Bench prep in progress
Waiting on one final piece of hardware.
When it arrives… we test something properly.

Old silicon. Big ambitions. Questionable jumpers.

Discord gets first notice. (discord.gg/yzzyyH9qx8)

#RetroPC #DOS #VintageComputing #TormbosBench

Tormbo - Twitch Slow, cozy retro repair sessions with a top-down view.Also featuring classic games and small game dev projects.

Rebuilding a proper Super Socket 7 DOS machine tonight.

SOYO SY-5EHM
AMD K6-2 350
Tseng ET6000
Sound Blaster Pro 2.0

twitch.tv/tormbo
#RetroPC #DOSGaming #SuperSocket7 #K62 #Tseng #SoundBlaster #RetroComputing #TormbosBench

Tormbo - Twitch Slow, cozy retro repair sessions with a top-down view.Also featuring classic games and small game dev projects.

Assembling a full early-2000s gaming rig:

Athlon XP + Soltek Golden Flame + Radeon 9800 Pro.

Focus is on the hardware build and first power-on. XP install may come later.

Live now:
twitch.tv/tormbo
#RetroPC #AthlonXP #SocketA #AGP #RetroComputing #TormbosBench

Well I figured out why my 486 wasn't detecting my IDE drives. Apparently this board defaults to off on the IDE controller. Call me an IDE-iot. Watch it on youtube.com/@tormbo #486 #retropc #pcbuilding #tormbosbench