This was my personal system back in 2001-2002. It was pretty much the pinnacle of the Windows 98/98SE experience! It absolutely rocks at games of the era.
This would be an excellent DOS gaming unit, or a perfect platform for your industrial controller software! This was a $3,000 dollar system back in the day! They don't make them like this anymore! It's been optimized for performance.This uber-desktop looks and runs fantastically! Cleaned inside and out and packed with plenty of bubble wrap!
Hardware Details below, skip down for Software Details!
Processor / CPU: To begin, the processor is a powerful Socket 478 "Northwood" core, Intel Pentium 4 Processor @ 2.0GHZ. This is a classic Pentium 4, perfect for most DOS games of the era. A heat sink and ball-bearing fan is installed for active cooling. This is close to the fastest processor the board will support..
Motherboard: This is an exceedingly rare, genuine Intel i850G Motherboard featuring four (1) PCI slot and one (1) AGP slot! Perfect for your industrial controller software! Also features a serial port and parallel port. Unit uses a standard P/S2-style keyboard and mouse. A new CMOS battery has been installed, good for years!
Storage & Memory: Storage is provided by a Seagate 40GBGB IDE Hard Drive and has tons of free space! Drive has been verified with Seagate's' software and passed. Unit features a full 512MB of Ultra-High speed DDR memory, the maximum for Windows 98SE. (Remember, Windows 98SE was designed to run on 32MB, so 512MB is an insane amount, and the max possible with Win98SE). DOS can only handle up to 4MB, so this machine is extremely well equipped for both DOS and Windows 98SE. Memory checks out fine with Memtest'86.
The 1.44 floppy drive has been verified to be in good working order. Excellent for playing all those classic games!
Unit will work with USB thumb drives, for easy transfer of software from newer systems. Please remove USB drives when restarting computer.
The high quality 3COM 10/100 PCI network card has been installed as well.(Not built-in!)
Multimedia: One CD-RW drive is used as the optical drives. The system also includes an genuine Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Crystal-based 16-bit PCI (Branded either Creative Labs or Turtle Beach, same card) audio card for great DOS gaming experience as well! Digital Audio support as well as full 5.1 Audio Support. (Turtle Beach sound cards are AWESOME!). Optical drive has also installed in DOS mode for loading your vintage DOS games! Audio card as a GAME PORT for real old-school gaming! Turtle Beach Audio was the BEST!
Video: Unit is running an Nvidia GeForce 420 AGP graphics card with 32MB dedicated video with the latest ForceWare drivers. This is tremendous power to run any DOS game of the era. Features both VGA & S-Video Outputs, which allows for dual displays.It was one of the BEST cards of the year!
Software: Unit is running Windows 98SE, with all drivers and devices correctly loaded. (Upon request, I can load Windows 95, but I will not guarantee all devices will function completely, as Win95 drivers may not be available) DOS mode has optical drivers loaded. Windows memory managers have been loaded to maximize resources. Classic Norton Utilities is installed and has verified and optimized the hard drive. Windows COA is attached to the case. Unit can be booted to a standard DOS prompt for low-level software or gaming! All drivers used are in folder under My Documents, ready to burn to CD.
I am now offering a dual-boot option with Windows XP Pro. This will allow easier maintenance of the system. The XP partition is formatted FAT32, so you may access it from within Windows 98SE as well. This also allows you to access the Internet much easier. This unit is also excellent for running Windows XP-only applications and games.
This is a vintage electronic item, with some components being over thirteen years old. It has been thoroughly tested and found completely functional, but no warranty applies. No returns please. Additionally, I expressly disclaim that any specific software will run on the unit. I am providing hardware only, I am not responsible for trouble-shooting program compatibility. Win98 was buggy 20 years ago, and it's still buggy today. Software provided "as-is".
FOR THE QUALITY OFFERED THIS IS A VERY FAIR PRICE!
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