Tiny Computers

drakulton · 30 Jan 2019 at 22:17

I've been 'gifted' a Tiny computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Computers. circa 2001. So it's far too modern to be asking about such hardware in the Retro Gaming and Vintage Computing forum. It has an intel Celeron running at a stonking 902mHz, 368mb ram, a 160gb IDE hdd, floppy drive and two IDE dvd drives. Oh, and it all works. Apart from throwing it in the bin, what would you do with it?

drakulton · 31 Jan 2019 at 00:25

Vexr said:
Had a Tiny PC myself way back with a PII-450 MHz - also heavily upgraded it before it became a dead shell.

Did you get the subwoofer/speaker set that came with some of them? Those might be worth something. I'd consider breaking down the rest for 'niche' old school parts.

Otherwise, could always try selling it in the local paper for £900 Amazing some of the asking prices vs specs I've seen for PCs listed in places like that.

Am curious, how'd you get gifted that machine in this day and age?

Sadly, I just got the PC running XP. It belonged to a colleague who bought it for a stupid amount for her sons who are now grown up. Apparently it had been in the loft for years and they were having a clear out.
I nuked the hdd and upgraded it to win 7 for ***** and giggles, but I've no real use for it other than curiosity as a UK branded PC.

drakulton · 31 Jan 2019 at 00:48

ExoMale said:
a tiny branded desktop with tft screen was my first ever pc when i was a kid(primary school age), obviously i wasnt in to the whole modding or anything back then, suppose if i was given one nowadays i would try source the old games i had and relive my childhood ha.

dos emulations are just not the same as the original thing.

It's yours if you want it.

drakulton · 31 Jan 2019 at 00:59

I found an old slot 1 Pentium III machine that someone had put out for the bin(persons) last summer. Still looking for a cheap agp 4 ti to pop in it.

drakulton · 31 Jan 2019 at 01:00

The case has a red horizontal trident logo. No idea who made it.

drakulton · 31 Jan 2019 at 01:35

Those cards were beasts in the day. I've currently got a crappy FX5200 in he PentiumIII as it's the closest I can get to for cheap. It's running what I was first playing when I got into PC's

drakulton · 2 Feb 2019 at 13:31

StarShock said:
i'd be tempted to gut it and build a sleeper PC

There is an internal fan mount inside the front of the case, but the plastic front panel doesn't have any slots or grill for airflow at all.
the components would cook themselves.