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Genre: Science & Technology
Date of upload: Mar 22, 2024 ^^
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This computer changed my life. It was my first computer that was just for me and not the rest of the family. My parents spent $3k for this back in the day and I remember feeling so guilty that they were putting out so much money for me. I used this computer for 5 years throughout highschool (1997-2001). Having my own PC gave me the freedom to experiment and learn computers, prompting my desire to go into computer science later in college. This machine holds a special place in my life and I'm so grateful my parents understood it's potential to shape my future.
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Oh man, those hard drives have this very special kind of whine that only they make. It brings back so many memories of messing around on my computer all night from like 4pm until 6am. After 14 hours straight of sitting in a small enclosed den listening to that whine, when I would finally shut it down and the noise stops, it's like releasing a vice from my head. It's like a pressure in your ears stops and it's relieving. You don't realize how loud and annoying it is until it goes away.
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Run of the mill machines like this are so interesting to see nowadays. Unlike rare or noteworthy ones, very few people bothered to keep these around so they've become rare in their own rite, it's like seeing an 80's Corolla still being maintained. Props to you for caring about these sorts of machines!
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I may have built that PC! I worked at Gateway 2000 from 1995 till early 1998 in North Sioux City, SD.
I hated those power buttons, they used to like to fall into the case if you pushed just a little to hard. As a workaround we used to put tape on the button so it would not fall out until the third party manufacturer fixed the design.
That 'blank' fan was covered because this was a holdover design from the awful tower/desktop convertible case design released before this one.
That is not the original HDD. It would have been a western digital caviar blue or orange.
Any part that does not have a date code sticker on it is not original to the PC, other then RAM and CPU. ( you see it on the back of the sound card at the right of the label - 12/31/1997 and Power Supply on the right) Motherboard one would be located the last ISA slot on the bottom out of view.
The CD-ROM would have been either Mitsumi, Panasonic or Toshiba depending on inventory that week.
I think Video card in those were the AGP 4MB ATI 3D Rage cards...don't hold me to that.
Those were the mid-tier sound cards of choice. Loved those cards, I still have a few. Sound Blaster was top tier or if we ran out of Ensoniq cards.
Really cool to see an old friend of mine on your channel. Thanks for restoring it! I'm working a P-120 full tower from 1995.
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That transition to a stationary camera at 9:25 was just like the transition when sitting down to a computer in a 90's adventure game!
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@EriolGaurhoth
1 month ago
I could do nothing but watch Clint restore vintage towers for hours. He's the Bob Ross of vintage computer restoration, there's something just so therapeudic about it.
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