Tower of Ruin: Tech & Garage

We return to what is a recreation of my mom's old HP Pavilion 7125. A Pentium 1 based PC from the mid to late 90s. I repaired and restored it in a previous video and how I'll show you how I used to use it. My capture device was being fussy about resolutions below 720p but ultimately cooperated after a second or so. Here I'm showing off the games I tried to fly under the radar as their content was a bit questionable for a 13 year old in the late 90s. Here I will show the following games: Doom (With Chex Quest "camouflage") Duke Nukem 3D (with Parental Lock) MechWarrior 2 Mercenaries Diablo Specifications: - HP Pavilion 7125 * Intel Pentium 133MHz CPU * 80MB EDO RAM * Windows 95 OSR2 * CF-to-IDE Adapter - 4GB CompactFlash Card - 1.5GB Quantum Fireball IDE (Installed but not connected) - 4GB HP Branded IDE (Also installed but not connected) * 6x CD-ROM (without CD scratching issue, yay) * 3COM Etherlink III ISA 10BASET Ethernet Card * Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16C ViBRA ISA - Replaces Crystal C4232 Integrated Sound Card * 28.8 ISA Modem (idk what brand, doesn't matter) Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:32 The Physical Discs to each game 0:51 Doom Directory and vanilla game 1:23 Launching Chex as PWAD with custom BAT file 4:06 Danger! Invisible Enemies 4:54 Doom95 with Chex PWAD 6:18 Duke Nukem 3D 7:50 MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries 12:23 Diablo 16:01 Outro #Mom #oldcomputers #oldcomputer #computer #sneaky #doom #chexquest #mechwarrior #mercenaries #diablo #dukenukem #gettingawaywithit #retrotech #retro #retrocomputer #retrocomputing #retrogames #retrogame

My father-in-law was finally ready for an upgrade. For some reason, he really likes this Emachines case and it's been a mainstay of his computing setup for the last 15 years. This is also going to be a quantum leap as it will have Windows 11 Professional as well as a much newer copy of Microsoft Office. In this video, I'll be taking the old machine apart and installing a new motherboard from ASRock, a Ryzen 3 CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 250GB SSD. Of course, he does not need much power as he is not a gamer. Just boring office-type work with occasional web browsing. As far as why a B450, Ryzen 3 and DDR4 memory? I had a $400 budget to work with. I wish I read the box and listing more carefully. Otherwise, I would have realized that this Ryzen 3 4100 does not have a built-in graphics. Had to quickly find a decent and inexpensive graphics card. Also, the Windows 11 Media is the same one made with Rufus for the AMD Ryzen 7 Framework laptop from a previous video. It already had been setup to bypass the checks for 4GB of RAM, a TPM and Secure Boot. This way it could be used on machines that don't meet those arbitrary requirements. Timestamps: 0:00 Video Card Installation 2:56 Reinstall Cover and Power up 4:15 Install Windows 11 5:52 Enter UEFI BIOS to Disable CSM & Enable Secure Boot 8:32 Windows 11 Out-of-Box Experience 11:44 Connect to WiFi Original Specs Intel Celeron 2.8GHz Socket 478 Propriety Emachines C2685 Motherboard & Chassis 512MB DDR Ram IDE DVD-ROM 56K Winmodem 80GB IDE HDD Windows XP Home 2013 Upgrade AMD A4-4000 APU Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2 Socket FM2 Motherboard 4GB DDR3 RAM HGST 500GB Sata HDD ASUS Sata DVD-RW Windows 7 Professional 2024 Upgrade AMD Ryzen 3-4100 CPU ASRock B450M/ac R2.0 Socket AM4 Motherboard 16GB DDR4 RAM Crucial MX500 250GB SSD Sata NVIDIA Geforce GT 710 PCIE 2GB Graphics Windows 11 Professional #amd #ryzen #ryzen3 #emachines #nvidia #geforce #710 #gt #budgetbuild #asrock #asmr #computer #computerbuild #computerbuilding #ram #crucial #ssd #sata #corsair #vengence #office #soninlaw #fatherinlaw #reuse #chassis #pc #pcmr #nogaming

My father-in-law was finally ready for an upgrade. For some reason, he really likes this Emachines case and it's been a mainstay of his computing setup for the last 15 years. This is also going to be a quantum leap as it will have Windows 11 Professional as well as a much newer copy of Microsoft Office. In this video, I'll be taking the old machine apart and installing a new motherboard from ASRock, a Ryzen 3 CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 250GB SSD. Of course, he does not need much power as he is not a gamer. Just boring office-type work with occasional web browsing. As far as why a B450, Ryzen 3 and DDR4 memory? I had a $400 budget to work with. I wish I read the box and listing more carefully. Otherwise, I would have realized that this Ryzen 3 4100 does not have a built-in graphics. Had to quickly find a decent and inexpensive graphics card. Also, the Windows 11 Media is the same one made with Rufus for the AMD Ryzen 7 Framework laptop from a previous video. It already had been setup to bypass the checks for 4GB of RAM, a TPM and Secure Boot. This way it could be used on machines that don't meet those arbitrary requirements. After connecting to the "free" xfinitywifi, I installed his copy of Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader and automatically installed Chrome, Firefox, and whatnot with Ninite. Timestamps: 0:00 Installing Office 2019 from Web 0:42 Renaming PC to Albondiga 1:16 Enter MS Account info for OneDrive 1:57 Queue up Ninite Installer 3:31 Adobe Reader WITHOUT worthless McAfee 4:58 Running Ninite Installer 5:31 Motherboard Disc? 6:48 Verify Device Manager has no ??? 8:52 Launching MS Word 9:10 Replace Case Badges Original Specs Intel Celeron 2.8GHz Socket 478 Propriety Emachines C2685 Motherboard & Chassis 512MB DDR Ram IDE DVD-ROM 56K Winmodem 80GB IDE HDD Windows XP Home 2013 Upgrade AMD A4-4000 APU Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2 Socket FM2 Motherboard 4GB DDR3 RAM HGST 500GB Sata HDD ASUS Sata DVD-RW Windows 7 Professional 2024 Upgrade AMD Ryzen 3-4100 CPU ASRock B450M/ac R2.0 Socket AM4 Motherboard 16GB DDR4 RAM Crucial MX500 250GB SSD Sata NVIDIA Geforce GT 710 PCIE 2GB Graphics Windows 11 Professional #amd #ryzen #ryzen3 #emachines #nvidia #geforce #710 #gt #budgetbuild #asrock #asmr #computer #computerbuild #computerbuilding #ram #crucial #ssd #sata #corsair #vengence #office #soninlaw #fatherinlaw #reuse #chassis #pc #pcmr #nogaming

My father-in-law was finally ready for an upgrade. For some reason, he really likes this Emachines case and it's been a mainstay of his computing setup for the last 15 years. This is also going to be a quantum leap as it will have Windows 11 Professional as well as a much newer copy of Microsoft Office. In this video, I'll be taking the old machine apart and installing a new motherboard from ASRock, a Ryzen 3 CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 250GB SSD. Of course, he does not need much power as he is not a gamer. Just boring office-type work with occasional web browsing. As far as why a B450, Ryzen 3 and DDR4 memory? I had a $400 budget to work with. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:49 Teardown & removal of motherboard 3:29 New components 6:03 CPU Installation 8:08 RAM Installation 9:21 Install Motherboard into Chassis (Attempt 1) 9:57 Bend tab blocking HDMI Port 10:18 Install Motherboard into Chassis (Attempt 2) 10:36 Attach wires for Fan, USB, Front Panel & LEDs 12:25 (Re)Install existing HDD? 13:05 Install SSD instead 15:48 Install CPU 12V & ATX Power cables Original Specs Intel Celeron 2.8GHz Socket 478 Propriety Emachines C2685 Motherboard & Chassis 512MB DDR Ram IDE DVD-ROM 56K Winmodem 80GB IDE HDD Windows XP Home 2013 Upgrade AMD A4-4000 APU Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2 Socket FM2 Motherboard 4GB DDR3 RAM HGST 500GB Sata HDD ASUS Sata DVD-RW Windows 7 Professional 2024 Upgrade AMD Ryzen 3-4100 CPU ASRock B450M/ac R2.0 Socket AM4 Motherboard 16GB DDR4 RAM Crucial MX500 250GB SSD Sata NVIDIA Geforce GT 710 PCIE 2GB Graphics Windows 11 Professional #amd #ryzen #ryzen3 #emachines #nvidia #geforce #710 #gt #budgetbuild #asrock #asmr #computer #computerbuild #computerbuilding #ram #crucial #ssd #sata #corsair #vengence #office #soninlaw #fatherinlaw #reuse #chassis #pc #pcmr #nogaming

Today we're going to ruin this old PC by installing an infamous Linux distribution: RedStar OS 3.0! Why you ask? Curiosity mainly. Since none of us can read Korean, we used the Google Translate App and it's live translate feature. Aside from a few changes here and there, the installation greatly resembles installing macOS. We are not connecting it to any network for security as we don't know what nasty surprises lurk in this machine now. We don't recommend you do try on your own either, especially if you care about your data. You have been warned. We're also not providing any links to find the ISO image. Exercise your Google-Fu young grasshopper. We borrowed RichardG's guide for installation and configuration. https://richardg867.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/notes-on-red-star-os-3-0/ Music from the Youtube Audio Library: "Prism by Bobby Richards" Artist's channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT5LDJ8VYAKfY2e8dExo2Cw Machine Specs: MSI G31M3-L Socket 775 Motherboard Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz 4GB DDR2-RAM, PC2-6400 Built-in Intel Graphics Realtek Built-in HD Audio Realtek Gigabit Ethernet (Unplugged for obvious reasons) Generic DVD-ROM (Possibly salvaged from a Dell Optiplex 745) Generic 400 Watt ATX Power Supply Seagate 320GB SATA Hard disk 7200 RPM (RIP) #RetroComputing #RetroPC #Retro #Core2Quad #Q6600 #RedStarOS #RedStar #Linux

Nova is back with the full version of American McGee's Alice. I played the crap out of the demo. So much that I find it odd when certain ques don't happen or happen out of sequence. This copy of Alice is the later version with the Icewand instead of the Vorpal blade, because some spoilsport had to complain.... Hardware used: ASUS CUV4X-C Motherboard Intel Pentium III @ 866 MHz 512 MB of SD-RAM, PC133 nVidia Geforce 4 MX Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! Linksys LNE100TX 10/100 v2 Ethernet Card SD-IDE Adapter + 32GB SDHC SD Card Generic DVD-ROM HP CD-Burner (unknown speeds-- will update later) EVGA 700B ATX Power Supply #RetroComputing #RetroPC #Retro #Pentium3 #P3 #MX300 #Windows2000 #AmericanMcGeesAlice #Alice #Wonderland #Twisted #retrogaming #retrocomputer #msdos #windows98 #windows #asus #soundblaster #soundblasterlive #pcdos #pcgaming #pcgames

Nova is back with more games and this time is Diablo 2 (2000). Specifically, version 1.03 so this was prior to Lord of Destruction and other refinements and certainly before it was "Resurrected". Come along down memory lane with characters made by myself and my brothers from late 2000 to 2001. Hardware used: ASUS CUV4X-C Motherboard Intel Pentium III @ 866 MHz 512 MB of SD-RAM, PC133 nVidia Geforce 4 MX Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! Linksys LNE100TX 10/100 v2 Ethernet Card SD-IDE Adapter + 32GB SDHC SD Card Generic DVD-ROM HP CD-Burner (unknown speeds-- will update later) EVGA 700B ATX Power Supply Music used during install: Desert Caravan by Aaron Kenny Sound FX used during video test: Crash Crash Metal Sweetener Distant Crash Steel Pipe Distant Crash Steel Pipe Glass Shatters Into Debris Glass Windows Crashing Junk Crash Metal Box Falling over Rocks Metal Crash Pans Clash Prop Plane Start Small Crash Series Music & SFX from Youtube Library Diablo 2 belongs to Blizzard. #RetroComputing #RetroPC #Retro #Pentium3 #P3 #MX300 #Windows2000 #Diablo #Diablo2 #Blizzard #DiabloII #BlizzardNorth #DeckardKane #retrogaming #retrocomputer #msdos #windows98 #windows #asus #soundblaster #soundblasterlive #pcdos #pcgaming #pcgames

Nova has returned with games and this time is Unreal Tournament (1999) and an absurd amount of mods, maps, skins, etc. Below the specs are a few of the highlights. Hardware used: ASUS CUV4X-C Motherboard Intel Pentium III @ 866 MHz 512 MB of SD-RAM, PC133 nVidia Geforce 4 MX Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! Linksys LNE100TX 10/100 v2 Ethernet Card SD-IDE Adapter + 32GB SDHC SD Card Generic DVD-ROM HP CD-Burner (unknown speeds-- will update later) EVGA 700B ATX Power Supply OldSkool Amp'd https://www.moddb.com/mods/oldskool-ampd Marginally Enchanced UT https://www.pseudorandom.co.uk/2002/paradox/ut/marginal/ Tetris for UT https://www.shacknews.com/article/5049/ut-tetris Abbey Chase http://www.quake2.com/skins/models_abbey.htm XBots Mutator http://www.ut-files.com/index.php?dir=&search=xbots&search_mode=f ChaosUT https://www.moddb.com/mods/chaosut Operation Na Pali https://www.moddb.com/mods/operation-na-pali JaFO's BotManager https://forums.beyondunreal.com/threads/jafos-botmanager-v2-0-1.112664/ Updated Renderers for UT ( Direct3D 9 included) https://www.cwdohnal.com/utglr/ Unreal Tournament Game of the Year (GOG) https://www.gog.com/game/unreal_tournament_goty Unreal Tournament Game of the Year (Steam) https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/13240/ #RetroComputing #RetroPC #Retro #Pentium3 #P3 #MX300 #Windows2000 #UT #UT99 #Unreal #Epic #EpicMegaGames #EpicGames #UnrealEngine #UnrealTournament #retrogaming #retrocomputer #msdos #windows98 #windows #asus #soundblaster #soundblasterlive #pcdos #pcgaming #pcgames

A quick update to this week's progress. Painted the 318 Polysphere small block and prepped it for storage Tore apart the A833 Overdrive 4-Speed after finding a critical flaw with my reassembly which resulted in a ruined 3-4 synchro drum. Another is on its way, and I still have plenty I can do in the meantime. One such task was getting the firewall patched for the replacement steering column. The metal was harvested from an old Cisco ASA which no one should miss. #mopar #plymouth #poly #polysphere #318 #4speed #chrysler #dodge #metalwork #engine #paint #spraypaint #plymouth #pentastar #american #diy #fatherandson #360 #361 #backyardmechanic #utg #junkyard

My dad usually is there to help me make progress on the project Fury. Since he's going to be out of town, I though I might clean up some of the parts of the original engine. It originally had a Polysphere 318, aka Wide Block or misidentified as a big block (it isn't). My dad still wants to build up this engine some day so I need to restore the components sooner or later. I ran a wire brush and wheel on the first one and it yielded ok results. Lets see how this stuff does by comparison. #Poly #PolySphere #318 #Poly318 #Polysphere318 #mopar #Wideblock #Wideblock318 #Smallblock #Mopar #Plymouth #Dodge #Chrysler

Continuing the build with connecting the front panel and usb then a power supply. It may be ugly but w/e. Hardware in use includes the following: Microstar MS-6714 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.06 GHz 512MB of DDR PC400 Video Card ATi Radeon 9250 Realtek AC97 Onboard Sound IDE DVD-ROM IDE CDROM #RetroComputing #RetroPC #Retro #Pentium4 #P4 #Microstar #Linux #WindowsXP #Intel

Templar's back with some mid 2000s games. Here I'll demonstrate a few games that I used while adjusting to using Linux as my then daily driver Extreme Tux Racer Super Tux GLTron FreeDOOM Unreal Tournament. Hardware in use includes the following: Microstar MS-6714 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.06 GHz 2GB of DDR PC400 Video Card nVidia Geforce 7600GS AGP (with busted fan) SoundBlaster Live! 24-Bit IDE DVD-ROM IDE CDROM #RetroComputing #RetroPC #Retro #Pentium4 #P4 #Microstar #Linux #WindowsXP #Intel

I promise I'm not dead! Far from it, and here's my progress since then. For now, I'm going to concentrate on electrical work while I heal. I had already done some wiring under the hood and now need to concentrate on the interior like gauges. The original gauges were damaged while this thing was in outdoor storage. For now, I plan to use these cheap iEquus gauges mounted on scrap metal I had been saving from previous IT projects. I have rigged them up to test on my workbench and now I'm ready to install them in the car and begin testing the electrical systems. #mopar #plymouth #poly #polysphere #318 #4speed #chrysler #dodge #Gauges #automotive #electric #diy #utg #american #360 #361

Another project update. I'm getting some electrical done this time and need to start at the fuse panel. I'm also patching the firewall and introducing a combination bracket and firewall patch made from the case of a Cisco ASA. I'm using a Painless Performance bulkhead connector and so far it has worked out well. I'm *not* sponsored by them and so far I like this product. I paid my own hard-earned money for it. I'll have more to do and it's what I can get done while I continue to recover from my extended hospital stay. As soon as I feel able, I'll circle back to the transmission. #plymouth #fury #1966 #ii #mopar #moparaddicts #utg #diy #electrical #autos #automotive #automatic #dodge #chrysler #restomod #restomods #classiccars #classic #projects #projectcars #projectcars2 #carburation #holley #holleyperformance #painlessperformance #cisco #asa #repurposing #repurposing #repurposing #metalwork #firewall #firewalls #fabrication

I shot this footage about 8 years ago but somehow never finished it. Here's a look at one of my favorite old desktops, the Compaq Prolinea 4100 Desktop. Enjoy the custom paint scheme that has been damaged by being in storage (and hasn't gotten better over the years since). It has the following: AMD 486 DX 100MHz CPU 64MB of EDO RAM ESS AudioDrive ES1868F Sound Card 3COM EtherLink III 10BASET Ethernet Adapter HP Branded Maxtor 1GB IDE Hard Drive 8x IDE CD-ROM Drive 1.44MB 3.5 Floppy Built-in Cirrus Logic VGA It's used for the only reason to get into retro computing... DOS games! It boots MS-DOS 6.22 with Windows 3.11 for Workgroups because why would it run anything else? #doscember #msdos #pcdos #compaq #prolinea #4100 #hewlettpackard #paint #retro #retropcgames #retrogaming #oldvideo #classic #technology #computer #desktop #windows31 #windowsforworkgroups

I've been wanting to do this retro pc project for awhile. This is another HP Pavilion 7125 that I rescued from the e-waste pile at a former job several years ago. It's nearly identical to the one my mom owned back in late 1996. Specifications: - HP Pavilion 7125 * Intel Pentium 133MHz CPU * 80MB EDO RAM * Windows 95 OSR2 * CF-to-IDE Adapter - 4GB CompactFlash Card - 1.5GB Quantum Fireball IDE (Installed but not connected) - 4GB HP Branded IDE (Also installed but not connected) * 6x CD-ROM (without CD scratching issue, yay) * 3COM Etherlink III ISA 10BASET Ethernet Card * Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16C ViBRA ISA - Replaces Crystal C4232 Integrated Sound Card * 28.8 ISA Modem (idk what brand, doesn't matter) In this video I'll show you the insides and a few of the games I enjoyed with this PC as well as some of the surviving programs salvaged from the old hard disks. Microsoft Works 4.0 HP Financial Calculator SimCity 2000 SimCity Classic SimTower Sonic CD Hover Chips Challenge Jezz Ball If you're interested in HP Personal Page, take a look at the intro video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXDr4OIF40Q Stay tuned for Part 2 when I demo the games Mom didn't approve of. #HP #HewlettPackard #RetroPC #Retro #Pentium #SonicCD #SimCity #SimCity2000 #SimTower #retrogaming #retrocomputer #msdos #win95 #windows95 #windows98 #pavilion #7125 #sd #ide #osr2

I also shot this footage about 8 years ago as well and sat on it til now. In the previous video I explored a Compaq Prolinea 4100. Now meet it's companion, the HP Vectra 5/100. It's essentially a slightly better 486. It has the following: Intel Pentium 100MHz CPU (Yet to be tested with the division bug) 64MB of EDO RAM Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 Vibra Sound Card Linksys LNE100TX Ethernet Adapter Maxtor 1GB IDE Hard Drive 16x IDE CD-ROM Drive 1.44MB 3.5 Floppy *Dead* Built-in Cirrus Logic VGA *Working* S3 Trio64 SVGA Video Now why would I want this when I already have the Compaq with similar specs? Well someday I'd like to have a retro lan party with similar spec'd machines. This won't be the last Hewlett Packard featured on the channel. #doscember #win95 #windows95 #osr2 #msdos #pcdos #compaq #prolinea #4100 #hewlettpackard #hp #hpe #paint #retro #retropcgames #retrogaming #oldvideo #classic #technology #computer #desktop #windows31 #windowsforworkgroups

After some searching I found Mike's old 32mb ATI Radeon 7000 PCI. The existing video card was intended only to test the pc after repairs. The drivers didn't want to install via the official installer but there are ways around that. Might be due to Windows 98 Lite..... Soyo K7VEM+ Socket A Motherboard AMD Duron 950MHz 512MB PC133 SD-RAM (2x 256MB) ATI Radeon 7000 PCI 32 MB VRAM SD-IDE Adapter + 32GB SD Card Teac 24X CD-ROM Creative Labs SoundBlaster 512 PCI Sound Card Music is Digital Ghosts by Unicorn heads from the Youtube Music Library #Retro #PC #SOYO #AMD #FRYS #ATI #RADEON #NVIDIA #Windows98 #98Lite

I started this classic PC build in the late spring of 2022, just before my long-term hospital stay. Today I finally finished it off and confirmed it will boot. Watch as I modify the standoffs on the chassis as this is from an earlier era where things were not so flexible. Specs as of this video Intel Pentium 2 400MHz CPU (underclocked to 266, will fix later) 128MB of SD-RAM No Sound Card No Ethernet Adapter No Hard Drive No CD-ROM Drive 1.44MB 3.5 Floppy (disconnected) ATI Radeon 9200* AGP (not sure about model, borrowed from dead 2004 HP Pavilion) AT Techmedia Case This build when completed will more or less match Pyros, my other Pentium 2 machine. This is intentional. I plan to have several similar builds for a future retro LAN party. Stay tuned for future progress. Music: Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ #doscember #win95 #windows95 #osr2 #msdos #pcdos #ati #at #chassis #techmedia #custom #beige #pc #retro #retropcgames #retrogaming #oldvideo #classic #technology #computer #desktop #windows31 #windowsforworkgroups #windows98 #windowsnt

Following up on my first video with the Lenovo Thinkcentre M73 Tiny Desktop. Today I will be installing the OS which is Xubuntu 20.04 LTS. I chose this release as I am growing fond of the XFCE Desktop and want to avoid GNOME 3 like the plague. The directions should work on most distributions however I would like to point out that I tried on Ubuntu-MATE to no success. I am not quite sure what happened or what is different aside from choice in user interface. I was following the directions outlined in the RetroPie Documentation found here: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Debian/ The usb controller I am using is an older version of the following: https://www.8bitdo.com/sn30-wireless-for-original-snes-sfc/ Note I am not getting paid anything After installation, I will test emulation of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) for Sega Genesis/MegaDrive then Super Mario Bros.(1985) for Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). For now I want to compare how the emulation works vs it's Raspberri Pi Counterpart. Part 3 coming soon

I'm not much of a fan of Pentium 4 based machines however this one served as my main PC from 2003 til late 2008. It started out as a machine I intended to run Linux on exclusively more or less protesting Windows XP's Product Activation. I'll go more into my experiences in later videos Hardware in use includes the following: Microstar MS-6714 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.06 GHz 512MB of DDR PC400 Video Card ATi Radeon 9250 Realtek AC97 Onboard Sound IDE DVD-ROM IDE CDROM #RetroComputing #RetroPC #Retro #Pentium4 #P4 #Microstar #Linux #WindowsXP

Nova's back and better than before. TheCaptain did me a favor an recapped this motherboard with fresh capacitors. There are some changes since Part 1. See below for hardware changes. Watch as I reinstall Windows 2000, some drivers and some productivity applications. Next time will be the games.... Hardware used: ASUS CUV4X-C Motherboard Intel Pentium III @ 866 MHz 512 MB of SD-RAM, PC133 nVidia Geforce 4 MX Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! Linksys LNE100TX 10/100 v2 Ethernet Card SD-IDE Adapter + 32GB SDHC SD Card Generic DVD-ROM HP CD-Burner (unknown speeds-- will update later) EVGA 700B ATX Power Supply Via VT6421A BIOS/Driver *Note - this isn't mine nor do I claim any responsibility for it http://toastytech.com/files/w95stuff.html #RetroComputing #RetroPC #Retro #Pentium3 #P3 #MX300 #Windows98 #retrogaming #retrocomputer #msdos #windows #asus #soundblaster #soundblasterlive #pcdos #pcgaming #pcgames

From the Year 2000!!!! Yes, Pyros is back with what made this PC special: Video Capture. In the year 2000....it was very uncommon to have a capture device at all. Usually you had to spend quite a lot on hardware & software or own a Power Macintosh with the right personality card... but I digress. Pinnacle bundled their video editing software with RealProducer G2 (which resembles modern day OBS). Together, this was how I spend the early 2000s instead of doing homework. Let's take a look at a DTV box and some old VHS tapes. Keep in mind that the tapes were not stored in the best of conditions so the quality may have suffered. Hardware in use includes the following: ASUS P5B ATX Motherboard Intel Pentium II @ 400 MHz 512 MB of SD-RAM, PC100 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000G AGP Graphics card Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Linksys LNE100TX 10/100 Ethernet Card Studio PCTV PCI TV Tuner card SD-IDE Adapter + 32GB SDHC SD Card Apple 8x DVD-ROM 52x CDROM DTV box: RCA ATSC Converter Box DAT800B1 VCR: Quasar Digitune Software used: Pinnacle Studio PCTV 3.0 RealProducer G2 Clips: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (English Dub) VH1 I Love the 80s Married with Children Special/Promo #retrogaming #retrocomputer #msdos #windows98 #windows #asus #soundblaster #soundblasterlive #pcdos #pcgaming #pcgames

It's Templar's turn to get some attention. I blew off the dust & decided to catch everyone up as to what happened since last it was featured. Linux-Mandrake didn't boot after install because of the CF to IDE adapter. Redhat installed ok but lack of known good RPMs is a major hinderance. I really didn't think either of those 2 distro choices through. Therefore, I installed Lubuntu 18.04 LTS to emulate the experience of my older Redhat based setup. Back then, I was trying to eschew using Windows on newer hardware and that phase didn't really last. Here I'll demonstrate a few applications that I used while adjusting to using Linux as my then daily driver XFE aka X File Explorer QMMP (fork of XMMS which is like WinAMP) Abiword (Word Processor) Gnumeric (Spreadsheet) Firefox trying in vain to cope with 2022 Youtube The next part will feature some games including Unreal Tournament Hardware in use includes the following: Microstar MS-6714 Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.06 GHz 2GB of DDR PC400 Video Card nVidia Geforce 7600GS AGP (with busted fan) SoundBlaster Live! 24-Bit IDE DVD-ROM IDE CDROM #RetroComputing #RetroPC #Retro #Pentium4 #P4 #Microstar #Linux #WindowsXP #Intel

Everyone is familiar with the Raspberry Pi and RetroPie however it's been a dog on performance of most late 90s consoles like the Nintendo 64. Enter a recently e-wasted Lenovo Thinkcentre M73 Tiny. It's got a 4th Gen Intel Core i5 4590T with about 8GB DDR3. Here's a basic tour of the hardware #lenovo #m73 #thinkcentre #tiny #retro #retrogaming #retropie #repurposing #intel #corei5