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Technology YouTuber TrashBench recently constructed a retro PC to revisit the computing era of 1996. Motivated by frustration with the current tech market, including the prevalence of AI and hardware availability issues, he sought to recreate the machine that originally inspired his interest in computers.
The build features an Intel Pentium MMX 200 MHz CPU on an Epox Pronix EP-P55-BT motherboard with 32 MB of RAM. Unlike modern systems, this setup required manual configuration of motherboard jumpers to set CPU speed and voltage, a process that carried the risk of damaging components if performed incorrectly.
Graphics performance was initially handled by an S3 Trio32 card lacking 3D rendering, later upgraded to a Matrox Mystique 3D. Storage was provided by a Western Digital Caviar 22100 hard drive, which required jumper adjustments to accommodate BIOS addressing limitations when later swapped for an 80 GB unit.
The system includes a Sound Blaster 16 card and a CD-ROM drive. TrashBench tested the machine with The Need for Speed: Special Edition and Microsoft Flight Simulator 98, the latter requiring a Quickshot QS-123 joystick, a peripheral noted for its limited durability.
