This topic can either allow you to BRAG on your older hardware, demonstrate what can be done, and even the advantages of something other that the latest and greatest. (Which to me seems to cause their own problems.)

Problem solving issues, though frequently related to computers in general, but may be more appropriate to the architecture and peripherals of the time may be even more helpful.

Keep those old machines up and running. It's not hard and repairs are cheap, not to mention the satisfaction of a job well down.

This is a testing stage to see what happens. So far one for Pentium I's and II's, and another area for Pentium III. (I could have split it up different, but if you want to go ahead and suggest!) It's our forum. If there is no interest, or a majority vote it down it can be removed.

I didn't want really ancient or obscure items, but again, I am open for further refinement. Let me know what you think!

GX1_ManMy Pentium II(and now not functioning) computer has done great things in its day.

Here is an example of what can be done with:
PII 400Mhz Slot 1 processor
128mb RAM
Trident Blade 3D 8MB Video Card
AL440LX Mobo

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Rendered in YafrayI still own a Pentium I that's now over 10 1/2 years old; I purchased it new in Sept or Oct 1995. ORIGINALLY a 75MHz CPU with only 8MB RAM and onboard video with 1MB video memory (and no way to adjust that), and it had an 850MB hard drive.

During the years when it was my main computer, I made numerous upgrades, bringing to the current configuration: 200MHz CPU by installing an "overdrive processor", Win 98SE, 128MB RAM (the max), and has a PCI video card in it with 32MB video memory, and a 15.3GB hard drive.

It can still be used as a backup for Internet access if necessary and will even handle streaming media. My main reason for keeping it when I got another computer was to learn about networking. I bought a router and got the computers NETWORKED via the router. I also backup files from my main computer to the hard drive on the old Pentium.

I was recently introduced to Microsoft NetMeeting online collaboration software by a FRIEND. He quided me through setting it up and he and I got online together with NetMeeting. I later mentioned to him that I had read that NetMeeting was introduced with Win 98 or 98SE and that I had an older computer running Win 98SE. He said, "Well, you could practice NetMeeting with your two computers." I did that just a few days ago.