LGR - Charity Auction IBM NetVista from RetroManCave
Added 2020-06-15 19:12:08 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/pbrGuiCh_ug
Originally this video was just going to be a quick one for LGR Blerbs, but then reality occurred. So instead, it's an impromptu unscripted LGR Thing!
This past week I've had no less than three different projects go awry in depressingly irksome ways, which meant that all of a sudden none of the half dozen hours of footage I'd recorded could be used for anything. At least not by Friday, not without ruining the rest of my week scrambling to catch up and force creativity. And that never ends well.
As a result, here's a rambling look at a computer that isn't anything special. Except it is because of the context! Back around the end of April, Neil of RetroManCave held a charity auction for a number of these IBM NetVista PCs he'd restored. Wanting to support the cause, I went ahead and put in a healthy bid on one of them -- and won! It ended up taking over a month to arrive due to all manner of shipping and customs nonsense, and in the end the box showed up looking like it had endured an armed skirmish or two.
Thankfully it was still very much intact and working fantastically. I hope you enjoy this half hour of late 90s/early 2000s computing. Now to see if I can get even one of the previous projects back in action 😬
Comments
I love that you got one of these. I just became an Official Cave Dweller!
Dave Hunt
2020-06-20 00:23:00 +0000 UTC"Media test failure" the computer has PXE boot as the first in the boot order. It's to boot from something over the network. I use this at work to image computers :) Though I should probably watch the whole video before commenting lol.
Cyclone
2020-06-18 04:59:42 +0000 UTCIt is increasingly odd to me as well. Seeing the prices and collectibility of P4 machines continuing to rise in recent years is wild. A whole new generation seems to be discovering them!
LGR
2020-06-17 20:05:09 +0000 UTCWhat did you think of Criterion's Need For Speed Most Wanted reboot? For some folks, it felt like too much Burnout in Need For Speed!
LGR
2020-06-17 20:04:07 +0000 UTCWish her my best! Tons of respect for the health professionals doing their best to handle this awful situation, one that only seems to be getting worse.
LGR
2020-06-17 20:02:53 +0000 UTCIt does seem like a targeted attack.
LGR
2020-06-17 20:02:03 +0000 UTCGood to know! A rather SCSI-esque situation.
LGR
2020-06-17 20:01:44 +0000 UTCMy pleasure!
LGR
2020-06-17 20:01:25 +0000 UTCOr one could say I recorded a NEW shutdown sound with the outro here ;)
LGR
2020-06-17 20:01:17 +0000 UTCCan't believe you didn't end the video with the windows shutdown sound 😝
kalleboo
2020-06-17 16:34:24 +0000 UTCThose Windows sounds cracked me up! 😂🤣
Mark Elliott
2020-06-17 09:29:12 +0000 UTCJust wanted to say a big thanks for helping support our NHS. Much appreciated!
Tim
2020-06-16 20:50:19 +0000 UTCPorsche Unleashed gives me so many early 2000's memories...
Alyxx the Rat
2020-06-16 15:40:25 +0000 UTCI guess I'll be first of a tsunami of comments telling you that PXE is pronounced "pixie" :P
Brian Gordon
2020-06-16 02:42:20 +0000 UTCI recognize that 3Com synth thing, I have an old Dell with a SoundMAX in it. I think I have the wrong drivers or something because all of the sound is playing back at double-speed, even in Windows games. Also, that poor box. It looks like someone specifically found the "FRAGILE" in the corner there and stabbed it with a box cutter.
Jacob Alys Rudolph
2020-06-16 01:33:18 +0000 UTCLucky you. I bid on them, but simply couldn't justify the price.
50_SHADES_OF_BEIGE
2020-06-16 01:24:49 +0000 UTCAfter playing burnout 3 all the need for speed games seem slow and heavy. Burnout 3 has ruined other racing games for me.
DOSGamerMan
2020-06-16 00:47:57 +0000 UTCAs an RMC supporter, and a UK resident. I find the fact you bought this and helped donate to our NHS awesome, thanks Clint. My wife is one of the NHS keyworkers fighting this damned thing and I' m just really greatful you did that. Neils idea to auction this was an awesome one, I put in some bids but needless to say I ran out of cash before they ended :p
Mat Cooper
2020-06-16 00:08:52 +0000 UTCI'll be honest, Pentium 4 is a platform I could take or leave, but that is one tidy little OEM system indeed, and with such a fantastic story behind it, not just of the restoration but the charity auction too! I have an IBM "Personal Computer 330" Pentium 1 system, which I use when I'm doing DOS game streams, it's another aesthetically pleasing IBM system, in the same beige/blue design language. They're beautiful things! :)
RetroSwim
2020-06-15 23:32:37 +0000 UTCARSE!! I thought you were gonna auction off the computer.....heheheheh :)
2020-06-15 22:03:19 +0000 UTCthree projects going sideways is terrible. 2020 has been quite the year
Dereck
2020-06-15 21:51:53 +0000 UTCI had an earlier revision of IBM desktop in a near-same case. I think the 300GL desktop version? Man I did some damage to that, but it was a big help in my early computer learning. Can't fathom them being 'retro' now rather than 'junk' :D
JennaKay
2020-06-15 21:44:48 +0000 UTCYep, no ethernet cable plugged in is what that means.
JennaKay
2020-06-15 21:43:00 +0000 UTCit's weird how a person's IT life experience alters. Clint sees the PXEboot warning and thinks something's broken. I'm a systems admin, so fairly server orientated, and just went, "Oh look, IBM had the same BIOS is desktops, too"
Mark Stradling
2020-06-15 21:41:51 +0000 UTCḎ̷̢̧̧̱̟̣̮̺̮͇̙͓̦̄̋ͅa̶̲̞̖̰̜̫͑̓̓͐͋͝m̴̧̺̺̳͇͂̔̊̎̀̿̋̎͘͝ͅṅ̴̝̄́̏̃͌͋̈́̅̓ ̵̛͍̣̗̜͖̤̺͓͇̃̂̀͆̑͌̎͑̿͘t̸̨̛̻̖̱͓̩̬̯̲̮̱̣̜̑̃͋̍̉͑̄͋̽͝ḧ̴͕̦̮̻̪̣͖̦͇͖̗́́͒̂͘̚̚̕͜o̶͈̦̮̘̼͇̯͚̰̮̫̜͙̞̅s̴̡̟̝̳̗̤̝͒̋͌̌̈́͝ͅͅé̷̥̞̰͉͕͔͈̟͓̀̚ ̶̧̡̢̢̧̧̧̼͙̹̳̈ą̴̡͓͓͕̦̫̺̜̮̩̟̮̼͂̾̿̈̿̇̏̑͗̄̾͘̕͝ļ̴̥͕̱̥̗̚ͅi̶̡̨̨̬͔̝͔̫̠̲̤̇̓̕ͅē̷̢̥̝͎̗̻̟̳̂̽̾͆͒͘n̵̛̙̣͇̤̹̲̞͙̞̮͚͓̈̋͊͂́͌͘ ̵̝̹͎̓́̀̕ͅb̵̲͒̎̐̆́̄̅͌̄̇̄̀̏å̵̯͓͎̠̺̞̩͖̍͒͘̕s̴̖͔̺̜̞̹̺̭̾̍͑͌̂͐̎̄̐̈́̎̕͜͝ͅţ̸̛͇̖̐̐̽͌̌͐̚͝a̴͕̞͖̔̃̆͑̈́̍̓̀̐̅̏r̸͇͒ḓ̶̢̼̙͋̽͋̀́͘͜͠ͅs̵̛͙̻̝̼̯̓͛̉͌̒̈́͑̂̒̅̋̊̓͝
LGR
2020-06-15 21:22:20 +0000 UTCThanks for putting in the work to make this happen! Doesn't get much better than being able to support a good cause and getting some old PC hardware on top of it. An Nvidia GeForce 2 or 3 should be ideal, this is going to be a fun project box.
LGR
2020-06-15 21:20:38 +0000 UTCL͏̵E̷͢͡T͏҉'̕͠S̨͘͟͟͟ ̧͞R̡͢O͝͏̷̨̛Ć̸̷̛͡Ḱ̛͜͟
Tim J
2020-06-15 21:15:06 +0000 UTCIt's true. I am a dork.
Neil (RMCretro)
2020-06-15 21:00:16 +0000 UTCJust when you thought you couldn't love LGR (for participating in the actual auction) or Neil from RetroManCave (for being in LGR's words a "dork" for doing all the SFX), this video drops! Thank you for making my and a lot of other people's week, both of you. :)
Johan Petur Klüver Dam
2020-06-15 20:53:45 +0000 UTCI really wasn't expecting to see this in a video Clint but I enjoyed every minute of it. Thank goodness for the bubble wrap! I've put a SB Live! in mine which really helps with pure DOS SB audio...I've not got as far as deciding on a video card for it, but that case looks so good. Thanks again for your immense support of the charity, looking forward to hearing what upgrades you go for.
Neil (RMCretro)
2020-06-15 20:51:19 +0000 UTCHola Clint
2020-06-15 20:35:37 +0000 UTCI'm glad! It's a deep rabbit hole, with seemingly endless variants to choose from back then. Most of which were a total toss up in regards to DOS support.
LGR
2020-06-15 20:20:45 +0000 UTCI quite enjoyed the tangent into sound compatibility I never gamed with Dos back in the day so to me a sound card was a sound card.
PiraTed
2020-06-15 20:18:13 +0000 UTCLikewise! Such distinguishment.
LGR
2020-06-15 19:55:51 +0000 UTCI know I said it before but it bears repeating - welcome to the RMC NetVista Owners' Club! Looking forward to receiving our exclusive mugs 😉
ctrl.alt.rees
2020-06-15 19:54:28 +0000 UTCIt'd make sense! While looking for new sound drivers, I found a ton of OS/2 stuff for this system. Can't say I've ever messed with OS/2 newer than Warp so it'd be an experience.
LGR
2020-06-15 19:49:19 +0000 UTCMy thoguhts for upgrade/content would be to install Warp on it? Or some version of OS/2..
John Piscopo
2020-06-15 19:46:30 +0000 UTCHehe, yeah I felt the montage music would be quite fitting in this case.
LGR
2020-06-15 19:35:09 +0000 UTCWhat a deliciously disorienting mix of ingredients from two of my favorite YouTubers! Nice and semi-subtle use of RMC-stylee montage music, too, while we're at it.
Rutger van Bergen
2020-06-15 19:34:02 +0000 UTCThat it is! Figured it out at 12:24 in the vid.
LGR
2020-06-15 19:25:48 +0000 UTCmedia test failure. It's for the ethernet port.
The 8-Bit Guy
2020-06-15 19:22:37 +0000 UTC
