{"id":513,"date":"2019-10-12T11:05:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T16:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/?page_id=513"},"modified":"2022-04-19T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:37:00","slug":"intel-8088-and-onward","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/intel-8088-and-onward\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel 8088 and onward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the years I have had a quite a few PCs and other Intel 8088 and up machines.  Here are some of them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not shown is my second ever PC, based on an Intel 80386-SX processor, which now consists of a motherboard in a box, and a separate case.  Maybe someday I will &#8220;reconstitute it&#8221;.  It was purchased from a local computer store, Diversified Systems, operated by Dave Hansen.  Unfortunately, a couple of years later Dave passed away from pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also not shown are a couple of IBM 3270 PCs and am IBM 8595 server, the latter based upon Microchannel technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"netronicspc\">Netronics Explorer 88<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-515\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base_dark\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-515\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-519\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5479.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-515 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery515\" title=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC\" data-envira-caption=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-519\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5479-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5479-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"515\" data-envira-item-id=\"519\" data-envira-caption=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC\" alt=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC\" title=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5479-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5479-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-516\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5480.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-515 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery515\" title=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC Insides\" data-envira-caption=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC Insides\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-516\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5480-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5480-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"515\" data-envira-item-id=\"516\" data-envira-caption=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC Insides\" alt=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC Insides\" title=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC Insides\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5480-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5480-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-517\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-3 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5481.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-515 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery515\" title=\"Netronics 88 PC Insides - AMD 8088 and intel 8087\" data-envira-caption=\"Netronics 88 PC Insides - AMD 8088 and intel 8087\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-517\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-3 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5481-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5481-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"515\" data-envira-item-id=\"517\" data-envira-caption=\"Netronics 88 PC Insides - AMD 8088 and intel 8087\" alt=\"Netronics 88 PC Insides - AMD 8088 and intel 8087\" title=\"Netronics 88 PC Insides - AMD 8088 and intel 8087\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5481-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5481-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-518\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-4 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5482.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-515 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery515\" title=\"Netronics 8088 PC Back Panel\" data-envira-caption=\"Netronics 8088 PC Back Panel\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-518\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-4 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5482-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5482-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"515\" data-envira-item-id=\"518\" data-envira-caption=\"Netronics 8088 PC Back Panel\" alt=\"Netronics 8088 PC Back Panel\" title=\"Netronics 8088 PC Back Panel\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5482-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5482-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5479.jpg\" alt=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5480.jpg\" alt=\"Netronics Explorer 88 PC Insides\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5481.jpg\" alt=\"Netronics 88 PC Insides - AMD 8088 and intel 8087\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5482.jpg\" alt=\"Netronics 8088 PC Back Panel\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My first &#8220;PC&#8221; was based on a kit from Netronics called the &#8220;Explorer 88&#8221;.   The Wiki page on the Expolorer\/85 calls the Explorer 88 &#8220;ill fated&#8221; &#8212; I have no idea why.  Mine served me well for many years, and still runs just fine in 2019.  It started out with a ROM monitor from Netronics, but eventually it managed to, ahem, &#8220;acquire&#8221; ROMs that were 100% IBM PC compatible.  Initially I used a serial port for a console, and then a 3rd party &#8220;PC&#8221; keyboard,  but I later managed to purchase a surplus real IBM PC &#8220;clicky&#8221; keyboard shown here.  At first I did not have an 8087 floating point co-processor &#8211; that I acquired later when they were dirt cheap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The motherboard was a nearly perfect clone of the IBM PC as documented in the IBM Technical Reference, except that it had no RAM, just ROM.   There is a separate board that carries 256KB of RAM and a serial port, and another board which is a clone of the IBM Color Graphics Adapter (CGA).  The CGA adapter was replaced by a number of different graphics cards &#8211; the machine currently has a VGA compatible graphics card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To that I added a Maynard Sandstar board, which has a floppy controller on the board itself, and places to plug in two daughter boards.  I have one daughter board which contains a parallel port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hard disk in this machine was also my very first personal hard disk.  It was purchased from an outfit named Qubie, and featured a BasicTime WesternDigital 1010 controller and a Microscience hard drive &#8211; which still generally works, though it has a few bad spots and needs reformatting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One interesting facet of this machine is its power supply.  Rather than the switch-mode power supply on IBM PCs and presumably nearly every clone, this machine has a <em>linear<\/em> power supply.  The high current +5V regulators are visible on the heatsink on the back of the machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"Rainbows\">Digital Equipment Rainbow 100&#8217;s<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-583\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base_dark\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-583\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-584\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2225_IMG.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-583 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery583\" title=\"DEC Rainbow 100\" data-envira-caption=\"DEC Rainbow 100\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-584\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2225_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2225_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"583\" data-envira-item-id=\"584\" data-envira-caption=\"DEC Rainbow 100\" alt=\"DEC Rainbow 100\" title=\"DEC Rainbow 100\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2225_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2225_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-585\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; 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padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2228_IMG.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-583 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery583\" title=\"DEC Rainbow 100 CPM 86\/80\" data-envira-caption=\"DEC Rainbow 100 CPM 86\/80\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-586\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-3 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2228_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2228_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"583\" data-envira-item-id=\"586\" data-envira-caption=\"DEC Rainbow 100 CPM 86\/80\" alt=\"DEC Rainbow 100 CPM 86\/80\" title=\"DEC Rainbow 100 CPM 86\/80\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2228_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2228_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-589\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-4 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2247_IMG.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-583 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery583\" title=\"DEC Rainbow 100+\" data-envira-caption=\"DEC Rainbow 100+\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-589\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-4 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2247_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2247_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"583\" data-envira-item-id=\"589\" data-envira-caption=\"DEC Rainbow 100+\" alt=\"DEC Rainbow 100+\" title=\"DEC Rainbow 100+\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2247_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2247_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-590\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-5 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2248_IMG.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-583 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery583\" title=\"DEC Rainbow 100+ MSDOS\" data-envira-caption=\"DEC Rainbow 100+ MSDOS\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-590\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-5 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2248_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2248_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"583\" data-envira-item-id=\"590\" data-envira-caption=\"DEC Rainbow 100+ MSDOS\" alt=\"DEC Rainbow 100+ MSDOS\" title=\"DEC Rainbow 100+ MSDOS\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2248_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2248_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2225_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"DEC Rainbow 100\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2226_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"DEC Rainbow 100 Startup\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2228_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"DEC Rainbow 100 CPM 86\/80\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2247_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"DEC Rainbow 100+\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/122-2248_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"DEC Rainbow 100+ MSDOS\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The collection has three DEC Rainbow 100 machines:  Two of them are Rainbow 100&#8217;s, and one is a 100+ which includes a hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It contained a Z80 processor(to run the floppy drives) and an Intel 8088.  Software included  CPM 80\/86 and MS-DOS, and it was a direct competitor with IBM&#8217;s PC.  Memory is 128KB expandable to 384KB, and a 32KB ROM.  It has a closed hardware design (including DEC RX50 floppy drives), as compared to the PC&#8217;s relatively open and accessible ISA bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE: One of the three Rainbows &#8211; a Rainbow 100 without a hard drive, has now been donated to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mact.io\/\">Large Scale Systems Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"IntellecIV\">Intel Intellec IV 431 A<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-520\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base_dark\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"100\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-520\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-521\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5483.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-520 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery520\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A 2019 Photo\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A 2019 Photo\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-521\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5483-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5483-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"520\" data-envira-item-id=\"521\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A 2019 Photo\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A 2019 Photo\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A 2019 Photo\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5483-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5483-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-523\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/127-2790_IMG.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-520 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery520\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Arrival in 2006\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Arrival in 2006\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-523\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/127-2790_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/127-2790_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"520\" data-envira-item-id=\"523\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Arrival in 2006\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Arrival in 2006\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Arrival in 2006\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/127-2790_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/127-2790_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-526\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-3 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4746.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-520 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery520\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Power Supply\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Power Supply\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-526\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-3 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4746-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4746-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"520\" data-envira-item-id=\"526\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Power Supply\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Power Supply\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Power Supply\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4746-1024x683-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4746-1024x683-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-529\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-4 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4749.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-520 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery520\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-529\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-4 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4749-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4749-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"520\" data-envira-item-id=\"529\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4749-1024x683-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4749-1024x683-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-530\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-5 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4750.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-520 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery520\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-530\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-5 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4750-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4750-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"520\" data-envira-item-id=\"530\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4750-1024x683-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4750-1024x683-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-531\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-6 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4751.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-520 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery520\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards and monitor\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards and monitor\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-531\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-6 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4751-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4751-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"520\" data-envira-item-id=\"531\" data-envira-caption=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards and monitor\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards and monitor\" title=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards and monitor\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4751-1024x683-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4751-1024x683-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5483.jpg\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A 2019 Photo\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/127-2790_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Arrival in 2006\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4746.jpg\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Power Supply\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4749.jpg\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4750.jpg\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4751.jpg\" alt=\"Intellec IV MDX 431A Circuit Boards and monitor\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This Intel Intellec IV development system was acquired from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.retrotechnology.com\/\">Herb Johnson<\/a> a number of years ago.  It sports both an 8088 processor (its &#8220;native&#8221; CPU), but can also switch, using a command, to an 8085 CPU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This dang thing is heavy and unwieldy.  I&#8217;d like to go back in time and find the packaging engineer that dreamed this self-contained unit up, and whisper in his or her ear, as though from a ghost &#8220;nooooooooooooooooooooooooo&#8230;&#8230;&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hard disk on this system is an ST506, but I have not, so far, been able to make an image of it, as it uses a peculiar format that is not understood by my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdp8online.com\/mfm\/\">disk imaging tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE: The Intell Intellec IV, MDX-431A, has now been donated to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mact.io\/\">Large Scale Systems Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also have an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/intel-8008-and-8080-micros\/#iSBC\">8080 based intel iSBC MultiBus<\/a> machine in the collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"PentiumIIPC\">Intel Pentium II PC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-535\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-535\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-536\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3227.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-535 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery535\" title=\"Intel Pentium II PC Inside\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II PC Inside\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-536\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3227-768x1024-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3227-768x1024-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"535\" data-envira-item-id=\"536\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II PC Inside\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II PC Inside\" title=\"Intel Pentium II PC Inside\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3227-768x1024-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3227-768x1024-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"225\" data-envira-height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-537\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3230.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-535 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery535\" title=\"Intel Pentium II PC Available Operating Systems\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II PC Available Operating Systems\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-537\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3230-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3230-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"535\" data-envira-item-id=\"537\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II PC Available Operating Systems\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II PC Available Operating Systems\" title=\"Intel Pentium II PC Available Operating Systems\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3230-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3230-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-538\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-3 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3231.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-535 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery535\" title=\"Intel Pentium II PC Cards\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II PC Cards\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-538\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-3 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3231-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3231-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"535\" data-envira-item-id=\"538\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II PC Cards\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II PC Cards\" title=\"Intel Pentium II PC Cards\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3231-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3231-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-539\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-4 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3233.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-535 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery535\" title=\"Intel Pentium II PC Matrox Graphics Card\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II PC Matrox Graphics Card\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-539\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-4 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3233-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3233-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"535\" data-envira-item-id=\"539\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II PC Matrox Graphics Card\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II PC Matrox Graphics Card\" title=\"Intel Pentium II PC Matrox Graphics Card\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3233-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3233-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-540\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-5 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3323.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-535 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery535\" title=\"Intel Pentium II PC P\/390-E Mainframe Card\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II PC P\/390-E Mainframe Card\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-540\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-5 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3323-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3323-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"535\" data-envira-item-id=\"540\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II PC P\/390-E Mainframe Card\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II PC P\/390-E Mainframe Card\" title=\"Intel Pentium II PC P\/390-E Mainframe Card\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3323-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3323-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-541\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-6 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3326.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-535 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery535\" title=\"Intel Pentium II Temperature Monitor\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II Temperature Monitor\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-541\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-6 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3326-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3326-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"535\" data-envira-item-id=\"541\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium II Temperature Monitor\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II Temperature Monitor\" title=\"Intel Pentium II Temperature Monitor\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3326-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3326-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-1371\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-7 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5810-scaled.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-535 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery535\" title=\"Pentium II with SSDs\" data-envira-caption=\"Pentium II with SSDs\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-1371\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-7 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5810-768x1024-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5810-768x1024-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"535\" data-envira-item-id=\"1371\" data-envira-caption=\"Pentium II with SSDs\" alt=\"Pentium II converted from IDE Hard drives to SATA SSDs\" title=\"Pentium II with SSDs\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5810-768x1024-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5810-768x1024-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"225\" data-envira-height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3227.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II PC Inside\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3230.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II PC Available Operating Systems\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3231.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II PC Cards\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3233.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II PC Matrox Graphics Card\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3323.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II PC P\/390-E Mainframe Card\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3326.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium II Temperature Monitor\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5810-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Pentium II converted from IDE Hard drives to SATA SSDs\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My third PC was purchased from Diversified Systems, but because Dave Hansen had passed away, it had relocated, and was operated by Dave&#8217;s widow.  After many years of service as my primary PC, and then as my wife&#8217;s PC, it has become my collections PC\/ISA\/PCI bus home for several unusual cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first unusual card is a Catweasel IV bit cell floppy controller (in addition to a normal PC floppy controller).  The large 60 pin gray cable seen in several of the photos runs outside of the case for connection to 50 pin floppy disk drives.  I have used it to recover images of &#8220;standard&#8221; 8&#8243; floppies,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/specialized-interfaces\/#catweasel\">Data General 8&#8243; hard sector floppies<\/a>, Data General dual sided dual density (DSDD) floppies and IBM DSDD floppies as well.    I have since acquired a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/greaseweazle\/\">GreaseWeazle<\/a> card that can do much of the same sorts of things over a modern USB connection.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This PC derives its system name , &#8220;floppycopy&#8221;, from the catweasel card and the fact that it has both 5.25&#8243; and 3.5&#8243; floppy drives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/specialized-interfaces\/#catweasel\">catweasel software<\/a> runs under Linux.  The machine also has  Windows 98 for use with software such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classiccmp.org\/dunfield\/img\/index.htm\">ImageDisk<\/a> for making images of floppies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second unusual card is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/intel-8088-and-onward\/#IBMP390E\">IBM <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/micro-ibm-mainframes\/#IBMP390E\">P390<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/intel-8088-and-onward\/#IBMP390E\">\/E<\/a> card &#8211; an IBM mainframe processor on a PCI card.  More information on this can be found on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/micro-ibm-mainframes\/#IBMP390E\">mainframe page<\/a>.  Because this card can generate quite a bit of heat, I also equipped this machine with a Kingwin fan controller\/temperature gauge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of the P390\/E card, this machine also runs OS\/2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021 I converted from IDE Hard drives to SATA SSDs, shown in the last photo.  You can read about this adventure separately in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/2021\/04\/03\/ide-to-sata-conversion-adventures-in-pentium-ii-land\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1369\">blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May 2021 I moved the P390\/E card from this machine to the 1.33 GHz AMD Athlon PC described below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"AMDAthlon\">AMD 1.33 GHz Athlon PC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5491-e1565712336918-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"AMD 1.33 Ghz Athlon PC\" class=\"wp-image-553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5491-e1565712336918-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5491-e1565712336918-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5491-e1565712336918-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>AMD 1.33 Ghz Athlon PC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My next PC was the first PC I put together from parts ordered retail in 2001  from an outfit called Compuplus, that no longer seems to exist.  The machine has a 1.33 Ghz AMD Athlon CPU &#8211; the only non Intel PC I have owned.  It is a bit too modern to run old stuff, and too old to be very useful, so its sits on top of a filing cabinet.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This machine now hosts my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/micro-ibm-mainframes\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"597\">IBM P\/390E Micro mainframe<\/a>, having migrated same from the Pentium II to this machine in May, 2021.  Both of the HP media drives had died, so I also moved the CD reader from the Pentium II to this machine as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"pentium4pc\">Intel Pentium 4 PC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-544\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base_dark\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-544\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-546\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1445_IMG.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-544 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery544\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-546\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1445_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1445_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"544\" data-envira-item-id=\"546\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1445_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1445_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-545\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1432_IMG.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-544 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery544\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Inside\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Inside\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-545\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1432_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1432_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"544\" data-envira-item-id=\"545\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Inside\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Inside\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Inside\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1432_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1432_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-549\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-3 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1427_IMG.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-544 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery544\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Motherboard\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Motherboard\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-549\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-3 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1427_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1427_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"544\" data-envira-item-id=\"549\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Motherboard\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Motherboard\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Motherboard\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1427_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1427_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-548\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-4 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1422_IMG.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-544 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery544\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Antec Power Supply\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Antec Power Supply\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-548\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-4 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1422_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1422_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"544\" data-envira-item-id=\"548\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Antec Power Supply\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Antec Power Supply\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Antec Power Supply\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1422_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1422_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-550\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-5 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1428_IMG.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-544 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery544\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC CPU\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC CPU\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-550\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-5 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1428_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1428_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"544\" data-envira-item-id=\"550\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC CPU\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC CPU\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC CPU\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1428_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1428_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-552\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-6 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1435_IMG.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-544 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery544\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Graphics Card\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Graphics Card\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-552\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-6 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1435_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1435_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"544\" data-envira-item-id=\"552\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Graphics Card\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Graphics Card\" title=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Graphics Card\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1435_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1435_IMG-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1445_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1432_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Inside\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1427_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Motherboard\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1422_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Antec Power Supply\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1428_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC CPU\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/114-1435_IMG.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Pentium 4 PC Graphics Card\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The next PC was based on an Intel Pentium 4 chip and ordered as parts, largely from Newegg, in 2004.  it features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>3.4 Ghz Intel 550 processor<\/li><li>ASUS P5AD2 Premium 025 Motherboard<\/li><li>Intel ICH6R Raid capable disk controller<\/li><li>Chaintech NVidia GForce 6600 GT Graphics card<\/li><li>Antec Neopower 480 Power supply<\/li><li>A very pretty Antec aluminum case<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This machine was the first machine where I used RAID 1 on the hard disks.  It was also my first machine with SATA hard disks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It too is caught &#8220;in between&#8221; &#8211; too modern for many uses, and too old for current use, so it sits next to my stack of original IBM 3270 PCs and XT PCs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"i7-050\">Intel i7-950 from Cyberpower PC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-564\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base_dark\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-564\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-565\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5495.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-564 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery564\" title=\"Cyberpower PC (After it was retired)\" data-envira-caption=\"Cyberpower PC (After it was retired)\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-565\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5495-768x1024-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5495-768x1024-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"564\" data-envira-item-id=\"565\" data-envira-caption=\"Cyberpower PC (After it was retired)\" alt=\"CyberpowerPC\" title=\"Cyberpower PC (After it was retired)\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5495-768x1024-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5495-768x1024-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"225\" data-envira-height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-566\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_0788.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-564 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery564\" title=\"Cyberpower PC Disk shipping mishap\" data-envira-caption=\"Cyberpower PC Disk shipping mishap\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-566\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_0788-768x1024-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_0788-768x1024-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"564\" data-envira-item-id=\"566\" data-envira-caption=\"Cyberpower PC Disk shipping mishap\" alt=\"CyberpowerPC-Disks-Shipping-Mishap\" title=\"Cyberpower PC Disk shipping mishap\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_0788-768x1024-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_0788-768x1024-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"225\" data-envira-height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_5495.jpg\" alt=\"CyberpowerPC\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_0788.jpg\" alt=\"CyberpowerPC-Disks-Shipping-Mishap\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2010 I did something a little unusual for me &#8211; purchased a pre-assembled  (though completely custom) PC based on the Intel i7-950 chip from Cyberpower PC, based on an ASUS P6X58D-E motherboard in a CoolerMaster StormSniper case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This PC got off to a rocky start.  First, as show in the second photo (click on it to see the entire photo), the hard disk drives slipped out of their cage slots during shipping.  Fortunately, they were not harmed in the process.  Secondly, I had a lot of trouble making its RAID array work properly.  At first I tried using the Marvell controller, but it was never reliable.  I even tried adding a separate Marvell PCIe controller, but it, too, had issues.  Finally I had to use up the ports on my motherboard&#8217;s ICH10R controller.  That did work, but I had no end of trouble with the Intel RAID software over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The machine started out with Windows 7, but was later upgraded to Windows 10.  Unfortunately, Intel never saw fit to truly support the ICH10R under Windows 10.  I did find drivers that would work but upgrade after upgrade to &#8220;feature&#8221; releases would automagically update the drivers and cause problems, including BSODs.  This really soured me on Intel&#8217;s specialty hardware:  I will never use Intel controllers or Intel&#8217;s &#8220;Optane&#8221; acceleration because of that driver experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a name=\"intel-8700K-PC\">Intel i7-8700K PC<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-568\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base_dark\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-568\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-577\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4663.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-568 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery568\" title=\"Intel i7-8700K PC\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel i7-8700K PC\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-577\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4663-768x1024-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4663-768x1024-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"568\" data-envira-item-id=\"577\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel i7-8700K PC\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC\" title=\"Intel i7-8700K PC\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4663-768x1024-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4663-768x1024-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"225\" data-envira-height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-578\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; 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padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4660.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-568 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery568\" title=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Phantoo Luxe Case Front Side\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Phantoo Luxe Case Front Side\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-576\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-10 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4660-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4660-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"568\" data-envira-item-id=\"576\" data-envira-caption=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Phantoo Luxe Case Front Side\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Phantoo Luxe Case Front Side\" title=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Phantoo Luxe Case Front Side\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4660-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4660-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4663.jpg\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2018-09-27_14-40-33_441.jpg\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC A Trunkful of parts from MicroCenter\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4753.jpg\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Back Side with WD Hard Disks\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4749.jpg\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC 512GB M.2 SSD\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4746.jpg\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Inside Front\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4735.jpg\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 Motherboard\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4707.jpg\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Strorage Devices\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4696.jpg\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Cooling\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4654.jpg\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Phantoo Luxe Case Back Side\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4660.jpg\" alt=\"Intel i7-8700K PC Phantoo Luxe Case Front Side\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For my current PC, I went back to building my own.  In the process I became acquainted with the Micro Center store in Westmont Il., a suburb of Chicago.  It was a great experience.  I went in with a complete shopping list, so I already knew exactly what I wanted to buy, and came home with a trunkful (literally) of parts.  I found the staff there very helpful and friendly.  I wish they had one of these stores closer to Madtown.  Row upon row of motherboards, cases, power supplies, cooling setups, memory, storage devices, and anything else you could want.  Truly one-stop shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the parts, except for the Phantoo Luxe case, were purchased from Micro Center.  The Lux case is a great case &#8211; but verrrry heavy.  It does a great job of keeping the dust out of the innards, and all of the filters are easily accessible.  Most just pop up or pop out.  The front grille can be popped off pretty easily for cleaning, and access to the other filter which is mounted on the back side of the front grille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main system drive for this machine isn&#8217;t even really a drive.  It is an M.2 &#8220;SSD&#8221; that goes into a special connector on the mother board.  In addition, I put a 1GB SATA SSD into the machine for program storage, and a pair of 2TB Western Digital &#8220;black&#8221; SATA hard drives for data.  This time I am using Microsoft&#8217;s mirroring setup built into Windows for those drives, and it has been completely trouble free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 motherboard has been great, except for one thing:  because of the limited number of PCI express lanes, some things &#8220;steal&#8221; from other things.  While recently installing a PCIe four port serial card, I discovered that one of the slots (a PCIex4 slot) cut the lanes to the M.2 SSD in half.  The slot I ended up using disables one of the normal SATA ports.  I could have used a PCIex1 slot without these issues, but the cables to two of the serial ports wouldn&#8217;t reach over the graphics card in one case, and in the other it would have partially blocked the fan on the graphics card.  So I ended up using the PCIex1 slot that killed one SATA port &#8211; which I can live with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mother board, memory and fans have all kinds of cute LEDs on them, as does the case.  The motherboard, memory and fan LEDs can be controlled with software, but not the case (without doing some rewiring, anyway).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years I have had a quite a few PCs and other Intel 8088 and up machines. Here are some of them. Not shown is my second ever PC, based on an Intel 80386-SX processor, which now consists of a motherboard in a box, and a separate case. Maybe someday I will &#8220;reconstitute it&#8221;. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/intel-8088-and-onward\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Intel 8088 and onward&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1502,"href":"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513\/revisions\/1502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.computercollection.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}