** UPDATE ** Hey Everyone - Sorry about the quality of the video. There was an issue with my Video Rendering software that was not picked up on during the production. Unfortunately between the original footage and my video software issue, it is unable to be corrected unless I reshoot the video. The issue has been corrected and will not affect future content. Again, my apologies on this issue (I feel bad about it). As always, Thank you to EVERYONE for all of the amazing support and feedback!! - TheRetroRecall
@@matthewday7565 it was a combination of how it was recorded (hit the wrong setting - all other videos are fine). Then my rendering software suite picked up on the settings incorrectly as it wasn't set to the 'accidental' setup which caused another layer of complexity. It was just a perfect storm which prevented me from correcting it. Lesson learned!
Pentium 2 450MHz, Matrox 2D card and a Voodoo 2 in single e-waste machine? I hunted for those parts for years and it's my dream Windows 98 machine! Good job!
I know right?!? I was floored when I found these parts in the system. That's one of the nice things about these custom PC's - you never knew what the person had in their build... It's like playing the lotto on every machine haha! Thanks for watching!
When the 3rd PC cover was opened, I could tell immediately it's a PIII due to the unique shape of it's heat sink. From the post screen it shows 1000EB, so it's a 1000MHz coppermine PIII (E = 0.18 micron process, B = 133MHz FSB). It's an excellent find, though the 1GHz coppermine PIII with 100MHz FSB would even be better since it has a 10x multiplier and is extremely overclockable (could easily overclock to 1333MHz).
As soon as I saw that video "patch through" cable on machine #2, I just KNEW you would find a 3DFX card of some kind in there! I was thinking maybe a Voodoo at first but that Monster card is a nice find too! 👍👍 I think that I may have that same Matrox video card lying around somewhere too. I know that one I had found actually burned out years ago. I think that it may have been a Mystique. 🤔 PS: I kept saying at my screen when you reattached the Monster card: "You forgot to reattach the patch through cable! " You forgot to reattached the patch through cable!" Lol! 😂
Haha! Arthur, you rock... Keep yelling at the screen, I felt it and hey, we got it working! That said, I'm not gonna lie.... That 3Dfx card was a wild find!! I was floored. Also, the Pentium 3 1000 system was also a win! Thanks for always watching and your support!
@@DuneRunnerEnterprises you have a Voodoo5 5500? That's awesome!! I imagine the interface is AGP? Shouldn't be too difficult locating a board to test it in, unless it's difficult based on your location. Please don't get rid of that card, I'm sure you will be able to test it one day!!
Lazily isn't a made up word but it is unusual for someone in your part of the world using past tense. I enjoyed the video quality reminding me what a reduced colour pallette looked like :)
Haha! It was unfortunate for sure - but hey, added that retro VHS vibe to the channel. All jokes aside, thanks for making light of it. The issue has been resolved for the future :). Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this info! Yeah, I was pretty shocked at that find and that we got it working! I don't have a lot of P2s so this was another bonus :). Thanks for watching!
Hi great video's I as well like watching retro tech come back to life. 1 thing I would like to see you do is to have a second machine where you can show looking up some of the cards you come across. so we can see what they are. like when you looked up the MB I would like to see that sort of thing if you see what I mean.
Great suggestion. I'll do what I can to incorporate that into my videos. Generally taking the time to go through each card in a system overview would turn into quite a long video. I have to think about the approach a bit however I may start easing it in for select cards - similar MBs. Again, great recommendation. Thank you!!
Stumbled across your channel and thoroughly enjoyed your troubleshooting methods. Subscribed to your channel. Very informative and entertaining content.
Hey there and welcome! Thanks for the comment and Subscribing - glad you are enjoying :) . I'm always trying to share whatever knowledge and show the retro items I have in my collection. I find it fun to interact with everyone who is interested in Retro Tech on this channel. Thanks again for watching and supporting!
A nice classic Matrox + Voodoo... the Matrox has superb 2D quality - and although the G200 does have some 3D, it's not known for 3D performance - oh, apparently it WAS close to a VooDoo 2, if Wikipedia is accurate. NB. Matrox G200 are prone to BIOS fade, so probably worth reflashing the BIOS as a preventative measure
Absolutely love vintage beige computers. (My first computer was a Tandy 3200 i486 SX 33Mhz system. Learned how to install a 2x CD-ROM IDE drive including setting up/installing the drivers so that I could play a game that I got for my birthday called King's Quest 5. Thank you for sharing your find with us. The beige Case era from the original 8086 to even early Athlon systems that still used beige cases was some of the greatest time in computer advancement. Now days the RGB Trash cases with glass and no drive bays just to me flat out suck. I will take so called boring beige case over Christmas at the Griswolds RGB cases of today any day of the week.
Love this comment and yes I agree. I love the older systems that you would always try to tweak or add / remove components to create different configurations. It was an exciting time getting all different types of hardware working while today's systems do mostly everything for you! Thanks for sharing and watching!
I had never heard of QDI motherboards too, until I began watching the videos from another TH-camr named Learning Electronics Repair. He a nice gentleman like you named Richard who does PC and electronics repair in the Canary Islands. He was originally from the UK so I see the connection from there and Canada on these QDI boards. They seem to also be very common in the Canary Islands too and are pretty decent boards according to Richard! Here in the US, I don't think QDI boards were ever sold but I may be wrong about that! Nice find on that Pentium 3 1000 CPU! I have one too, along with a Pentium 3 Celeron clocked at 1.3MHz. The 1000 is the better of the two because of the extra cache but the Celeron is a good overclocker. I have an old Tyan board that has BOTH a P2 slot and a 370 socket that I am going to put the 1000 in. Ironically though, in order to get the full speed of it it is mounted in a P2 to P3 adapter card! I found it that way! If I don't use the adapter card and just mount the 1000MHz in the 370 socket, it will only clock to about 750MHz I believe. Strange.....🤔
Hey Arthur - that's great to know some of this background! Yes - I was pretty happy to see a P3 1000 sitting in there along with all of the other finds out of these 3 systems. Sorry about the video quality - there was an issue with my video rendering software that I am working to correct as well. You are right, Celeron's were huge overclockers and sometimes outperformed their counterparts... so much fun seeing just how much you could get out of the CPU's! Really - an adapter card is required to get additional performance (VS directly on the board). There must be some components on the card that tweaks / has the right settings for supporting certain CPU's. At least that is what I am thinking without knowing the exact model / info of the board and doing some research. Thanks again for your support and for watching!
Yes! That is the model of case. Loved Aopen cases - they worked well and were budget friendly. Now you know I'm going to go watch that movie and keep an eye out for it haha! Thanks for the info and for watching!!
Out of curiosity, how do you "save" these parts and PCs you pick up from becoming E-waste? Do you visit a local donation/recycling center and fish them out or do most of them come from other people?
...I just recently started watching your videos. I like older computers because..that's all I've had..and all I know how to work on...kind of. I have a 24 year old Gateway 450 mini tower that I use as a juke box and a couple of low power games...'Doom II' for instance. ...I have to ask you, sir...with all of these older computers...."What Do You Do With Them?" Do you scrap them for recycle money? Do you try to restore some to their Original operating condition...when new. Do you fill the cases with cement and turn them in to boat anchors? I'm hoping you're maybe restoring and donating them to various computer museums. ....To Be Clear....I am not asking you for any of the computers...unless you have the 1 GHz processor for that 450 Gateway. Its mother board was made for only two different processors...the 450 MHz and a 1 GHz. ....No....Everytime I bring home another computer, it pisses my wife off. I tell her...nicely of course 'Dear, its a low cost hobby and keeps me out of trouble with everyone ( but her ) " ...Call it curiosity...call it being noisy...what ever...I'd just like to know. Thanks.
This is the million dollar question and it's a great one. When I first started (before I even thought of sharing my experiences on TH-cam) I was collecting equipment that I really only had a connection to - either from my childhood or in the last decade. I then opened up some old boxes I had from when I moved 17 years ago and found tons of old cards, old boxed software, boards, etc from when I was a kid. That really inspired me to setup a space to do what I am doing. Due to the popularity of what I am doing and sharing, people started to donate items to me so that I can restore them, share them with others, essentially saving them from the 'dump'. All that said - there has to be a balance as to your point, what the heck do I do with these when all done? Well my goals tend to lean towards sharing the items with everyone at least from my lens and if required, restoring them to as close to 'in new condition' as possible. For now (because I have the space) they are stored here until I get to a point where I will 'need' to purge them. I am unsure of what I will do in the end with them as I really never gave it much thought. I am lucky to have a great partner that 'puts up with' my hobby ;) Again - this is a great question and really got me thinking! Thanks for the question and thanks for watching!! Stay Tuned!
I wish my mom kept her old pc from back in the days. I remember it looks really similar to those PCs.. All I remember is it running windows 2000 and it had a 1.7gb hdd I really want to find out what the actual specs were but I guess I never will.
I guess maybe you won't know the system stats, however I will say Windows 2000 was a great OS. Did you ever tweak the system or did you leave everything as original (hardware wise)?
@@TheRetroRecall Oh my mom was the definition of tech illiterate :) I'm not sure I know it could play Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 but that thing runs on anything above pentium so yea. I'm also 99% certain it did not have a 3D Accelerator. (Or a reaaally weak one because ANY 3D game we ever tried did not work) We got rid of it when I was 7 or 8 so that limits my memories No we used it until it really just got too slow for any reasonable use. The computer my mom got after that was a pentium 4 with only 256mb of ram running windows XP, that was slow aswell I think just really not enough Ram honestly, considering how much bloatware was loaded on that machine... But it had a Geforce4 Ti 4200 which enabled me to play Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, to this day one of my favourite games. Honestly, that graphics card in hindsight was actually really decent for the time. Heck I played the Sims 2, Age of Mythology and so much more on that machine. Good times :) I actually still have that machine and it runs A LOT better with more ram than it used to. Nowadays I use it for Warcraft 3 and such :)
@@zapcs941 thanks for this, I love hearing the memories you have! This must be nostalgic for you. Will you ever build a similar machine again or do you prefer to use an emulator?
@@TheRetroRecall It depends. For convenience sake at least for console games I prefer emulation, but for PC games emulation is often more troublesome than just running it on real hardware. Also I just love tinkering with old hardware in general :D
Those are some great finds for sure! The last system would be a retro gamer's delight, especially with a 1,000 mhz PIII---very fast. It would be interesting to see if the second system can still browse the internet. I know XP will still work, but is the PII up to the task?
That's a good call, I am not sure - but I want to find out now haha. I have another pc with Windows XP but it's on a Core2 Duo PC so it runs just fine (outside of the browser issues).
I have an eMachines eTower 466i with Intel Celeron 466MHz and 512MB RAM dual-booting 98SE and XP. It's possible to browse the internet on it still, it's very slow, but it's possible, would not reccommend for daily use. Used internet on it 2-3 moths ago. Things like TH-cam are not going to work (I did get it to work a few years ago, though, but I don't think it will still work - have to try again some day, but first need to check the PSU since it may not work properly anymore).
@@mitko_dsv1999 XP will still work on the internet, 98 will not. I tried many times on many different machines. It will connect, but it's so slow that it's not even useable---page lag takes minutes, and often it will just freeze when trying to access any page
@@justsumguy2u What browser are you using on 98? I haven't had such issues (last tried 2-3 moths ago) on my eMachines PC. It actually runs pretty well. And I do use XP regularly on the internet, just on a much more modern PC (Athlon64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHz with 4GB DDR2) and not on the eMachines.
@@mitko_dsv1999 The last time I tried it, I used both Opera and the last version of Firefox that worked with 98, along with Kernel Ex. I also visit a lot of channels here on TH-cam that specialize in vintage computers, and none of them can make their 98 machines work online either
Great feedback. For my E-waste videos I tend to see if there are any blown capacitors, etc before turning on and see if the hardware will work at all. Again, these were in the trash almost to the end of their lives. Once we get it to a certain working state then they are a good candidate for future work. Sometimes the board may be dead for example and may not be worth cleaning first before trying to get working. I will be doing a full restoration video on each one in the future, so stay tuned! Thanks for watching!!
@@TheRetroRecall storage locker will do, so will a garage or basement. Test em, build retro, label the parts in em and sell at garage sales. But i wouldn't save printers or scanners, crt monitors maybe. Load em with games and sell em off.
@@TheRetroRecall well the thing i'd do about that is to separate into different eras so they can all run various games that another can't. That and for the more modernish machines why not try out linux and other operating systems projects? you can always give them away to friends and family too.
19:23 one long beep - btw you should already know that.. RAM.. just had the same issue on my PII, one gig sdram module went to silicone heaven. Edit: please stop calling the hdd a "card" 😂
Haha!!! Yes, sooo true. Darned RAM! As soon as I unseat every stick it was causing issues lol. Deoxit or not - still, it is soo much fun to get going. LOL - I promise to NEVER call the HDD a card again haha! Pretty sure I called ram a card as well. Heck - everything was a card in this video LOL. (I caught it originally however it seems I never edited it out as part of my software issue that I had). I should really make an 'blooper' reel with all of the removed edits!
Hi Shaina - I just confirmed it was an issue not with TH-cam - however it was my Rendering Software :( I will work to correct today. Thanks for this feedback!!
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** UPDATE ** Hey Everyone - Sorry about the quality of the video. There was an issue with my Video Rendering software that was not picked up on during the production. Unfortunately between the original footage and my video software issue, it is unable to be corrected unless I reshoot the video. The issue has been corrected and will not affect future content. Again, my apologies on this issue (I feel bad about it). As always, Thank you to EVERYONE for all of the amazing support and feedback!! - TheRetroRecall
I was going to say, seemed to be artifacting like the bitrate was crazy low
@@matthewday7565 it was a combination of how it was recorded (hit the wrong setting - all other videos are fine). Then my rendering software suite picked up on the settings incorrectly as it wasn't set to the 'accidental' setup which caused another layer of complexity. It was just a perfect storm which prevented me from correcting it. Lesson learned!
Hey dude, it's just more retro. Makes me remember watching Realplayer videos over my 36.6 modem.
Thanks for making light of it and yes... Totally right!!! You just brought back some good memories. Remember when webcams first came out haha!
We forgive you. 😉
Pentium 2 450MHz, Matrox 2D card and a Voodoo 2 in single e-waste machine? I hunted for those parts for years and it's my dream Windows 98 machine! Good job!
I know right?!? I was floored when I found these parts in the system. That's one of the nice things about these custom PC's - you never knew what the person had in their build... It's like playing the lotto on every machine haha! Thanks for watching!
what about the Geforce 5200 :)
Great Find on the VooDoo card. Three more retro systems saved. Thanks for the Video.
Love doing this and love sharing! Yes, the Voodoo card was a great find and save. Thanks for watching!!
They are all alive & kicking! 3 less retro rigs in the trash pile makes me very happy 😄
Billy agreed!!! In future videos we will work on getting them all cleaned up and restored to their glory!
anyone that saves a retro rig deserves big respect !!!
Thanks!
When the 3rd PC cover was opened, I could tell immediately it's a PIII due to the unique shape of it's heat sink. From the post screen it shows 1000EB, so it's a 1000MHz coppermine PIII (E = 0.18 micron process, B = 133MHz FSB). It's an excellent find, though the 1GHz coppermine PIII with 100MHz FSB would even be better since it has a 10x multiplier and is extremely overclockable (could easily overclock to 1333MHz).
Thanks for this info! When I do the restoration, we may tweak those settings :)
Free Voodoo 2, Nice find! Jealous...
Yeah, it was a shocker to see it when I took it out. Going to baby it, that's for sure! Thanks for watching!
As soon as I saw that video "patch through" cable on machine #2, I just KNEW you would find a 3DFX card of some kind in there! I was thinking maybe a Voodoo at first but that Monster card is a nice find too! 👍👍
I think that I may have that same Matrox video card lying around somewhere too. I know that one I had found actually burned out years ago. I think that it may have been a Mystique. 🤔
PS: I kept saying at my screen when you reattached the Monster card: "You forgot to reattach the patch through cable! " You forgot to reattached the patch through cable!"
Lol! 😂
Haha! Arthur, you rock... Keep yelling at the screen, I felt it and hey, we got it working! That said, I'm not gonna lie.... That 3Dfx card was a wild find!! I was floored. Also, the Pentium 3 1000 system was also a win! Thanks for always watching and your support!
@@TheRetroRecall
Yeap.
One of the best cpus.
Me,btw, having a Voodoo 5 5500,cant find a motherboard to check it!!!
It WAS working 15 years ago.....
@@DuneRunnerEnterprises you have a Voodoo5 5500? That's awesome!! I imagine the interface is AGP? Shouldn't be too difficult locating a board to test it in, unless it's difficult based on your location. Please don't get rid of that card, I'm sure you will be able to test it one day!!
@@TheRetroRecall
Me too.
But,it needs AGP*2.
And all i've got is AGP*4/*8
Lazily isn't a made up word but it is unusual for someone in your part of the world using past tense. I enjoyed the video quality reminding me what a reduced colour pallette looked like :)
Haha! It was unfortunate for sure - but hey, added that retro VHS vibe to the channel. All jokes aside, thanks for making light of it. The issue has been resolved for the future :). Thanks for watching!
Great video mate! Some great machines for sure! I had just caught you up with subs and then this video took off! 🤪 Great stuff
Thanks, much appreciated! I know, it's crazy... I love being able to share with everyone. I'll sub to you as well!!
@@TheRetroRecall Cheers!
Wow you even found a Voodoo 2. The P2 450 mhz is also very special, being the fastest Pentium 2 ever produced. Interesting systems, like!
Thanks for this info! Yeah, I was pretty shocked at that find and that we got it working! I don't have a lot of P2s so this was another bonus :). Thanks for watching!
Yeap.
And it CAN be overclocked!!!!
@@DuneRunnerEnterprises sweet! I'm definitely going to have some fun when we go to clean these systems up. More videos coming!
@@TheRetroRecall
B waiting!!
@@DuneRunnerEnterprises thanks for watching and for your support!!
Hi great video's I as well like watching retro tech come back to life. 1 thing I would like to see you do is to have a second machine where you can show looking up some of the cards you come across. so we can see what they are. like when you looked up the MB I would like to see that sort of thing if you see what I mean.
Great suggestion. I'll do what I can to incorporate that into my videos. Generally taking the time to go through each card in a system overview would turn into quite a long video. I have to think about the approach a bit however I may start easing it in for select cards - similar MBs. Again, great recommendation. Thank you!!
Stumbled across your channel and thoroughly enjoyed your troubleshooting methods. Subscribed to your channel. Very informative and entertaining content.
Hey there and welcome! Thanks for the comment and Subscribing - glad you are enjoying :) . I'm always trying to share whatever knowledge and show the retro items I have in my collection. I find it fun to interact with everyone who is interested in Retro Tech on this channel. Thanks again for watching and supporting!
A nice classic Matrox + Voodoo... the Matrox has superb 2D quality - and although the G200 does have some 3D, it's not known for 3D performance - oh, apparently it WAS close to a VooDoo 2, if Wikipedia is accurate.
NB. Matrox G200 are prone to BIOS fade, so probably worth reflashing the BIOS as a preventative measure
Awesome, thanks for this info - much appreciated!! I will look into it for sure.
Absolutely love vintage beige computers. (My first computer was a Tandy 3200 i486 SX 33Mhz system. Learned how to install a 2x CD-ROM IDE drive including setting up/installing the drivers so that I could play a game that I got for my birthday called King's Quest 5. Thank you for sharing your find with us. The beige Case era from the original 8086 to even early Athlon systems that still used beige cases was some of the greatest time in computer advancement. Now days the RGB Trash cases with glass and no drive bays just to me flat out suck. I will take so called boring beige case over Christmas at the Griswolds RGB cases of today any day of the week.
Love this comment and yes I agree. I love the older systems that you would always try to tweak or add / remove components to create different configurations. It was an exciting time getting all different types of hardware working while today's systems do mostly everything for you! Thanks for sharing and watching!
I had never heard of QDI motherboards too, until I began watching the videos from another TH-camr named Learning Electronics Repair. He a nice gentleman like you named Richard who does PC and electronics repair in the Canary Islands. He was originally from the UK so I see the connection from there and Canada on these QDI boards. They seem to also be very common in the Canary Islands too and are pretty decent boards according to Richard! Here in the US, I don't think QDI boards were ever sold but I may be wrong about that! Nice find on that Pentium 3 1000 CPU! I have one too, along with a Pentium 3 Celeron clocked at 1.3MHz. The 1000 is the better of the two because of the extra cache but the Celeron is a good overclocker. I have an old Tyan board that has BOTH a P2 slot and a 370 socket that I am going to put the 1000 in. Ironically though, in order to get the full speed of it it is mounted in a P2 to P3 adapter card! I found it that way! If I don't use the adapter card and just mount the 1000MHz in the 370 socket, it will only clock to about 750MHz I believe. Strange.....🤔
Hey Arthur - that's great to know some of this background! Yes - I was pretty happy to see a P3 1000 sitting in there along with all of the other finds out of these 3 systems. Sorry about the video quality - there was an issue with my video rendering software that I am working to correct as well. You are right, Celeron's were huge overclockers and sometimes outperformed their counterparts... so much fun seeing just how much you could get out of the CPU's! Really - an adapter card is required to get additional performance (VS directly on the board). There must be some components on the card that tweaks / has the right settings for supporting certain CPU's. At least that is what I am thinking without knowing the exact model / info of the board and doing some research. Thanks again for your support and for watching!
Corrrect!!!
@@DuneRunnerEnterprises thanks for verifying for us!
Fun fact: the case in the middle featured in the movie Enduring Love
Edit: it is an AOpen KF45A
Yes! That is the model of case. Loved Aopen cases - they worked well and were budget friendly. Now you know I'm going to go watch that movie and keep an eye out for it haha! Thanks for the info and for watching!!
sweet video card man!
Thanks! Agreed! It will be fun to get it going in a nice clean system. Thanks for watching!
Out of curiosity, how do you "save" these parts and PCs you pick up from becoming E-waste? Do you visit a local donation/recycling center and fish them out or do most of them come from other people?
Hi, a combination of both :)
I have a very similar case to the one the PII-450 is in for my PII-400 retro gaming PC. I think the brand is Eurocase Millennium
That's awesome!! Hopefully you get to turn it on once in a while.
@@TheRetroRecall Yeah it gets booted from time to time. Mostly use it to play Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, or Half-Life, these days...
That's awesome. Classics!
...I just recently started watching your videos. I like older computers because..that's all I've had..and all I know how to work on...kind of. I have a 24 year old Gateway 450 mini tower that I use as a juke box and a couple of low power games...'Doom II' for instance.
...I have to ask you, sir...with all of these older computers...."What Do You Do With Them?"
Do you scrap them for recycle money?
Do you try to restore some to their Original operating condition...when new.
Do you fill the cases with cement and turn them in to boat anchors?
I'm hoping you're maybe restoring and donating them to various computer museums.
....To Be Clear....I am not asking you for any of the computers...unless you have the 1 GHz processor for that 450 Gateway. Its mother board was made for only two different processors...the 450 MHz and a 1 GHz.
....No....Everytime I bring home another computer, it pisses my wife off. I tell her...nicely of course 'Dear, its a low cost hobby and keeps me out of trouble with everyone ( but her ) "
...Call it curiosity...call it being noisy...what ever...I'd just like to know.
Thanks.
This is the million dollar question and it's a great one. When I first started (before I even thought of sharing my experiences on TH-cam) I was collecting equipment that I really only had a connection to - either from my childhood or in the last decade. I then opened up some old boxes I had from when I moved 17 years ago and found tons of old cards, old boxed software, boards, etc from when I was a kid. That really inspired me to setup a space to do what I am doing. Due to the popularity of what I am doing and sharing, people started to donate items to me so that I can restore them, share them with others, essentially saving them from the 'dump'. All that said - there has to be a balance as to your point, what the heck do I do with these when all done? Well my goals tend to lean towards sharing the items with everyone at least from my lens and if required, restoring them to as close to 'in new condition' as possible. For now (because I have the space) they are stored here until I get to a point where I will 'need' to purge them. I am unsure of what I will do in the end with them as I really never gave it much thought. I am lucky to have a great partner that 'puts up with' my hobby ;) Again - this is a great question and really got me thinking! Thanks for the question and thanks for watching!! Stay Tuned!
I wish my mom kept her old pc from back in the days.
I remember it looks really similar to those PCs.. All I remember is it running windows 2000 and it had a 1.7gb hdd
I really want to find out what the actual specs were but I guess I never will.
I guess maybe you won't know the system stats, however I will say Windows 2000 was a great OS. Did you ever tweak the system or did you leave everything as original (hardware wise)?
@@TheRetroRecall Oh my mom was the definition of tech illiterate :)
I'm not sure I know it could play Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 but that thing runs on anything above pentium so yea. I'm also 99% certain it did not have a 3D Accelerator. (Or a reaaally weak one because ANY 3D game we ever tried did not work)
We got rid of it when I was 7 or 8 so that limits my memories
No we used it until it really just got too slow for any reasonable use.
The computer my mom got after that was a pentium 4 with only 256mb of ram running windows XP, that was slow aswell I think just really not enough Ram honestly, considering how much bloatware was loaded on that machine...
But it had a Geforce4 Ti 4200 which enabled me to play Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, to this day one of my favourite games. Honestly, that graphics card in hindsight was actually really decent for the time. Heck I played the Sims 2, Age of Mythology and so much more on that machine. Good times :)
I actually still have that machine and it runs A LOT better with more ram than it used to. Nowadays I use it for Warcraft 3 and such :)
@@zapcs941 thanks for this, I love hearing the memories you have! This must be nostalgic for you. Will you ever build a similar machine again or do you prefer to use an emulator?
@@TheRetroRecall It depends. For convenience sake at least for console games I prefer emulation, but for PC games emulation is often more troublesome than just running it on real hardware. Also I just love tinkering with old hardware in general :D
Hahaha it is always a fun experience fixing the issues we run into on older original hardware!
Those are some great finds for sure! The last system would be a retro gamer's delight, especially with a 1,000 mhz PIII---very fast. It would be interesting to see if the second system can still browse the internet. I know XP will still work, but is the PII up to the task?
That's a good call, I am not sure - but I want to find out now haha. I have another pc with Windows XP but it's on a Core2 Duo PC so it runs just fine (outside of the browser issues).
I have an eMachines eTower 466i with Intel Celeron 466MHz and 512MB RAM dual-booting 98SE and XP. It's possible to browse the internet on it still, it's very slow, but it's possible, would not reccommend for daily use. Used internet on it 2-3 moths ago. Things like TH-cam are not going to work (I did get it to work a few years ago, though, but I don't think it will still work - have to try again some day, but first need to check the PSU since it may not work properly anymore).
@@mitko_dsv1999 XP will still work on the internet, 98 will not. I tried many times on many different machines. It will connect, but it's so slow that it's not even useable---page lag takes minutes, and often it will just freeze when trying to access any page
@@justsumguy2u What browser are you using on 98? I haven't had such issues (last tried 2-3 moths ago) on my eMachines PC. It actually runs pretty well.
And I do use XP regularly on the internet, just on a much more modern PC (Athlon64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHz with 4GB DDR2) and not on the eMachines.
@@mitko_dsv1999 The last time I tried it, I used both Opera and the last version of Firefox that worked with 98, along with Kernel Ex. I also visit a lot of channels here on TH-cam that specialize in vintage computers, and none of them can make their 98 machines work online either
Nondescript beige towers! mhmm.. I bet they _smell_ like nondescript beige towers too :)
Very generic for sure!
I wander,why not to take all the hardware out,and clean it before the turn on???
Great feedback. For my E-waste videos I tend to see if there are any blown capacitors, etc before turning on and see if the hardware will work at all. Again, these were in the trash almost to the end of their lives. Once we get it to a certain working state then they are a good candidate for future work. Sometimes the board may be dead for example and may not be worth cleaning first before trying to get working. I will be doing a full restoration video on each one in the future, so stay tuned! Thanks for watching!!
Trash for the Hardware, Treasure for PC Frame can mod
Mixed feelings for sure on use cases haha!
Emulation guys haven't a clue, yet. They will when it comes to a time in their own lives when the stuff they grew up on is "e-waste"
Agreed!
they are TREASURE, you should save all of them you can get ahold of, especially if they're FREE
I think the exact same way! Now - I need to start renting a warehouse to store all of these goodies!! :) Thanks for watching!
@@TheRetroRecall storage locker will do, so will a garage or basement. Test em, build retro, label the parts in em and sell at garage sales. But i wouldn't save printers or scanners, crt monitors maybe. Load em with games and sell em off.
@@patg108 love this idea. I have to be sure I don't become too much of a hoarder haha! So easy to do :).
@@TheRetroRecall well the thing i'd do about that is to separate into different eras so they can all run various games that another can't.
That and for the more modernish machines why not try out linux and other operating systems projects?
you can always give them away to friends and family too.
@@patg108 love these suggestions. I have only dabbled in linux for a very brief time. I need to get back into it. I have old versions of Ubuntu on cd.
to me whatever whats inside, if the case is beige, its a treasure
Agreed. Besides, there are usually goodies in there :)
Possibly a MATROX
Which system? Sorry, it's been a while since this video was released :)
19:23 one long beep - btw you should already know that.. RAM.. just had the same issue on my PII, one gig sdram module went to silicone heaven. Edit: please stop calling the hdd a "card" 😂
Haha!!! Yes, sooo true. Darned RAM! As soon as I unseat every stick it was causing issues lol. Deoxit or not - still, it is soo much fun to get going. LOL - I promise to NEVER call the HDD a card again haha! Pretty sure I called ram a card as well. Heck - everything was a card in this video LOL. (I caught it originally however it seems I never edited it out as part of my software issue that I had). I should really make an 'blooper' reel with all of the removed edits!
Btw, does all retro pc support y2k ?
So far everyone I've come across has.
the video quality isn't a dealbreaker but what is the cause of it?
That was TH-cam and how it was released. It should be good now :).
Hi Shaina - I just confirmed it was an issue not with TH-cam - however it was my Rendering Software :( I will work to correct today. Thanks for this feedback!!
Hi Shaina - Update - Please see pinned comment and again my apologies.
You are missing a PSU
Timestamp?