Rate My NEW System!!

[slickstaa]

ok guys so here it is....

cyrix 6x86 pr200+ processor
some ancient socket 7 mobo with via chipset
64 megs edo RAM (72 pin simms)
1 Meg Trident 8900 ISA video card
Realtek 10 baseT NIC
Quad Speed CD-ROM drive
1.6 gig WD Caviar HD
3.5"/5.25" floppy combo drive
200W AT power supply
no sound as of yet.

so whaddya think? hehe. I got all the parts from a computer salvage store for 1 dollar each! Right now its just sitting on my desk running without a case. Talk about power! Had to pull all my old knowledge from back in the day to get this beast runnin. Anyway, it was a lot of fun. Just thought id give you guys a throwback to the good ol days of jumper city.

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[eden]

Oooh oohhh, can it play Doom Quake III at 300FPS???!!!

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[slickstaa]

no, but it can handle warcraft 2 pretty good!

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[lhgpoobaa]

well u beat me! ive only got a XP1800+


Asteroid 2002 NV7: The <b>REAL</b> solution to the Israel/Palistine problem!

 

[SammyBoy]

*shudder*

That reminds me of DOS and Win 3.x days.... Not pleasent memories, though setting up batch programs in the autoexec.bat and config.sys files to make certain games run was fun. Gads... I was 10 or so.... now I feel really old at 20!

-SammyBoy

 

[slickstaa]

gotta love good ole DOS though

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[BuddyAtBzboyz]

If I may what is the name of the place you got your parts from I myself am looking for some 72 pin ram. I only have 48Mb in my old backup system.

 

[slickstaa]

Just a local computer salvage place called Rayco Computers. (springfield, MO) They always tell people, "if you get something that works, don't tell anyone; you'll ruin our reputation."
Theres always someone on ebay selling simms for fairly cheap.

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[jihiggs]

you paid a dollar for that trident video card? man, you got ripped off.

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

 

[ZeuSueZ]

My point exactly =)

Real men don't do backup...
...real men cry ALOT!

Linux RoxX

 

[slickstaa]

funny that you mention that...i just got a 4 meg pci card to replace it last night of ebay around 2:00 am!

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[Crashman]

I just paid $5 for a Dell Pentium 166 system. I'll put a modem and 233MMX in it and sell it for $100 to someone as an internet terminal. So who gets ripped off?

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[BuddyAtBzboyz]

Where the heck did you get a full system for $5? I could just buy one of them and use the parts to upgrade my "beast"

 

[Crashman]

University Surplus.

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[Crashman]

BTW, they had a bunch of 1 year old Gateway PIII systems for $25 also, a few months ago. And a bunch of laptops.

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[BuddyAtBzboyz]

That is exactly what I need a cheap laptop since I'm vacationing to jolly ol england for 9 months and I don't wanna carry my full tower with me since I dont' know how long I will be staying in one place.

 

[Crashman]

Yes, well, I was broke!

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[tbirdXPplus]

dos rocks!

at first, i didn`t know what the fuss was about GUI.

by the way, linux looks like a DOS to me =)

"Is Celeron good?"
"No. Celeron is bad."
LOL

 

[tbirdXPplus]

cool.

but isn`t warcraft a dos game?

i mean, a 486dx4-100 can handle that.

by the way, what does PR200 mean? fast as a pentiumMMX 200?

"Is Celeron good?"
"No. Celeron is bad."
LOL

 

[tbirdXPplus]

lol, u dog!

just a little knowledge, then u can make money....

"Is Celeron good?"
"No. Celeron is bad."
LOL

 

[Crashman]

Dude, Modem $15, Soundcard $5, Speakers $5, Keyboard $6, Mouse $4, Shipping $16, Computer $5. So that's $51. I sell it for $100 and bring home $90. That's only $39 profit.

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[slickstaa]

modem 1$, soundcard 1$, speakers 1$, keyboard 1$
hehehe
the only question is, does it work. I bought a dell p-100 system from this store as well for 5 dollars. Also, an hp server with scsi for only 3 dollars!
Im going nuts. soon i will have no money left for my good computer!

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[Crashman]

d00d, I'm also a technician, I mix and match parts when a system doesn't work.

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[BuddyAtBzboyz]

"by the way, what does PR200 mean? fast as a pentiumMMX 200?"

Heck no. That is a Cyrix and they made the PR rating infamous. It would be way slower then a pMMX 200. Perhaps one of the other members can tell you exactly how much slower.

 

[Crashman]

I think the PR200 ran at 3x 50MHz, so it was almost twice as fast as a Pentium 75! And MMX made the Pentium even faster still. So, the PR200 always has sucked

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