Vintage Windows 98 SE DELL XPS TRUE DOS RETRO GAMING Computer PC Yamaha + Games!

Description: *If this system is out of stock, or you would like a system similar to it, please don't hesitate to ask! *BACK IN STOCK! I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY FINISHED BUILDING THIS SYSTEM JUST YET BUT I HAVE ALL THE PARTS READY TO GO FOR ANOTHER BEAUTY. YOURS WILL NOT LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE BUT ALMOST EXACTLY (SAME CASE, DIFFERENT CD/DVD DRIVE.) THIS LISTING WILL CHANGE WHEN I DO GET TO BUILDING & FINISHING IT, OR, IF YOU ARE QUITE INTERESTED PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO PURCHASE IT AND I CAN EXPEDITE THE PROCESS AND FINALIZE THIS NEXT BUILD FOR YOU. *THESE WILL VARY SLIGHTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL LISTING BELOW -1 or 2 CD DRIVES - PLEASE SPECIFY IF YOU FOR SURE WANT 2. -400 TO 500 MHZ PIII PROCESSORS (Always 400Mhz minimum up to 500Mhz maximum)-MEMORY WILL BE BROUGHT TO A MINIMUM OF 128MB ON ALL (way more than necessary for ANY game). -Overall case condition may vary cosmetically -Hard drive size (only quality brand and fully tested drives will be used, minimum 10GB)-May or may not have floppy -Video card (all will be plenty for any DOS game and most Windows games, if you want high power ask.) -All will have this legendary motherboard with the Yamaha sound chip and the full software configuration! This is a rare Dell XPS tower that makes an absolutely fantastic Retro 98 SE Gaming PC. It has some of the absolute best wide range compatibility and sound in DOS games possible. Legendary actual Intel SE440BX-3 motherboard (the rare final version with genuine Yamaha OPL3+ sound) - and with the big blue never die capacitors. This board is regarded as one of the very best out there for the widest range of compatibility of all systems in existence and it happens to also be rock solid stable and last forever with its high quality components. (These are incredibly hard to find in good condition and not missing parts, and with this exact final motherboard & sound combo.) Built and tested by Technician with 33 years experience building PCs. Windows 98SE is installed with basically all patches and updates ever released plus some extra and some quality of life fixes as well. Also includes DirectX 9.0c & universal USB drivers so you can easily use almost any flash drive 128GB and under. Various additional software installed such as zip folders capability, etc. Excellent quality Intel motherboard, no bulging caps, pristine condition, like many of the very best systems that I list, this one appears to have been barely used and a legendary combo for retro gaming with its built in Yamaha OPL3 sound and a Diamond Viper Nvidia V770 32MB video card. DOS gaming compatibility further enhanced by allowing you to take advantage of this excellent sound card in either Windows 98 or DOS. Unlike the vast majority of other sound cards, this one includes a special extra driver that creates a "Legacy" version of the sound card in Windows Device Manager, allowing you to play many DOS games right within Windows perfectly with full sound and music! And it also has excellent DOS mode drivers available as well! In DOS mode, a very convenient menu has already been set up to choose various memory modes. To get full sound and voice support choose any Expanded Memory option, a batch file has already been created that will load selected drives and initialize the DOS mode sound card drivers using IRQ5/220/DMA1 settings, the most common settings in most DOS games, plus full voice support which many great old DOS games have. (And if you forget how to get back to Windows it prompts you after picking a memory mode if you want to return to windows or not) A few games are already included to start you off. Plays Doom, Heretic, Hexxen, Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein and nearly any other DOS game out there. If you would like even more games from the 3407 in my collection, or all of them, just make me an offer... With it's 80GB of hard drive space, it does actually have room for all of them. Great condition overall and tested thoroughly to be full working order. New CMOS battery. Intel Pentium III Coppermine 450Mhz on Intel SE440BX-3 motherboard. A legendary combo. Includes 2 usb ports, VGA, sound, serial, parallel all included.2 Optical drives. Both perfectly functioning. High Quality Hitachi DVD/CD drive. And a very nice TDK 5200B Cd drive also with nice looking blue tray cover. Both excellent model drives. 128mb of memory! (Pass memtest) 80GB Western Digital hard drive (quality drive, fully tested, no bad sectors.) Diamond Viper V770 / Nvidia TNT2 32mb Video Card Yamaha YMF724F-V + ADI 1819B codec - Excellent genuine Yamaha OPL3+ sound Awesome Retro Gamer PC. Highly compatible. Really nice system, running good with no problems. One of the most durable, best sounding, and most widely compatible DOS gaming systems in existence. This system even has excellent support for MIDI devices if you really want to go all out with sound and lots of powerful utilities and wave/midi sets. Has original Windows 98 sticker.If you would like a Windows 98 booklet with key or CD please ask for availability. Fully complies with all software regulations. Any questions, please ask. Paypal confirmed addresses in the continental US only please. All others please ask before bidding. (Tower only, if you need a power cord, mouse, flat screen LCD monitor or keyboard please ask first. May be added for additional cost. Power cord is always free if needed.) Expedited shipping available and same or next business day handling always! Long time Ebay seller with 100% feedback! **I make no guarantees that any of my systems will be able to use any particular piece of software or run a certain game, etc. If you have questions regarding a specific game or program, please feel free to ask, and I am happy to provide whatever help I can regarding a specific game or program. Do not however buy one of my systems and then ask to return because of it not being able to use or run a particular program or game, or not being able to set it up properly. Thank you.** **Also please note that surface rust can occasionally occur on older computers and may or may not be present, but light surface rust is only cosmetic and does not affect operation. Anything other than light cosmetic surface rust will be noted in description.

Price: 1199.42 USD

Location: Flint, Michigan

End Time: 2024-08-17T04:40:30.000Z

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