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Over the years, all the way back from 1996 (when I got my first PC) until now, you would randomly upgrade your own motherboard. The following collection is my own and consists of my own bought cards, a wealth of random found-in-trash-cards as well as from various PC cabinets that came through my fingers, which means that there will also be cards older than 1996.
These are most likely all working as they where mostly pulled out of working machines or had been tested within the past 20 years by myself for various hardware projects.
I'm documenting these cards online so that I can easily access them during projects or movies that will be made in the future. Some of the cards as of writing this story had already been used in projects (noted) otherwise they are all currently just loose boards on my stock.
There are also several other Motherboards I have, but these are already inside cabinets and are working (3-4pcs). I will try to document these too. At least they are running Windows7, WindowsXP, true MS-DOS 6.22, true MS-DOS 3.30, Windows98SE, Windows 95B, Windows ME - a complete coverage. I might eventually (if boards are available) also rebuilt a Windows NT4 machine, as during early 1997 in a very brief (6 months?) period I ran Rebirth338 and LightWave 4.0 within it. This NT4 build machine did not last long, as my HDD died and I moved over to Windows95B I have vidid memories of (especially that music video of Wheezer by Buddy Holly!).
Some will be sold (AMD-based), some will appear in my complete RetroPC lineup (Intel and full range of DOS > Windows)!
Copy-paste ready list, indcates manufacturer year and what the PC turned into. Items with # have currently an assigned goal or purpose:
Intel CPU:
#[1990] MiTAC/Trigon MI316S Unassigned and missing 2 x BIOS Chips (Odd & Even)
[1994] Compaq ProLinea 4/66 or 4/33 PreRetroPC build, MS-DOS 6.22
[1997] Aopen AP5T 3.1 - Uses INTEL CPU DayOneRetroPC build, MS-DOS 3.30 + Hercules graphics!
[1998] AOpen AX59 Pro - Uses INTEL CPU 5th RetroPC Build, DOS/Windows ME
[1998] ABit AB-TX5 1st RetroPC build, DOS/Windows 95B
[2000] AOpen AX3S 2nd RetroPC build, DOS/Windows 98SE
[2001] AOpen AX3SP Pro-U RetroStudioPC build, DOS/Windows XP
#[2004] Advansus i945GM2-DCINI - Mini ITX Format Unassigned
[2006] ASRock P4i65G 3rd RetroPC build, DOS/Windows XP
#[2009] MSI MS-7613 VER: 1.0 (HP OEM) Unassigned
[2011] Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4 Rev 1.0 4th RetroPC build, Windows 7
#[2011] Lenovo IH61M (From ThinkCentre M4350/330/380 types) Unassigned
[2013] ASUS B85M-G (Rev. 1.01) MediaServerPC build, Windows 7
AMD CPU:
[2000] ABit AB-KT7-RAID Will be tested and SOLD!
[2001] ABit AB-KR7A-RAID Will be tested and SOLD!
[2004] ASUS K8N-E Deluxe Will be tested and SOLD!
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ABit AB-TX5
Max 256Mb RAM, 60MHz / 66MHz FSB
Socket 7 (PGA321) CPU
Pentium 100MHz to 200MHz
or Pentium w/MMX 166MHz to 233MHz
1 x AT Keyboard
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
2 x USB 1.x
3 x 16-bit ISA
4 x 32-bit PCI
Year 1998
More info
May 2025 - 1st PC Retro Build Recreation:
Card was used to build a "time period correct" and period-frozen representation of my first PC from 1996 (100Mhz) that was most likely upgraded as much as possible in terms of CPU, RAM, HDD Storage, Audio and Graphics cards during 1996-1997 (1998). Might have used the Motherboard until 1998.
My fully working rebuild now has:
- Pentium w/MMX 233Mhz
- 256MB RAM
- ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) Audio Card (1996)
- Diamond Stealth 3D-2000 with Virge Chipset graphics card (1998)
- KeyTronic E03623ENOKTC (Serial: 19418B0266) AT type, 5 pin DIN style keyboard. FCC ID: CIGE036004 (1996).
I specifically did not add any network cards as that was not something I would ever use back in those days, I only got an external modem and later internal modem to access internet only.
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ABit AB-TX5
Max 256Mb RAM, 60MHz / 66MHz FSB
Socket 7 (PGA321) CPU
Pentium 100MHz to 200MHz
or Pentium w/MMX 166MHz to 233MHz
1 x AT Keyboard
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
2 x USB 1.x
3 x 16-bit ISA
4 x 32-bit PCI
Year 1998
More info
May 2025 - 1st PC Retro Build Recreation:
Card was used to build a "time period correct" and period-frozen representation of my first PC from 1996 (100Mhz) that was most likely upgraded as much as possible in terms of CPU, RAM, HDD Storage, Audio and Graphics cards during 1996-1997 (1998). Might have used the Motherboard until 1998.
My fully working rebuild now has:
- Pentium w/MMX 233Mhz
- 256MB RAM
- ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) Audio Card (1996)
- Diamond Stealth 3D-2000 with Virge Chipset graphics card (1998)
- KeyTronic E03623ENOKTC (Serial: 19418B0266) AT type, 5 pin DIN style keyboard. FCC ID: CIGE036004 (1996).
I specifically did not add any network cards as that was not something I would ever use back in those days, I only got an external modem and later internal modem to access internet only.
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Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4 Rev 1.0
Max 32GB (DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066)
LGA1155 Socket - Supports Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Celeron CPU's
+ a shit load of connectors + internal headers
Year 2011
More Info
June 2025 - 4th PC Retro Build Recreation:
Card was used to build a "time period" and "period-representation" of my fourth PC from 2006ish to 2013ish, but features an MAX boosted Windows7 32bit possible. Meaning max RAM and at least a Intel Core i7 4 CPU + a beefy Graphics Card to fit.
None of the hardware most likely used in 2006-2013 on my real PC was far less powerful than this, but I really wanted to see what games during that time period of my life "could" have looked like if the machine would have been a "million dollar" build, hehe.
My final PC build consists of:
- AMD Radeon R9 290, PCI-E GFX Card, 4GB VRAM
- Intel Core i7 @ xxxGHz CPU
- 4GB Memory RAM, Max of Win7 32bit
- SATA HDD of 1TB
- Audio was just on-board, I had no other SoundBlaster PCI supported cards left on my stock!
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Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4 Rev 1.0
Max 32GB (DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066)
LGA1155 Socket - Supports Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Celeron CPU's
+ a shit load of connectors + internal headers
Year 2011
More Info
June 2025 - 4th PC Retro Build Recreation:
Card was used to build a "time period" and "period-representation" of my fourth PC from 2006ish to 2013ish, but features an MAX boosted Windows7 32bit possible. Meaning max RAM and at least a Intel Core i7 4 CPU + a beefy Graphics Card to fit.
None of the hardware most likely used in 2006-2013 on my real PC was far less powerful than this, but I really wanted to see what games during that time period of my life "could" have looked like if the machine would have been a "million dollar" build, hehe.
My final PC build consists of:
- AMD Radeon R9 290, PCI-E GFX Card, 4GB VRAM
- Intel Core i7 @ xxxGHz CPU
- 4GB Memory RAM, Max of Win7 32bit
- SATA HDD of 1TB
- Audio was just on-board, I had no other SoundBlaster PCI supported cards left on my stock!
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ABit AB-KT7-RAID
Max 1.5GB RAM, 200MHz FSB
Socket A (PGA462)
Supports Athlon (600Mhz to 700Mhz) CPU
Support Duron (700MHz to 1GHZ) CPU
1 x Floppy interface
4 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
4 x USB 1.x
1 x 16-bit ISA
6 x 32-bit PCI
1 x Universal AGP
Year 2000
More Info
Now equipped with:
AMD Athlon - Socket 462 / Socket A
A0750APT3B
AFFA0029MPMW
K0028120298
1999
750MHz, 512kb L2 Cache, 100MHz FSB
1.75V
Card will be sold!
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ABit AB-KT7-RAID
Max 1.5GB RAM, 200MHz FSB
Socket A (PGA462)
Supports Athlon (600Mhz to 700Mhz) CPU
Support Duron (700MHz to 1GHZ) CPU
1 x Floppy interface
4 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
4 x USB 1.x
1 x 16-bit ISA
6 x 32-bit PCI
1 x Universal AGP
Year 2000
More Info
Now equipped with:
AMD Athlon - Socket 462 / Socket A
A0750APT3B
AFFA0029MPMW
K0028120298
1999
750MHz, 512kb L2 Cache, 100MHz FSB
1.75V
Card will be sold!
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AOpen AX3SP Pro-U
Max 512MB, 66MHz / 100MHz / 133MHz FSB
Socket 370 (PGA370)
Supports Pentium III / Celeron from 533MHz to 1.2GHz+
2 x FireWire 400
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
4 x USB 1.x
6 x 32-bit PCI
1 x CNR
1 x Universal AGP
Year 2001
More Info
October 2025 - Rebuild PC = My Music Studio 2000-2004:
This motherboard is the perfect specimen for re-creating the PC I would have back in 2000 until 2004 (when I stopped making music). My current studio at the time (I still have everything!) you can check out here!
I will max out the Motherboard as far as it and Windows XP SP3 will allow me regarding CPU, Memory and Graphics Card. This PC and OS will not be connected to Internet, as there is no much point since its running WinXP, and I want to isolate this PC as just a MIDI station along with all the proper software and DX-plugins I used.
Emagic Logic Audio (MIDI sequencer) v5.51 will be the main sequencer, so that I can ensure to load my old projects just as if it was still 2004 :-)
Final Spec build:
- Windows XP SP3
- Intel Pentium III SL5QW - Socket 370, 1GHz, 256KB L2 Cache, 100Mhz FSB 1.75V (2001)
- 512MB RAM Memory (Its the max of Motherboard)
- ATI Radeon 9250 SE 64MB AGP GFX Card (1 x DVI,1 x 15p HD DSUB VGA, 1 x S-VIDEO) - 2004
- ESI Juli@ (24-bit 192Khz ADC, 114dB, and DAC 112dB sound card)
- ESI MidiTerminal M8U via USB (Main MIDI, 8 Channels)
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AOpen AX3SP Pro-U
Max 512MB, 66MHz / 100MHz / 133MHz FSB
Socket 370 (PGA370)
Supports Pentium III / Celeron from 533MHz to 1.2GHz+
2 x FireWire 400
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
4 x USB 1.x
6 x 32-bit PCI
1 x CNR
1 x Universal AGP
Year 2001
More Info
October 2025 - Rebuild PC = My Music Studio 2000-2004:
This motherboard is the perfect specimen for re-creating the PC I would have back in 2000 until 2004 (when I stopped making music). My current studio at the time (I still have everything!) you can check out here!
I will max out the Motherboard as far as it and Windows XP SP3 will allow me regarding CPU, Memory and Graphics Card. This PC and OS will not be connected to Internet, as there is no much point since its running WinXP, and I want to isolate this PC as just a MIDI station along with all the proper software and DX-plugins I used.
Emagic Logic Audio (MIDI sequencer) v5.51 will be the main sequencer, so that I can ensure to load my old projects just as if it was still 2004 :-)
Final Spec build:
- Windows XP SP3
- Intel Pentium III SL5QW - Socket 370, 1GHz, 256KB L2 Cache, 100Mhz FSB 1.75V (2001)
- 512MB RAM Memory (Its the max of Motherboard)
- ATI Radeon 9250 SE 64MB AGP GFX Card (1 x DVI,1 x 15p HD DSUB VGA, 1 x S-VIDEO) - 2004
- ESI Juli@ (24-bit 192Khz ADC, 114dB, and DAC 112dB sound card)
- ESI MidiTerminal M8U via USB (Main MIDI, 8 Channels)
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Aopen AP5T 3.1
Max 256MB, 50MHz / 60MHz / 66MHz FSB
Socket 7 (PGA321)
Supports a shitload of CPU's:
- Intel Pentium (P54C/P55C) - 75 MHz to 233 MHz
- Intel Pentium MMX - 166 MHz to 233 MHz
- Intel Pentium OverDrive - Up to 200 MHz
- AMD K5 - PR75 to PR133 (~75 MHz to ~116 MHz actual)
- AMD K6 (1st Gen) - 166 MHz to 266 MHz
- AMD K6-2 (limited support) - 300 MHz to 400 MHz
- Cyrix 6x86 / 6x86L - PR133 to PR200 (~110MHz to ~150MHz)
- Cyrix 6x86MX / MII - 166 MHz to 233 MHz (PR200 to PR300)
1 x AT Keyboard
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
2 x USB 1.x
3 x 16-bit ISA
4 x 32-bit PCI
Year 1997
More Info
December 2025 - Day One Retro PC Build Recreation:
This "day one" generation of PC, where a type of PC's I only encounter during my 10th grade (Electronics course in 1991). This machine was built with its intention of beeing a time-period correct true MS-DOS 3.30 machine only with a "Hercules compat MDA 8-bit ISA Monochrome Video Graphics Card for PC XT AT" to ensure TRUE monochrome output for just 3-4 games I remember playing at school. Sound will only be speaker/beeps :-)
My final PC build consists of:
- INTEL PENTIUM w/MMX(tm) tech, BP80503200 - SL23W/2.8V, MALAY - L7450221-0592 - (M) (C) '92'95 @ 200Mhz, 66Mhz FSB
- MS-DOS 3.30
- 2 x DIMM of 16MB each, total 32MB installed
- 1 x 170MB, 3.5" IDE as Primary Master - Connor CP30174E
- 1 x IBM 5151 CRT with 9-pin D-SUB to achieve true green monochrome.
Full story of the build and testing here!
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Aopen AP5T 3.1
Max 256MB, 50MHz / 60MHz / 66MHz FSB
Socket 7 (PGA321)
Supports a shitload of CPU's:
- Intel Pentium (P54C/P55C) - 75 MHz to 233 MHz
- Intel Pentium MMX - 166 MHz to 233 MHz
- Intel Pentium OverDrive - Up to 200 MHz
- AMD K5 - PR75 to PR133 (~75 MHz to ~116 MHz actual)
- AMD K6 (1st Gen) - 166 MHz to 266 MHz
- AMD K6-2 (limited support) - 300 MHz to 400 MHz
- Cyrix 6x86 / 6x86L - PR133 to PR200 (~110MHz to ~150MHz)
- Cyrix 6x86MX / MII - 166 MHz to 233 MHz (PR200 to PR300)
1 x AT Keyboard
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
2 x USB 1.x
3 x 16-bit ISA
4 x 32-bit PCI
Year 1997
More Info
December 2025 - Day One Retro PC Build Recreation:
This "day one" generation of PC, where a type of PC's I only encounter during my 10th grade (Electronics course in 1991). This machine was built with its intention of beeing a time-period correct true MS-DOS 3.30 machine only with a "Hercules compat MDA 8-bit ISA Monochrome Video Graphics Card for PC XT AT" to ensure TRUE monochrome output for just 3-4 games I remember playing at school. Sound will only be speaker/beeps :-)
My final PC build consists of:
- INTEL PENTIUM w/MMX(tm) tech, BP80503200 - SL23W/2.8V, MALAY - L7450221-0592 - (M) (C) '92'95 @ 200Mhz, 66Mhz FSB
- MS-DOS 3.30
- 2 x DIMM of 16MB each, total 32MB installed
- 1 x 170MB, 3.5" IDE as Primary Master - Connor CP30174E
- 1 x IBM 5151 CRT with 9-pin D-SUB to achieve true green monochrome.
Full story of the build and testing here!
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ABit AB-KR7A-RAID
Max 3GB (unbuffered 4 DIMMs)
or 3.5GB (registered 4 DIMMs)
FSB 100/133/200/266Mhz
Socket A (PGA462) Supports:
- AMD Athlon (Thunderbird, Socket A) - 700 MHz to 1.4 GHz
- AMD Athlon XP (Palomino, Thoroughbred, Barton - partial) - 1.33 GHz to 2.25 GHz
- AMD Duron (Spitfire, Morgan cores) - 600 MHz to 1.3 GHz
- AMD Athlon MP (Palomino core, unofficially supported) - 1.2 GHz to 1.66 GHz
1 x Floppy interface
4 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
6 x USB 1.x
Year 2001
More Info
Now equipped with:
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (Palomino) - Socket 462 / Socket A
AX1700DMT3C
AGKGA0139MPM
41F20001344
1999
1470MHz, 256kb L2 Cache, 133MHz FSB
1.75V
Card will be sold!
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ABit AB-KR7A-RAID
Max 3GB (unbuffered 4 DIMMs)
or 3.5GB (registered 4 DIMMs)
FSB 100/133/200/266Mhz
Socket A (PGA462) Supports:
- AMD Athlon (Thunderbird, Socket A) - 700 MHz to 1.4 GHz
- AMD Athlon XP (Palomino, Thoroughbred, Barton - partial) - 1.33 GHz to 2.25 GHz
- AMD Duron (Spitfire, Morgan cores) - 600 MHz to 1.3 GHz
- AMD Athlon MP (Palomino core, unofficially supported) - 1.2 GHz to 1.66 GHz
1 x Floppy interface
4 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
6 x USB 1.x
Year 2001
More Info
Now equipped with:
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (Palomino) - Socket 462 / Socket A
AX1700DMT3C
AGKGA0139MPM
41F20001344
1999
1470MHz, 256kb L2 Cache, 133MHz FSB
1.75V
Card will be sold!
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AOpen AX59 Pro
Max 768MB, 66/68/75/83/95/100/112/124 MHz FSB
Socket 7 (PGA321)
Supports:
- Intel Pentium (Socket 7) - 75 MHz to 233 MHz
- Intel Pentium MMX - 166 MHz to 233 MHz
- AMD K5 - PR75 to PR133 (~75 MHz to ~116 MHz actual)
- AMD K6 (K6-2, K6-III) - 166 MHz to 550 MHz
- Cyrix 6x86 / 6x86L - PR133 to PR200 (~110MHz to ~150 MHz)
- Cyrix 6x86MX (MII) - 166 MHz to 233 MHz (PR200 to PR300)
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x IrDA
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
2 x USB 1.x
2 x 16-bit ISA
1 x 3.3V AGP
4 x 32-bit PCI
Year 1998
More Info
May 2026 - 5th PC Retro Build Recreation:
Card was used to build a "time period" and "period-representation" of my fifth PC from 1999-2001ish, Window Millenium (ME).
My final PC build consists of:
- ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2x, 8MB GFX Card
- Intel Pentium with MMX Technology, 166MHz, 32kb L1 cache, 66MHz FSB
- 384MB Memory RAM, Max of Motherboard
- Samsung 80GB SATA, but with SATA to IDE converter, as board has only IDE.
- Crystal CX4235 OEM Type AW35/AW37 Audio Card
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AOpen AX59 Pro
Max 768MB, 66/68/75/83/95/100/112/124 MHz FSB
Socket 7 (PGA321)
Supports:
- Intel Pentium (Socket 7) - 75 MHz to 233 MHz
- Intel Pentium MMX - 166 MHz to 233 MHz
- AMD K5 - PR75 to PR133 (~75 MHz to ~116 MHz actual)
- AMD K6 (K6-2, K6-III) - 166 MHz to 550 MHz
- Cyrix 6x86 / 6x86L - PR133 to PR200 (~110MHz to ~150 MHz)
- Cyrix 6x86MX (MII) - 166 MHz to 233 MHz (PR200 to PR300)
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x IrDA
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
2 x USB 1.x
2 x 16-bit ISA
1 x 3.3V AGP
4 x 32-bit PCI
Year 1998
More Info
May 2026 - 5th PC Retro Build Recreation:
Card was used to build a "time period" and "period-representation" of my fifth PC from 1999-2001ish, Window Millenium (ME).
My final PC build consists of:
- ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2x, 8MB GFX Card
- Intel Pentium with MMX Technology, 166MHz, 32kb L1 cache, 66MHz FSB
- 384MB Memory RAM, Max of Motherboard
- Samsung 80GB SATA, but with SATA to IDE converter, as board has only IDE.
- Crystal CX4235 OEM Type AW35/AW37 Audio Card
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AOpen AX3S
Max 512MB, 66MHz / 100MHz / 133MHz FSB
Socket 370 (PGA370)
Supports:
- Intel Pentium III - 500 MHz to 1.13 GHz
- Intel Celeron - 433 MHz to 1.1 GHz
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
4 x USB 1.x
1 x VGA
5 x 32-bit PCI
1 x CNR
1 x Universal AGP
Year 2000
More Info
May 2025 - 2nd PC Retro Build Recreation:
Card was used to build a "time period correct" and period-frozen representation of my second PC to represent year 2000 and down to 1997 running Windows 98SE.
- Intel Pentium III CPU - 850 MHZ, 133Mhz FSB
- 512MB RAM 133MHz FSB (256+256)
- Creative Labs ES1370 Sound Blaster Ensoniq (1997)
- 320GB IDE (But only 137GB is detected and usable)
- ASUS V6800 Deluxe 64MB AGP graphics card (1999)
- Generic Slim (Realtek RTL8139) (10/100Mbps) PCI Network Card (2000)
- ACER 6312-TW Mechanical Keyboard (Dec 1996).
I specifically did not add a network card to this machine either, as that would not be something I started using probably just to network with my neighbour. I only had 1 PC and that was it.
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AOpen AX3S
Max 512MB, 66MHz / 100MHz / 133MHz FSB
Socket 370 (PGA370)
Supports:
- Intel Pentium III - 500 MHz to 1.13 GHz
- Intel Celeron - 433 MHz to 1.1 GHz
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
4 x USB 1.x
1 x VGA
5 x 32-bit PCI
1 x CNR
1 x Universal AGP
Year 2000
More Info
May 2025 - 2nd PC Retro Build Recreation:
Card was used to build a "time period correct" and period-frozen representation of my second PC to represent year 2000 and down to 1997 running Windows 98SE.
- Intel Pentium III CPU - 850 MHZ, 133Mhz FSB
- 512MB RAM 133MHz FSB (256+256)
- Creative Labs ES1370 Sound Blaster Ensoniq (1997)
- 320GB IDE (But only 137GB is detected and usable)
- ASUS V6800 Deluxe 64MB AGP graphics card (1999)
- Generic Slim (Realtek RTL8139) (10/100Mbps) PCI Network Card (2000)
- ACER 6312-TW Mechanical Keyboard (Dec 1996).
I specifically did not add a network card to this machine either, as that would not be something I started using probably just to network with my neighbour. I only had 1 PC and that was it.
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MiTAC/Trigon MI316S
(MITAC Mistation MI316S Motherboard Intel 386SX W RAM & Expansion Board)
Max 8MB Ram, 16Mhz FSB
Sockets PLCC68 / PQFP100 CPU
1 x Floppy interface
1 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
1 x VGA
Year 1990
Text found on my board:
Assy 41169210 PWA-MS386 SX BD - 1986 Phoenix.
##### I am missing the actual 2 x BIOS chips on this, marked ODD and EVEN (in the middle of board), so this board will probably never see the light again #####
More info
I have also the Expansion Board for this, and dual-slot ISA riser card, documented on my My collection of ISA / PCI / AGP based PC cards - approx 100 pcs! page.
Its very hard to find information about this motherboard online, but from what I have gathered, these boards would be inside Taiwan Asian Clone PC's back in the late 80's and early 90's. It would be inside a typical Desktop Computer, like MiTac MPC series.
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MiTAC/Trigon MI316S
(MITAC Mistation MI316S Motherboard Intel 386SX W RAM & Expansion Board)
Max 8MB Ram, 16Mhz FSB
Sockets PLCC68 / PQFP100 CPU
1 x Floppy interface
1 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
1 x VGA
Year 1990
Text found on my board:
Assy 41169210 PWA-MS386 SX BD - 1986 Phoenix.
##### I am missing the actual 2 x BIOS chips on this, marked ODD and EVEN (in the middle of board), so this board will probably never see the light again #####
More info
I have also the Expansion Board for this, and dual-slot ISA riser card, documented on my My collection of ISA / PCI / AGP based PC cards - approx 100 pcs! page.
Its very hard to find information about this motherboard online, but from what I have gathered, these boards would be inside Taiwan Asian Clone PC's back in the late 80's and early 90's. It would be inside a typical Desktop Computer, like MiTac MPC series.
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ASRock P4i65G
Max 2GB, 400MHz / 533MHz / 800MHz FSB
Socket 478 (mPGA478)
Supports:
Pentium 4 from 1.70Ghz to 3.40Ghz
Celeron D from 2.13Ghz to 3.20Ghz
Celeron from 1.70Ghz to 2.80Ghz
1 x 3.5mm Audio Combo
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x IrDA
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
1 x RJ-45 LAN
2 x SATA I
1 x Serial
8 x USB 2.0
1 x VGA
1 x 1.5V AGP
3 x 32-bit PCI
1 x AMR
Year 2006
More Info
June 2025 - 3rd PC Retro Build Recreation:
Card was used to build a "time period" and "period-representation" of my third PC from 2000ish to 2006ish, but features an MAX boosted WindowsXP possible. Meaning max RAM and at least a Pentium 4 @ 3.20Ghz + a beefy Graphics Card to fit.
None of the hardware most likely used in 2000-2006 on my real PC was far less powerful than this, but I really wanted to see what games during that time period of my life "could" have looked like if the machine would have been a "million dollar" build, hehe.
My final PC build consists of:
- ASUS V9999GT/TD/256M/A AGP GFX Card
- Pentium 4 @ 3.20GHz CPU
- 1.5GB Memory RAM
- SATA HDD of 1TB
- Audio was just on-board, I had no other SoundBlaster PCI supported cards left on my stock!
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ASRock P4i65G
Max 2GB, 400MHz / 533MHz / 800MHz FSB
Socket 478 (mPGA478)
Supports:
Pentium 4 from 1.70Ghz to 3.40Ghz
Celeron D from 2.13Ghz to 3.20Ghz
Celeron from 1.70Ghz to 2.80Ghz
1 x 3.5mm Audio Combo
1 x Floppy interface
2 x IDE interface
1 x IrDA
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
1 x RJ-45 LAN
2 x SATA I
1 x Serial
8 x USB 2.0
1 x VGA
1 x 1.5V AGP
3 x 32-bit PCI
1 x AMR
Year 2006
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June 2025 - 3rd PC Retro Build Recreation:
Card was used to build a "time period" and "period-representation" of my third PC from 2000ish to 2006ish, but features an MAX boosted WindowsXP possible. Meaning max RAM and at least a Pentium 4 @ 3.20Ghz + a beefy Graphics Card to fit.
None of the hardware most likely used in 2000-2006 on my real PC was far less powerful than this, but I really wanted to see what games during that time period of my life "could" have looked like if the machine would have been a "million dollar" build, hehe.
My final PC build consists of:
- ASUS V9999GT/TD/256M/A AGP GFX Card
- Pentium 4 @ 3.20GHz CPU
- 1.5GB Memory RAM
- SATA HDD of 1TB
- Audio was just on-board, I had no other SoundBlaster PCI supported cards left on my stock!
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Compaq ProLinea 4/66 or 4/33
Also known as: Compaq diagram 003652/assembly 003760-001, Compaq 164560-001, Compaq ProLinea 4/33s.
Max 52MB RAM, 25/33MHz FSB
Socket 2 (PGA238)
1 x Floppy interface
1 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
1 x VGA
3 x 16-bit ISA
Year 1994
More info or More info
Text on my board: "Replace w/ Compaq Spare 164560-001" and "UMLB85DG N"
My CPU Installed: Intel i486SX, A86486SX-33
August 2025 - Pre-Retro PC Build Recreation:
This pre-generation of PC, where types of PC's I only encounter probably in my first work-place (1992) or a random PC one of my friends showed me that enabled me to play DOS games.
Allthough the audio card is from 1994 and MS-DOS is 6.22 - its a bit of a "improved" version of those types of PC. It would basically be a beefed-up version to do old-school color graphics gaming at its best - something that I did not do as I had Commodore 64, Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200 during those years.
My final PC build consists of:
- Creative Soundblaster SB16 Value CT2770 Audio Card (1994)
- Intel i486SX, A86486SX-33 @ 33Mhz
- 16MB Memory RAM SIMM
- IDE HDD of 4.3GB
- MS-DOS 6.22
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Advansus i945GM2-DCINI - Mini ITX Format
Max 4GB RAM, 533/667MHz FSB
Socket 479 (mPGA479M)
Supports Intel® Core™ 2 Duo / Core™ Duo / Core™ 2 Solo / Core™ Solo Mobile CPU
1 x CF Card Slot
1 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
2 x RJ-45 LAN
2 x SATA II
4 x Serial
8 x USB 2.0
1 x VGA
1 x 32-bit PCI
1 x 32-bit mini-PCI
1 x PCIe x16
Year 2006
More info (RetroWeb)
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ASUS K8N-E Deluxe
Max 3GB, FSB 800MHz
Socket 754 (mPGA754)
Supports AMD Athlon 64 K8 (1.8GHz to 2.4 GHz+), AMD Sempron K8 (1.5 GHz to 2.0 GHz+)
2 x FireWire 400
1 x Floppy interface
1 x Gameport
2 x IDE interface
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
1 x RJ-45 LAN
1 x S/PDIF
6 x SATA I
2 x Serial
8 x USB 2.0
1 x 1.5V AGP
5 x 32-bit PCI
Year 2004
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Now equipped with:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
2 GHz
512 KB L2 Cache
ADA3000AEP4AR
Socket 754
Year 2003
Card will be sold!
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MSI MS-7613 VER: 1.0 (HP OEM)
Max 16GB
Socket H (LGA1156)
On-board CPU: Intel Core i3-550 (3.2 GHz)
Form factor: microATX (max 244 x 244 mm)
1 x 3.5mm Audio Combo
1 x DVI
2 x FireWire 400
4 x SATA II
1 x Toslink
14 x USB 2.0
1 x VGA
1 x Mini-PCIe
3 x PCIe x1
1 x PCIe x16
Year 2009
Came in original cabinet HP Model G5384sc
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ASUS B85M-G (Rev. 1.01)
Max 32GB
Socket H3 (LGA1150)
On-board CPU: Intel Core i5-4570S 2.90GHz (SR14J)
Form factor: microATX (max 244 x 244 mm)
1 x 3.5mm Audio Combo
1 x DVI
1 x HDMI
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel
1 x RJ-45 LAN
1 x S/PDIF
2 x SATA II
4 x SATA III
1 x Serial
8 x USB 2.0
4 x USB 3.0
1 x VGA
2 x PCIe x1
1 x PCIe x16
Year 2013
Came in large ATX cabinet (of all things, complete waste of space originally).
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January 2026:
This motherboard and its case now replaces my old aging MediaServerPC that holds all movies, music and tv-shows downloads all the way back from 2003. Since the cabinet had a multitude of disk trays (8, 10 or so) it was perfect to fill it up with several 2TB, 1TB SATA drives I had on stock, as my old case and motherboard could not take any more disks physically.
The old motherboard (Lenovo IH61M) was added to my list of available motherboards.
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Lenovo IH61M (ThinkCentre M4350 M4330 M4380 types)
Max 16GB DDR3
Socket H2 (LGA1155)
Supports Intel 2nd Gen Core i3/i5/i7 and Pentium processors
Intel H61 Express chipset
Form factor: microATX (mATX)
1 x DVI-D
1 x VGA
2 x PS/2
1 x RJ-45 LAN
1 x Serial
4 x USB 2.0
3 x 3.5mm audio jacks
3 x SATA II (3Gb/s)
2 x PCIe x1
1 x PCIe x16
Year 2011
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All my Retro-based PC's built completely out of trash (stuff I had on my stock) and that I have documented both here in this "Motherboard" post, but also my other post My collection of ISA / PCI / AGP based PC cards - approx 100 pcs! .
The only things that I needed to purchase:
2 x ATX based cheap second-hand Cabinets.
Its a culmination of about 3 months of work, where in the process I installed 325 PC based games that I used to play back in the days (1996-2013) which I have still kept in my Downloads or as physical CD-ROMs.
From left:
MS-DOS6.22 - 486 33Mhz - 16MB
Win95B - 233MHz - 256MB RAM
Win98SE - 950MHz - 512MB RAM
WinXP - 3.2GHz - 1.5GB RAM
Win7 32Bit - 3.0GHz - 4GB RAM
There is only 1 PC left to build that will be a combination of a motherboard and a "Hercules compat MDA 8-bit ISA Monochrome Video Graphics Card for PC XT AT" that will use either a 8-Bit True ISA slot on any of my older motherboards, or, if one of them supports 8-BIT ISA on the 16-BIT ISA.
Anyway, the aim with this final pre-retro PC build is to achieve an 9-pin video signal output that is MDA/Hercules compatible in order to show the image on my fully working IBM 5151 CRT Monitor from 1983 to simulate 3 games I played on the school PC during my 10th grade in 1990 to 1991 :-)
1: Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer (1987)
2: Police Quest 1 (1987)
3: Test Drive II (1989)
Thanks to a school note I had written down a batch file for somebody and it gave 2 choices "PQ" and "TDII" which was for sure easy to decrypt. The Chuck Yeager game I had always remembered from school.
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