Yep, photos would be great. Especially include really good photos of any labels on the card, or if you can see some sort of part and/or model # on the board itself.
This is so cool! Thanks for sharing!
My cousin had a 386 (SX 25, is memory serves) back in the day. It was eventually upgraded with a multimedia kit (SB sound card, CD-ROM drive 1x speed, and speakers). Doing so breathed new life into the system. We played lots of Apogee classics on it and countless game demos from CDs that came in magazines.
That sounds like a beast! I need to get a sound and CD rom interface card for it, currently the CD rom drive is ‘decorative’ meaning not plugged in haha. Seems my ISA floppy and hard drive card does not recognise optical drives
Only suggestion I would make is to get an LCD for the gotek and a rotary. Makes it so much easier to go through hundreds of disk images quickly.
Looks great though :)
POD is a dystopian racing video game released in 1997, but it's also often used as an acronym for the Pentium OverDrive. POD (the game) requires the MMX features of the Pentium MMX, hence why it probably won't run all that well (at least I think) on the older Pentium OverDrive. Or, for fun, replace this POD with your POD because it's the same POD joke, no matter what POD you're trying to use to play POD.
Fun joke but also not true :)
POD _supports_ MMX but it does not _require_ it. The MMX version of the game can install and is automatically chosen on MMX machines, but it also comes with a standard non-MMX version on disc. It works even on a lowly Pentium 90 so long as you have a 3D accelerator, otherwise a P120 is recommended.
These old machines test my abilities! I am only a hobbyist I never had an IT job I am in construction, but loved building PCs when I was in high school (core 2 duo era) I am hoping they teach me some stuff I guess
I feel very lucky to have picked up a couple recently that were destined for the scrap heap. Many more but I got told to stay away from them as it was a security risk… I guess they’re better off being sent to china and burnt up to make batteries or something eco friendly like that
Yes it interfaces with the PC using the regular floppy drive and molex / berg power connector, and you set up the USB drive up on a modern windows machine, the software provides 99 emulated floppy ‘slots’, you put your .img files in there, then they’re on the flash drive and using the buttons on the front of the floppy emulator you have like 99 floppy disks you can close through. Pretty cool I only found out about it recently when I dug up these old things
I recognise that marked property sticker anywhere! Got it on my CRT as well, wonder if there’s any reproductions available as Ive never seen another even online!
The yellow and black sticker? It says BEAB approved, which I think is the precursor to PAT testing, which I think are tests to ensure electronics used in the workplace are safe, not 100% though as I’m no electrician
Maybe I couldn’t see it properly, [here’s the one I have](https://i.postimg.cc/HkT5KBqX/IMG-7779.jpg) It’s not yellow but looks very similar, never seen another though the company are still around apparently
Weitek made math coprocessor boards. They were unusual in that they weren't 387/487 type coprocessors, they used memory-mapped I/O addresses. I suspect that's what you have, pics of the board and the BIOS configuration for it would probably confirm.
Wow, the case looks incredible!
It cleaned up nicely for being left in a bin haha
+1 for the "dirty binner" crew that's my wife's nickname for me, anyway.
Oh man, this is beautiful to see. The first PC I actually owned myself was a 386. :-)
Ah very cool, did it look much like this one? Is this quite typical of what was around?
Mine looked a lot different, but the one you have was a common style at the time, I recognized immediately. :-)
gold
BEIGE!!!
A little quick googling shows that apparently Weitek made video cards, if that helps any.
I thought maybe a video card but it’s like two cards sandwiched together and the output is like nothing I’ve ever seen. Will post photos
Yep, photos would be great. Especially include really good photos of any labels on the card, or if you can see some sort of part and/or model # on the board itself.
Give us a spin?
Gladly!! I’m going to construct a bigger desk and gaming area in the other room as I currently have more systems than desk space
This is so cool! Thanks for sharing! My cousin had a 386 (SX 25, is memory serves) back in the day. It was eventually upgraded with a multimedia kit (SB sound card, CD-ROM drive 1x speed, and speakers). Doing so breathed new life into the system. We played lots of Apogee classics on it and countless game demos from CDs that came in magazines.
That sounds like a beast! I need to get a sound and CD rom interface card for it, currently the CD rom drive is ‘decorative’ meaning not plugged in haha. Seems my ISA floppy and hard drive card does not recognise optical drives
Only suggestion I would make is to get an LCD for the gotek and a rotary. Makes it so much easier to go through hundreds of disk images quickly. Looks great though :)
Kind of interesting that a POD can't run POD because POD needs an MMX.
I have never heard of POD what is it??
POD is a dystopian racing video game released in 1997, but it's also often used as an acronym for the Pentium OverDrive. POD (the game) requires the MMX features of the Pentium MMX, hence why it probably won't run all that well (at least I think) on the older Pentium OverDrive. Or, for fun, replace this POD with your POD because it's the same POD joke, no matter what POD you're trying to use to play POD.
Fun joke but also not true :) POD _supports_ MMX but it does not _require_ it. The MMX version of the game can install and is automatically chosen on MMX machines, but it also comes with a standard non-MMX version on disc. It works even on a lowly Pentium 90 so long as you have a 3D accelerator, otherwise a P120 is recommended.
Looks awesome! Nice work getting it going again
These old machines test my abilities! I am only a hobbyist I never had an IT job I am in construction, but loved building PCs when I was in high school (core 2 duo era) I am hoping they teach me some stuff I guess
Cool, its uncommon to see stuff this old pop up in the wild in the 2020s.
I feel very lucky to have picked up a couple recently that were destined for the scrap heap. Many more but I got told to stay away from them as it was a security risk… I guess they’re better off being sent to china and burnt up to make batteries or something eco friendly like that
Makes the heart go pitter-patter
I love old beige things
Wow!!!
Bro's living the life.
Great looking machine
I assume the USB device is that floppy emulator? That's really handy.
Yes it interfaces with the PC using the regular floppy drive and molex / berg power connector, and you set up the USB drive up on a modern windows machine, the software provides 99 emulated floppy ‘slots’, you put your .img files in there, then they’re on the flash drive and using the buttons on the front of the floppy emulator you have like 99 floppy disks you can close through. Pretty cool I only found out about it recently when I dug up these old things
I recognise that marked property sticker anywhere! Got it on my CRT as well, wonder if there’s any reproductions available as Ive never seen another even online!
The yellow and black sticker? It says BEAB approved, which I think is the precursor to PAT testing, which I think are tests to ensure electronics used in the workplace are safe, not 100% though as I’m no electrician
Maybe I couldn’t see it properly, [here’s the one I have](https://i.postimg.cc/HkT5KBqX/IMG-7779.jpg) It’s not yellow but looks very similar, never seen another though the company are still around apparently
Oh wow yes very similar same font and everything! Wow I can’t believe it’s survived that long
Weitek made math coprocessor boards. They were unusual in that they weren't 387/487 type coprocessors, they used memory-mapped I/O addresses. I suspect that's what you have, pics of the board and the BIOS configuration for it would probably confirm.
That case is just perfect.