well i was at my friends house and i saw his old pc thats been siting there for years, so im like hey can i have this thing and hes like ok, and so i take it home and this is what it leaves me w/! im very sorry about the crappy lighting and pic quality[] overall view, cant see much this is what im really confused about??? and the reason i couldnt start it up :-\ ^^^^ also didnt know how to use these tape drives?? Beastlike heatsink and fan!!! i wanna fire this up but it wont go because i dont have a keyboard in... theres no usb ports either... lol
wow, havent seen one of these in a LONG time. A cable that the keyboard AND mouse connect to will plug into that weird port on the back. I cant tell you off hand what its called or where to get one but ebay always works if nothing else. If you can try to get everything to that computer off of the original owners.
Youve got an old legacy AT system. go to a local comp store and see if they have any AT keyboards. the plug for them is about twice the size of PS2. Your mouse will prolly need to be serial also. Don't worry bout the tape drive, i used mine mainly for backup.
LOL, she looks good, but are you confused about the stickering, or the keyboard plug? If it's the stickering, then obviously they replaced the mobo with an older one as the case is designed for a board with PS/2 ports insted of the older keyboard plug. Or else if your confused about the plug itself, you can buy an adaptor to transform a ps/2 keyboard plug so that it'll fit into that plug. I'm guessing you've got a 100mhz intel on your hands I'd guess arround 32mb of RAM, under 1gig hdd, and a 5-8x cd-rom. Nice find Can we get some head-on shots of the entire case?
how will the mouse plug in though, theres only one of those ports? and yeah i knew the tape was forbackup but i just wasnt sure how it worked, oh well im not too worried about it, thanks for the info!
haha mal you got it exactly on... its likea pentium s or something like that? you mean with the case on and all? i oculd probly do it tomorrow
NO NO NO NO NO, the mouse does not plug into that port!!! The mobo has been replaced (as I allready stated ) To plug in a ps/2 mouse, you will either need to buy a ps/2 to serial adapter and pray like hell that your mouse is serial compatable, or get a ps/2 card that gives you a free ps/2 port (they have these, rare, but they do exist). And don't worry about the tape drive, they we're solely used as backup, or in the rare case, to house games on (I've seen brand new games come on tapes lol). I say keep it, show off your retroness!!
no no no no noooooo hayyyyyyellll no, i never throw out computer stuff edit: anyways im giong to sleep so please post comments so i can look at them tomorrow later
yes mal, thats what this pc is gonna be all about.. my retroness, thats why im keeeping it and am actually gonna run it, although my bedroom floor is getting very cluttered, i just bought a p4 from someone on here so when it gets here i can finish my computer which i am modding right now.. project malice, then im building a pc for my friend who still has to get me a processor, fans , and sound card, and im also making a ghetto little duron pc... so very messy here haha thanks a lot for the info man
As said before, you'll need to plug your mouse into one of the serial ports. You can do some serious DOS programming with it after you get it up and running. Maybe you can find a copy of DOOM1. What would be more interesting would be to stick a uATX board in there all hidden. Then, you can bring it to lan parties and run it with a window in the side showing how old it is, but run todays games on it. People would think it was a pre-MMX computer running common games. That would be a laugh, and unique: Hiding a computer in a computer.
well, I've worked on some AT computers in the past and know that some AT Keyboards have a serial port in the AT keyboard itself so you plug the keyboard up and then you plug the serial mouse into the keyboard. Not all have this but it may be another option if you really wanna get it running. I still think your wasting your time with that thing. Later in life its going to be in the way and then your wife will be giving you threats to throw your old computer crap out and the nagging won't stop till you do. so best to save yourself the hassle.
haha, i wanna find one of those keyboards/mouses then, not gonna have a wife for a long time im only 15 so dont gotta worry about that one but yeah thanks for the info im going to research a little on this one while im out getting other stuff for these otehr mods im buildin up
