In the post about my new floppy disks with DOOM and Wolfenstein 3D, I mentioned that I ha…

INpostI mentioned about my new floppy disks with DOOM and Wolfenstein 3D that I have something to run them on. So here it is. Meet my new piece in the collection, which weighs more than 30 kilograms and turns on with a noise characteristic of the 90s...🤩

ThisIBM NetVista 6341-38Gcomplete with monitorSamsung SyncMaster 700IFT.Let me tell you more about my replenishment😳

The system unit is a classic full-size desktop case from the early 2000s. It was produced in Scotland around the first half of 2001 (yes, not my oldest computer, but still). Under the hood is a real old-school processor:IBM 6x86MX(aka Cyrix MII under the IBM brand) with a frequency of about 233–300 MHz. This is Socket 7, and if you're into retro hardware, you already understand how unique this story is. It ran Windows 95, played Quake, programmed in Borland C++ and squeezed out the latest FPS in GLQuake via Voodoo😎

My assembly has two floppy drives: for 3.5" and 5.25" floppy disks. Yes, you heard right - both DOOM and Wolfenstein 3D run from floppy disks, just like in 1994. The legendary3Dfx Voodoo Graphics- the very first Voodoo with 4 MB of memory. Also, I could not resist the temptation, and still climbed inside the case. Found thereCreative Sound Blaster CT4810based on ES1371 (the photos show both 3Dfx Voodoo and Creative Sound)😅

IDE hard drive, TEAC CD-224E optical drive, and 130W AC Bel power supply. All this is running Windows 98 SE, with native drivers, fonts and icons. And what’s especially nice is that everything works. No dancing, no overheating, no “failed to initialize” (Well, I just had to rub the contacts of the operating device with an eraser for the download to start)🤌

The monitor is a different story. I got the Samsung SyncMaster 700IFT. This is an awesome 17-inch CRT with dynamic beam focusing and anti-reflective coating. Yes, it weighs as much as a five-year-old child and takes up about the same amount of space, but the picture quality is simply a gift: 1024x768 and 85 Hz, ideal for DOS games, without delays, without blur, with a natural warm glow. This is not just a screen, it's a glowing portal back to the late nineties😍

Keyboard, mouse and speakers were included. Therefore these are also original IBM. Mechanical ball mouse, PS/2, with a real ball inside. Keyboard - classic PS/2, with RU/EN engraving and soft key travel👨‍💻

And yes, I didn’t just turn it on. I actually started DOOM. From a floppy disk (there is a video in this post). And if you think there's nothing special about old computers, just turn on the sound and watch this beauty boot up. The relay clicks, the fan turns on, BIOS POST, Win98 starts... and it’s as if you’re back in the room where the CRT glow is enough to keep you from turning on the light👍

It's not just hardware. This is a time machine. And yes - now I have somewhere to insert these same floppy disks 🥂

P.S. If you have some interesting old equipment sitting idle ( computers, consoles, players, phones, pagers ), which you don’t really need - write to me. If I'm hooked, I'll buy it from you 🤝

#collection_of equipment