Windows 98SE Retro Build & Gf daughters Purple PC
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 3:40 pm
just a quick share, firstly finished my windows 98SE PC,
New old stock Motherboard (syntax)
Duron 800mhz CPU
512mb DDR1 RAM
Soundblaster PCI Card
New old stock Creative Soundblaster speakers
New old stock HP PS2 Keyboard
New old stock HP PS2 Mouse
New old stock PSU with High amps on the 5volt rail
Unbranded Case, made the HP logo on a Vinyl Cutter
15" 4:3 HP Monitor
120gb SSD using juse 30gb via SATA to IDE adaptor
Clearly parts not all era correct.
The PC has a direct LAN connection via fixed IP (no internet access) to a windows 10 PCs 2nd LAN Card. Windows 98 PC has a shared folder where i can just dump files and ISO images accross. ISO images then mounted using daemon tools virtual Drive.
The HP Logo i grabbed of the internet, converted to a vector image and cut out using a vinyl cutter. Its a little big, but the cutter i used isnt designed for doing details this small, any smaller and you cant weed out the letters
Im adding a New old stock CD Writer next (for no reason at all)
and a gigabit LAN Card just make copying a little quicker
ive got a fan resistor on order as the CPU fan is running very loud at 100%
Had an old BitFenix Nova case. The front had badly yellowed, G/f daughters favourite colour is purple, so gave it a couple of primer coats then about 10 coats of plastikote purple.
PC is Skylake, Pentium something or other, cant remember, ive added some RGB lighting inside set to purple, although no pics of this setup at the moment
8gb DDR4 2400
120gb SSD
Nvidia GT210 GPU
Wifi Card
New old stock Motherboard (syntax)
Duron 800mhz CPU
512mb DDR1 RAM
Soundblaster PCI Card
New old stock Creative Soundblaster speakers
New old stock HP PS2 Keyboard
New old stock HP PS2 Mouse
New old stock PSU with High amps on the 5volt rail
Unbranded Case, made the HP logo on a Vinyl Cutter
15" 4:3 HP Monitor
120gb SSD using juse 30gb via SATA to IDE adaptor
Clearly parts not all era correct.
The PC has a direct LAN connection via fixed IP (no internet access) to a windows 10 PCs 2nd LAN Card. Windows 98 PC has a shared folder where i can just dump files and ISO images accross. ISO images then mounted using daemon tools virtual Drive.
The HP Logo i grabbed of the internet, converted to a vector image and cut out using a vinyl cutter. Its a little big, but the cutter i used isnt designed for doing details this small, any smaller and you cant weed out the letters
Im adding a New old stock CD Writer next (for no reason at all)
and a gigabit LAN Card just make copying a little quicker
ive got a fan resistor on order as the CPU fan is running very loud at 100%
Had an old BitFenix Nova case. The front had badly yellowed, G/f daughters favourite colour is purple, so gave it a couple of primer coats then about 10 coats of plastikote purple.
PC is Skylake, Pentium something or other, cant remember, ive added some RGB lighting inside set to purple, although no pics of this setup at the moment
8gb DDR4 2400
120gb SSD
Nvidia GT210 GPU
Wifi Card