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The 486 CPU Showdown has begun.
DX33
Blue Lightning
TI DX2-80
DX4-100
5x86-P75
Pentium OverDrive
All tested with DOOM, Quake and classic DOS benchmarks on a Socket 3 system.
Who wins the 486 era?
twitch.tv/tormbo
#retrocomputing #486 #dosgaming #retropc #vintagecomputing
A Commodore advert pushing the VIC-20 not just as a great starter computer, but as the "best home computer in the world"!
#KevinToms #FootballManager #Commodore #VIC20 #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
Tonight we answer an important question:
Which 486 is the fastest for DOS gaming?
DX33, Blue Lightning, DX2-80, DX4-100, 5x86, Pentium OverDrive.
All tested live with DOOM and Quake.
486 Showdown – 22:00 CET
twitch.tv/tormbo
#retrocomputing #486 #dosgaming #retropc
Doing a bow guy build in Gothic 2 Gold today - 2003 PC RPG by Piranha Bytes twitch.tv/RetrogradeTom
#pcgaming #retrogaming #rpg #retropc
stealing junk and zombies and ghosts and woodsies and stuff in Thief Gold today (1999 PC) twitch.tv/RetrogradeTom
#pcgaming #retropc #retrogaming #retro
Ever wondered how a 2003 Athlon XP PC comes together?
Here’s the full build compressed into a 16× speed timelapse.
I stream retro PC builds, repairs, hardware tests and benchmarking every week.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_bZ...
#retrocomputing #retropc #athlonxp #pcbuild #retrotech #hardware
Curry's "You Can't Buy Cheaper" campaign, from 1984, I gather. Good old days!
#KevinToms #FootballManager #Currys #ZXSpectrum #C64 #VIC20 #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
My retro battlestation
NEC PC-9821 V10, Gateway GP6-400(pentiumⅡ), PS2 and PS4
Late 90s vibe.
#retropc #pc98 #windows98
"The cat that catches colour," "the Lynx effect"... the list goes on and on! How many of you remember Camputers Lynx?
#KevinToms #FootballManager #CamputersLynx #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
streaming up a helping of Thief Gold today (1999/PC) twitch.tv/RetrogradeTom
#pcgaming #retropc #retro #retrogaming #retrogame
Often forgotten, but nevertheless a part of Commodore's computer lineup and one of the platforms that did get its own version of the original Football Manager game - the Plus/4!
#KevinToms #FootballManager #Commodore #C16 #Plus4 #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #RetroPC
Live at 10pm CET!
Testing some Slot 1 and Socket A hardware, and maybe diving into a few PCI graphics cards if everything behaves.
twitch.tv/tormbo
#RetroPC #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #PCGaming #DOSGaming #RetroHardware #PCBuild #TechHistory #TwitchStreamer
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the ZX81, one of the most successful home computers of the early 1980's in the UK!
#KevinToms #FootballManager #ZX81 #Sinclair #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
Quick bench test:
Pentium OverDrive 83
Zida Tomato 4DPS
POST success.
Looks like the 486 showdown stream is happening
#retrocomputing #dosgaming #retropc
wasn't going to stream today but now I am, playing Thief Gold (1999 PC) twitch.tv/RetrogradeTom
#retropc #retro #retrogaming #retrogame
Something interesting just arrived for the bench…
If you know what this is, you already know where this might be going
More soon.
#retrocomputing #vintagepc #486 #dosgaming #retropc #pcgaming
¿Por qué ocultaron que MS-DOS podía mostrar gráficos? #Windows95 #MSDOS #Microsoft #RaymondChen #HistoriaTecnologica #RetroPC #Tecnologia #Software #Informatica #PC #3demarzo #felizmartes #CuriosidadesTech #Windows #GeekCulture donporque.com/ms-dos-podia...
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
my mans be shredding with the bow skill, playing Gothic today (2001 German PC Open World RPG) twitch.tv/RetrogradeTom
#rpg #crpg #retrorpg #retrogame #retrogaming #retropc
It's alive! I was afraid the #3dfx #voodoo2 was broken for sure. #RetroPC #VintageComputing #Glide #PCGamingHistory
playing Gothic today, under duress I've been tasked with acquiring secretion from giant monsters in an old mine twitch.tv/RetrogradeTom
#rpg #retrorpg #retrogame #retrogaming #retropc
Today’s retro lesson:
A Voodoo2 can literally prevent your PC from POSTing… just because it doesn’t like the VGA card
Matrox = nope
ATI Rage = happy
ET6000 = perfect
1998 problems require 1998 solutions.
#3dfx #Voodoo2 #RetroPC #VintageComputing #Glide #PCGamingHistory
Preparing something special… 👀
The ultimate 486 showdown is coming:
DX4-100 vs Pentium OverDrive 83 vs AMD 5x86-P75
Same board. Same setup. One winner.
486 era final boss battle stream coming soon on Tormbo’s Bench.
#retrocomputing #486 #retropc #dosgaming #vintagehardware
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
Acorn Electron's production issues made almost impossible what was already an uphill battle - to rival the overwhelmingly successful ZX Spectrum.
#KevinToms #FootballManager #AcornElectron #ZXSpectrum #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
An image that takes me back to simpler times, and the early days of Football Manager! Do you remember the "Computer know-how" sections at WHSmith?
#KevinToms #FootballManager #WHSmith #ZX81 #ZXSpectrum #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
A rare ad of the CPC 664. What was supposed to have been the next generation of Amstrad computers was replaced within a year by the CPC 6128.
#KevinToms #Amstrad #CPC664 #CPC464 #CPC6128 #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
Vielen Dank @amigafuture 🫶
Auf der 16. RetroCon - Animal Legends habt ihr eine hohe Chance ein Amiga Future Magazin abzugreifen ☝️🤓
Der Verlag sponsert für die Tombola und Gewinnspiele vor Ort mehrere Ausgaben des Fachmagazins rund um den… #16retrocon #amiga #amigafuture #retropc #retrobörse
Côté ventes 📈: +100k copies en ~2 mois, ~224 939 aux USA fin 1999, ~281 115 en sept 2000. Pas le plus gros hit de la “famille Civ”, mais un classique culte 🔥 #RetroPC #4X #OTD 
A brilliant piece of advertising by Sinclair, promoting the ZX81 as the best entry-level computer for a growing market of first-time users!
#KevinToms #ZX81 #SinclairComputers #RetroComputers #HomeComputers #Microcomputers #80sComputers #PersonalComputer #RetroPC #UKComputers #UKRetro
