Vintage Desktop update

"Nibby" (nibby68) 04/24/2016 at 13:24 • Filed to: None

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Cleaned it up nicely and rather impressed with its condition considering its age.

It is missing a few things though, like some 5.25" plastic covers (not a big deal)

The rear

The guts

dat Creative SoundBlaster AWE32 with 8mb of RAM

SCSI drives which I have no cable for and no SCSI controller

The CD drives, one is SCSI and the other is IDE

A couple of the SCSI drives

A giant SCSI drive that is a whopping 2.9GB 5400RPM

And a Matrox PCI video card.

Anyone here by any chance have any spare old IDE drives and/or SCSI PCI cards + cables? Thanks

TheHondaBro > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 13:32

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OS?

Nibby > TheHondaBro 04/24/2016 at 13:34

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None cause I need a PS2 adapter for the keyboard and no SCSI card + cable

whoarder is tellurium > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 13:35

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OOh, that Seagate 3GB drive. 11 platters!

Roughly $5.5k in 1992 monies.

TheHondaBro > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 13:35

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Are you gonna rock a ball mouse on this bad boy?

Leadbull > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 13:36

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That zebra print is quite swag.

Nibby > whoarder is tellurium 04/24/2016 at 13:38

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I should see how it sounds

Nibby > TheHondaBro 04/24/2016 at 13:39

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I don’t have one, but I do have a spare PS/2 Optical mouse that works great

Nibby > Leadbull 04/24/2016 at 13:39

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Thanks. My mom gave it to me a few years ago for storing stuff

whoarder is tellurium > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 13:41

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The manual notes a 30 second maximum startup time.

I bet it sounds like a gas turbine.

TheHondaBro > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 14:02

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Found a ball mouse for my vintage PC at Goodwill a few days ago. I love it.

TheHondaBro > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 14:17

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hear*

Nibby > TheHondaBro 04/24/2016 at 14:35

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awww yes

Nibby > whoarder is tellurium 04/24/2016 at 14:57

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It does! Here’s a video

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxyKNR…

whoarder is tellurium > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 15:00

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Ahaha yesssss. Excellent.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 15:00

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There’s so much extra room inside that case compared to how much space all the actual components take up.

Nibby > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/24/2016 at 15:10

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Hah it’s crazy. The number of supported drives is insane

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 15:11

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You could probably fit two entirely separate PCs in that case.

Nibby > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/24/2016 at 15:37

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oh man, recorded that giant SCSI HD spinning up and shutting down, it’s epic

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxyKNR…

Nibby > TheHondaBro 04/24/2016 at 15:38

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oh man, recorded that giant SCSI HD spinning up and shutting down, it’s epic

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxyKNR…

jimz > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 18:02

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does the upper CD-ROM drive use disc caddies? I haven’t seen one of those since high school.

Nibby > jimz 04/24/2016 at 18:56

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Yep!

TheHondaBro > Nibby 04/24/2016 at 20:57

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Sounds like a damn 747!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Nibby 05/03/2016 at 15:13

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