Hello.
I am on a whole new project that i want to share.
In 1999, i was a poor student and i only had my old A500 Plus for computer.
I needed a PC for serious work. I had to take a job for the whole month of March, and i finally earnt about 3000 FF (about 450 EUR) to buy a PC.
For that amount i only had a AT mid tower with a PC CHIPS SuperSocket7 mobo, a K6-2 350 MHz CPU, 32 MB, 6GB HD, a poor SiS 6326 AGP, integrated sound chip and 15' no name monitor.
I had a lot of troubles with that hardware and Windows 95C (got no OS with my new computer so i used an older OS).
But after a while, and being a ferocious negociator on the second hand market, i have been able to buy better parts, such as a TNT board, later a Voodoo 3, even much later a Radeon 7500, a SB16 ISA (which by the way is still in my A4000 today), then a SB64 AWE, then a SB128 PCI and finally a SB Live Player. I also had at some point a PCTV card, a DXR2 card to watch DVD, a 2x CD burner, etc.
I upgraded the CPU to a K6-III 450.
I ceased to use that computer at the end of 2003. By that time i became a resident and bought a great HP Centrino laptop to carry with me.
Despite the lack of power of my AMD CPU and the old technology never ahead of the curve that caused me to always have bugs and non working games, and several annoyances (the whole computer was stolen from me for 6 months in 2000 - long story), i miss that computer.
It happens that it is still buried somewhere in my storage room.
I have started to buy parts to rejuvenate it and build again the most powerful typical SuperSocket 7 CPU.
It begins with CPU.
The CPU still in the computer is a K6-III 450 from the first batch that can't be overclocked one bit.
So i have bought those babies and want to take one of them at 600 MHz which should be the maximum frequency for that kind of mobo.
Then i have bought here from Cosmicfrog a Voodoo 3 3500.
I used to have a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, but the 3500 is faster and has video capture abilities. No more Radeon or other AGP card because i think the Voodoo is the best for that computer's time range.
I keep the SB Live Player PCI and the DXR2 board (Voodoo 3 can't play DVD). The last PCI port is for a USB2 card (non working USB1 on my old mobo).
I have 2 ISA slots and one should be for a NIC.
As soon as i will have the parts in hand i'm going to rebuilt it and post pictures.
I am on a whole new project that i want to share.
In 1999, i was a poor student and i only had my old A500 Plus for computer.
I needed a PC for serious work. I had to take a job for the whole month of March, and i finally earnt about 3000 FF (about 450 EUR) to buy a PC.
For that amount i only had a AT mid tower with a PC CHIPS SuperSocket7 mobo, a K6-2 350 MHz CPU, 32 MB, 6GB HD, a poor SiS 6326 AGP, integrated sound chip and 15' no name monitor.
I had a lot of troubles with that hardware and Windows 95C (got no OS with my new computer so i used an older OS).
But after a while, and being a ferocious negociator on the second hand market, i have been able to buy better parts, such as a TNT board, later a Voodoo 3, even much later a Radeon 7500, a SB16 ISA (which by the way is still in my A4000 today), then a SB64 AWE, then a SB128 PCI and finally a SB Live Player. I also had at some point a PCTV card, a DXR2 card to watch DVD, a 2x CD burner, etc.
I upgraded the CPU to a K6-III 450.
I ceased to use that computer at the end of 2003. By that time i became a resident and bought a great HP Centrino laptop to carry with me.
Despite the lack of power of my AMD CPU and the old technology never ahead of the curve that caused me to always have bugs and non working games, and several annoyances (the whole computer was stolen from me for 6 months in 2000 - long story), i miss that computer.
It happens that it is still buried somewhere in my storage room.
I have started to buy parts to rejuvenate it and build again the most powerful typical SuperSocket 7 CPU.
It begins with CPU.
The CPU still in the computer is a K6-III 450 from the first batch that can't be overclocked one bit.
So i have bought those babies and want to take one of them at 600 MHz which should be the maximum frequency for that kind of mobo.
Then i have bought here from Cosmicfrog a Voodoo 3 3500.
I used to have a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, but the 3500 is faster and has video capture abilities. No more Radeon or other AGP card because i think the Voodoo is the best for that computer's time range.
I keep the SB Live Player PCI and the DXR2 board (Voodoo 3 can't play DVD). The last PCI port is for a USB2 card (non working USB1 on my old mobo).
I have 2 ISA slots and one should be for a NIC.
As soon as i will have the parts in hand i'm going to rebuilt it and post pictures.
