Early days way of mounting CPUs. if I remember back I think they're called daughter boards.
Even further back they used to look like modern day 30cm long GPUs in size.
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Early days way of mounting CPUs. if I remember back I think they're called daughter boards.
Even further back they used to look like modern day 30cm long GPUs in size.
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just realised I have no LAN port haha
cant install my wireless dongle cos when i connected it, windows 98 brought up an error message saying 'WTF??!!' lol
transfering some stuff via cd
cant install my wireless dongle cos when i connected it, windows 98 brought up an error message saying 'WTF??!!' lol
transfering some stuff via cd
God this really brings back memories. I remember having 4-5 PCs like this all networks so me and my friends could simply play Age of Empires. I remember having to rush out and buy a few ethernet cards to use too...those were very good days!
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Is this thing even capable of running any OS from the last 20years? 
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i know, its amazing thinking back that this at one point would have been a pretty powerful machine haha
runs windows 98 awesomely
3d screensavers are full of win
runs windows 98 awesomely
3d screensavers are full of win
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Wasn't this a phase AMD and Intel went through in the late 90s where they decided normal chip sockets were rubbish and using slots was the way forward. for like ½ a generation and then they both changed back again?
I assumed that card in this case was an adaptor of some kind?
Now I'm thinking back to the days when CPU clocks and multipliers were done via 'jumpers' on the motherboard...
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You should get arch linux on that beast!
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Actually, OP: what the hell are you doing that you need such powerful kit? I might have to report you to MI5. You could give Maxishine a run for his money.
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I plan to run MS word and paint........ at the same time :O lol
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Good luck! I don't think that's ever been done before.
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You wanna try running minesweeper and solitaire at the same time! That'll bring it to its knees!
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Think I've still got some DOS 3 and Wordperfect 5.1 floppies somewhere if Windows proves too much for it. Don't know where my Borland Sidekick disks went though.