Last two days I just stuck in a new project – to refurbish a vintage PC which I picked from a rubbish bin;)
After two days’ efforts, this only one desktop pc in my unit features:
- AMD K6-II 450MHz CPU (I think it’s possible to overclock it)
- 192M SDRAM (all SDRAMs I can source at this moment)
- Creative PC-DVD Encore suite (now I can play full-screen smooth DVD no problem:)
- USB 1.1
- Camera for video chatting
- Dual game controller (one is a vintage game pad connected to the vintage ‘game port’, another is a modified XBOX controller connected to USB)
- Internet connectivity
- Tracking ball as mouse
I’m currently running Win2K prof on this machine, and it’s smooth enough. It’s quite comfortable to surf internet with firefox 1.5. Since it’s the only computer in my unit which has two joysticks at once, it’s definitely a target platform for game emulators. But actually the original purpose of restoring this machine is for MIDI composing.
Therefore, the next project is the pc-midi interface cable.
If I can source another ATX power supply, I will also replace the existing AT power supply for extra APM functions.
