justified it.

An oscilloscope is probably next.

tpos(I will then probably get thrown out of the house by my wife)

Good catch, it'll work with most of the common chips anyways ... at least I didn't have any problems with any system in the range of an original XT up to P55C systems, yet.

... and yes, still looking for an oscilloscope or a digital analyzer, too.

Now i need to get Keyboard and mouse

https://imgur.com/665WUb3

https://imgur.com/Dhmhhgh

Just received in the mail a sad Schneider EuroPc II. This must be a fetish of mine, my eyes only see pain, but yet in some way this machines are appealing to me. Anyway it is my first "II" variant of the EuroPc.

Also in the mail, a bigbox version of The Geekwad: Games of The galaxy..... I miss the artwork from games of 80's and 90's

Attack of the Varta D: