HI-END WINDOWS 98 ERA RETRO COMPUTER

HI-END WINDOWS 98 ERA RETRO COMPUTER

Finally, I’ve managed to finish my retro DOS/Windows 98 build machine based on powerul Athlon.
By finish i mean assemble parts on the table without any case. Why no case? Answer is simple: i’m lazy.
And it is more convenient to me to keep it as open testbed for weirdo experiments of my own.

Collecting items took almost four months to accomplish this project.
Puter consists of multitude parts, which were acquired around the globe.
Netherlands, Russia, Germany, USA, Australia, Japan and others. Don’t remember all of them.

And now I would like to share some restricted computer porno with all of you guys.
Not all computer parts are present at below picture. Warning, low resolution pix ahead!

CONFIGURATION

PART BRAND
CPU AMD Athlon Barton 2400+ Socket A
Mobo Abit KT7A [chipset VIA KT133A]
RAM 256Mb PC 133 SDRAM
Video-card ATI Radeon X850XT OC PE 256Mb VRAM DDR3 AGP 8X
Audio-card Pro Audio Spectrum 16 ISA
HDD UltraWide 320 SCSI HP Fujitsu 36.4Gb 15000rpm 8Mb Cache 68 pin
HDD IDE Quantum FireballSE 2Gb [for nostalgic rattling]
SCSI-card Adaptec AHA ASC-39160 [up to 160Mb/s]
Lan-card 3Com 3C905C-TXM [10/100Mbit]
3.5” FDD (2.44Mb DS) Nec FD1231H [white]
5.25” FDD (1.2Mb DS) Epson SD-600 [white]
ZIP-drive Iomega Zip 250Mb
DVD-drive Pioneer DVD-305-S SCSI [tray loading]
SAS-HDD Seagate Cheetah 15K6 st3146356ss
USB 2.0 controller ST Lab [Nec D720101GJ chip]
USB-FDD emulator GoTek FDD-UDD U144K
SCSI-CD-RW-drive Plextor PX-W1210TS 50 pin
PSU Seasonic PX-450 Prime
Keyboard IBM Model M
Mouse AMX BBC Micro
Mouse USB-converter TinkerBoy
Joystick QuickShot QS-189
Speakers Harman-Kardon HK195
LCD-monitor Eizo FlexScan M1900 19” 4:3 1280x1024, 10-bit LUT
CRT-monitor Bridge CAD-451S 14” Low Radiation
UPS APC Back BK500EI