AST Bravo

"Nibby" (nibby68) 11/10/2016 at 17:16 • Filed to: None

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got another retrobox

*might* keep it for more than a few weeks this time, depends. 

guts

just over 3GB!

specs

whopping 2MB VRAM! dat ATI Rage II+

HammerheadFistpunch > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:17

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what do you do with these?

*asks the man with a laserdisc collection*

not for canada - australian in disguise > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:26

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That is the most late 90s/early 2000s computer case I have ever seen. Just looking at it makes me want to play Midtown Madness 2.

Nibby > HammerheadFistpunch 11/10/2016 at 17:27

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Mostly fix them up, clean them, and sell them for around $120-250

and 100 more > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:28

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Nibby:

-writes long post about how he’s no longer collecting retro PCs.

-gets another retro PC.

:)

Nibby > not for canada - australian in disguise 11/10/2016 at 17:28

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Unfortunately the processor is too slow for Midtown Madness 2

E90M3 > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:29

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What do people actually do with these old computers?

HammerheadFistpunch > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:29

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The frightening follow up is...what do people do with their cleaned up old computers

Nibby > and 100 more 11/10/2016 at 17:29

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truth, i could not resist

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:30

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Are those three PCI slots on a VESA slot or something proprietary? U WOT M8

Nibby > HammerheadFistpunch 11/10/2016 at 17:30

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no idea, probably MIDI stuff and play old DOS and windows 9x games

Nibby > E90M3 11/10/2016 at 17:30

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no idea, probably MIDI stuff and play old DOS and windows 9x games

Nibby > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/10/2016 at 17:30

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proprietary... 3 PCI + 2 ISA

and 100 more > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:31

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Hobby, habit, or hobbit, as long as it keeps you happy, hippie.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:32

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“Why sure, let’s make a 90 degree split motherboard - nothing can possibly go wrong!”

Nibby > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/10/2016 at 17:32

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tons of PCs in the 90s were designed like this

E90M3 > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:34

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That’s reasonable, I don’t care about old computers that much at all so I don’t really see the point in wanting one, but to each their own.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:40

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Yeah, I’ve seen a couple, but mostly missed that phase. At my house we went from an old AT-platform 486 (overclocked) straight to an ATX format 333 K6-2 (with 3dNOW!). Nothing mutant in between.

Wacko > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:42

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On board sound blaster 16?

Wacko > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:42

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Edit to correct and retract my comment

Nibby > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/10/2016 at 17:51

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sweet, do you still have any of them around?

Nibby > Wacko 11/10/2016 at 17:52

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ESS AudioDrive 1868

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 17:57

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Definitely still got the K6-2. Not sure about the 486.The 486 started out as a 286 and got upgraded. At one point there was (briefly) an all-in-one Compaq 386.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 18:21

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whoarder is tellurium > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 18:28

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Dang... 16X CD-ROM.

Nibby > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/10/2016 at 18:56

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now what’re you rocking?

for me, it’s a skylake desktop I built in May and my 8470p laptop... then this AST

1111111111111111111111 > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 19:43

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All of my servers have this feature to this day.

1111111111111111111111 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/10/2016 at 19:43

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Still common. That’s how you get cards in 1U.

404 - User No Longer Available > Nibby 11/10/2016 at 22:00

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I still remember the ES688 in my Compaq Presario...

Nibby > 404 - User No Longer Available 11/11/2016 at 00:08

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fun times

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Nibby 11/11/2016 at 09:10

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I’ve not really paid attention to what the main house computer at my folks’ is for a few years. My own station for the longest time was a basic Compaq tower with upgraded RAM and video card, but I’m building a Core i7 machine with an mATX board in a baby case to put a Quadro in - because I’m saving up for a license of Solidworks.

jimz > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/12/2016 at 04:09

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no, that was actually somewhat of a “Standard,” it was the NLX motherboard layout.