This was my childhood computer, I really regret my dad giving it away. She still worked an was useful to me obsolete. She would have made a great sleeper.
I recently got my hands on exactly this machine, now I am hoping it will arrive. Except for that this machine seems to be called "MultiMedia CL" instead of "Platinum" on the front plate as yours. I bought it because it has this funny form factor I've never seen before. So from my point of view: yes, please rescue it and build an awesome Pentium 1 out of it. 🙂 If you find the software for this very machine, please let us know.
I found a bunch of recovery media over at Archive.org, but I haven't identified the exact (or even closest) matching one yet. There are so many things I want to make videos on, but time is always a factor, haha. I did really want to get this one factory restored at the bare minimum; I think finding a replacement for that front plastic might be difficult though...
I have the same Packard Bell as on video, but with a Cyrix MII 266 mhz cpu, I had a heart attack when my parents bought it without knowing the Pentium version was better, for my gaming that is.
I think the one in the video is only 120MHz, so your 266 Cyrix is probably still faster, lol. It’d be interesting to compare Cyrix to Intel side by side to see how big the gap actually is. I’m guessing you probably wanted the Intel MMX features for gaming. I can just imagine the sales guy said “This one is just as good but $50 cheaper”, lol. I got suckered into my first AMD chip that way, back when their equivalent chips were not very equivalent at all, haha. I was perfectly happy with the performance, just a little disappointed that I thought I was getting more for the money.
It might be fun to turn it into the ultimate Pentium 1 machine. Then if you have old software or games you want to run, you can run them on actual hardware instead of using an emulator. It might also be interesting to see if the TV tuner is still useful since the switch away from analog TV.
Ya, the TV tuner is what had me most interested. Very true, most countries have or are starting to kill off the legacy OTA broadcasts. Could still be useful with an old VCR, Betamax, RF game console though. :)
Yes, this would have been right before they switched to ATX... I think the switch to ATX was mid-Pentum 2? I just wish I had the front plastic piece. Maybe I can 3D print one? Lol
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This was my childhood computer, I really regret my dad giving it away. She still worked an was useful to me obsolete. She would have made a great sleeper.
Its unique form factor alone makes it interesting enough to keep and restore.
It is somewhat of a bizarre design/engineering choice (the way the motherboard is configured), but it does look pretty cool!
I recently got my hands on exactly this machine, now I am hoping it will arrive.
Except for that this machine seems to be called "MultiMedia CL" instead of "Platinum" on the front plate as yours.
I bought it because it has this funny form factor I've never seen before. So from my point of view: yes, please rescue it and build an awesome Pentium 1 out of it. 🙂
If you find the software for this very machine, please let us know.
I found a bunch of recovery media over at Archive.org, but I haven't identified the exact (or even closest) matching one yet. There are so many things I want to make videos on, but time is always a factor, haha. I did really want to get this one factory restored at the bare minimum; I think finding a replacement for that front plastic might be difficult though...
I have the same Packard Bell as on video, but with a Cyrix MII 266 mhz cpu, I had a heart attack when my parents bought it without knowing the Pentium version was better, for my gaming that is.
I think the one in the video is only 120MHz, so your 266 Cyrix is probably still faster, lol. It’d be interesting to compare Cyrix to Intel side by side to see how big the gap actually is. I’m guessing you probably wanted the Intel MMX features for gaming. I can just imagine the sales guy said “This one is just as good but $50 cheaper”, lol. I got suckered into my first AMD chip that way, back when their equivalent chips were not very equivalent at all, haha. I was perfectly happy with the performance, just a little disappointed that I thought I was getting more for the money.
It might be fun to turn it into the ultimate Pentium 1 machine. Then if you have old software or games you want to run, you can run them on actual hardware instead of using an emulator. It might also be interesting to see if the TV tuner is still useful since the switch away from analog TV.
Ya, the TV tuner is what had me most interested. Very true, most countries have or are starting to kill off the legacy OTA broadcasts. Could still be useful with an old VCR, Betamax, RF game console though. :)
it was my first computer
personally I think it’s worth a rescue, the odd non ATX design is quite interesting to me!
Yes, this would have been right before they switched to ATX... I think the switch to ATX was mid-Pentum 2? I just wish I had the front plastic piece. Maybe I can 3D print one? Lol
@@rebootretro it’s worth a crack!
Yeah should put Windows 95 on it.
I found a couple system images on Archive.org, but haven't found the exact one. I may try installing one from a similar Win95 model.
restore or give it to someone that is willing to get it up to par.
Pls make a video with substance .