RetroDad1
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Mar 24, 2024 9:13 PM
RetroDad1
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JamesInTasmania
No Turbo button, and small round keyboard and mouse - a Pentium or similar generation.
Grateful42
Good find!
RetroDad1
Small update
salikarn
No turbo button?
JoeyJoeJoeSeniorShabadoo
Let's say... Athlon 550.
conjuratio
Dust…so much dust…
NachoPete
Whatever you find, I hope that you post an update!
SwankyPotato
Maybe the harddisk contains a few bitcoins
GBMaker
If it's a DOS box, install Doom and Doom II immediately.
RetroDad1
Luckily i have both of those games original box copies.
TheMellowPeril
Roaches
RetroDad1
Update. Its a pentium 2 with 128 mega of ram. It has a crappy ati rage II + video card and a sound blaster and some midi interfaces.
With a better video card it could be a good machine.
zugz003
486DX2 (bc of the full-sized KB port) maybe Pentium - 90Mhz; video card (voodoo 2?), MPEG2 card for DVD playback, Sound blaster 16; 56K flex modem
RetroDad1
I wish it was a 486. Its a pentium 2
zugz003
That's score in my book; I liked the P2 hardware - if it's a Celeron 300A you could really overclock that SOB (although AMD was better OC in that time-space). What about the rest of the hardware VC, modem?
RetroDad1
Video card is an ati rage ii with an additional 4 mega addon to make it 8 megs. Still a terrible card. Cant do 3d
CriminallyMysophobic
roaches. dust, mouse shit.
spooktree
dust. lots of dust
camn333
An extremely old computer, with six different PCI cards just to make it compatible with somewhat modern components. That, and maybe a dead cockroach or two inside.
Grateful42
CrapsMcgee
Those four "cards" up top are possibly all just headers off the motherboard.
Guessing it's a Pentium 2.
VanessaNelson
Spiders
PeeterGrant
Hootie and the Blowfish CD
TheobromineAddict
Any computer that old, if it has a hard drive… check for old bitcoins. It's estimated there are millions of dollars of forgotten bitcoins left on the hard drives of old computers that are now buried in landfills.
MarkoClassicGaming
Looks like you have a graphics card with svideo and composite out. Looks like a fun project to pop open and see what else.
KillTimeAndLife
Dead bugs for sure
MrFancyPanzer
The most advanced Voodoo card for its time.
ObserveLearnReact
Dust.
Kjasi
Circa 1999-2002 hardware.
RigoryMorty
I'm gonna a guess... Pentium 133mhz, 1.3gb hdd, 32mb ram... Graphics card could be an S3 Trio, or Matrox M400...
cafmaster
Thisnused to be a gaming, video editing or audio editing. The MIDI card is a plus if you wanna do lofi stuff.
Denare
I'd say probably Win98 or WinXP. Likely a Pentium 2 of some flavor. Could be anywhere from a 166 to a 450Mhz, based on the era and the ports. Video card has S video out, so it's possibly a Riva TNT card or equivalent.
randomguy365
Clearly there's some BBC in there. So it's either a British TV station or...
The8obman
Somebody did a lot of upgrading, but that AT keyboard port is a red flag - this isn't gonna be higher than an original Pentium. MAYBE a weirdly socketed P2, but I doubt it.
RetroDad1
Its a p2.
Sumdumguy42
You mean other than dust on ancient hardware or?
RetroDad1
Not a retro hardware fan i see....
Sumdumguy42
I really don’t see the point, no. I always sold my outdated stuff as soon as possible. The case might have aesthetic appeal, but the hardware? To what end? Then again I don’t collect anything. If I haven’t used something in over two years, it’s gone. Hopefully donated or sold, worst case the recycling center.
RetroDad1
Lots of fans of games and hardware from the 90s and even the 80s . Playing Doom on original hardware has such a great feeling that you dont get from running GZdoom on a modern machine.
kenny2999
Nice. I'm guessing a P2 200Mhz from late 90s. Even has a tv tuner card.
aducksayswhat
I'm pretty sure the big honking keyboard DIN was gone by pentium 2 era
kenny2999
Ah, din notice that one, good catch.
CrapsMcgee
Pretty sure my pentium 2 had a DIN keyboard. It's still in the attic at my parents. I should go visit.