NT4.0 Full-Tower
Posted by HAPPYCH0ICE@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 26 comments
Running a BioStar MK7VKB Motherboard with 800mHz AMD Athlon and 256mb of Ram. Very fun late 90’s rig!
FAMICOMASTER@reddit
What case is that? I need one! My current bench machine doesn't have enough external 5.25" bays for my liking.
RecipeSea3177@reddit
😱😍 STUNNING! 😍😱
Imperial_Honker@reddit
I remember running my Pentium 3 500MHz machine using dual boot between Windows 98 and Windows NT by swapping the boot order from BIOS and making the slave partition active. But the real fun bit was, Windows 98 was so unstable, I have managed to install my Voodoo 3D cards and managed them to run in SLI mode on NT.
TheCatholicScientist@reddit
Sweet. Anyone have a source for that wallpaper?
majestic_ubertrout@reddit
Now THIS is a full tower. So tired of people calling mid-towers full towers.
DrZoidberg5389@reddit
I had one at that time period. It was in the "upper floors" mostly empty, but looked cool. But oh boy, that thing was heavy af. Dragging that thing to Lan-parties was no fun at all. But thanks to that height, you could put things on top at nearly the level of the table. Was somehow nice\^\^
kfriddile@reddit
Back in the early to mid 2000s, I was lugging a packed SuperMicro SC760-A case and a 21" Trinitron to LAN parties...in hindsight, I wasn't that smart 😂
DrZoidberg5389@reddit
This was smart indeed! Look at your muscles now 💪
residentialninja@reddit
I used my full tower as my seat. Toss a pillow or folded up blanket on the top of the case and you had a solid seat that enforced proper posture. It also acted as the monitor stand and then you could use a tv tray for your mouse and keyboard. I still have it in my basement holding an Abit BP6 dual celeron 300A overclocked to 450MHz.
isecore@reddit
Back in the day I had a computer built inside an Aopen HX-08. Also huge and a major pain to haul around. There are pics of it in my post history.
But as a friend said, it made an excellent butt-to-ground adapter.
phelix808@reddit
The Tower of Power !
kvilebesten@reddit
Was there a reason not to use NT at home back in the day?
VivienM7@reddit
Yes. You couldn’t afford the necessary RAM. And who knows if your peripherals had drivers - a lot of more consumery things didn’t have NT drivers.
itsasnowconemachine@reddit
Read this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_4.0#Comparison_with_Windows_95
DeepDayze@reddit
Ohh the joys of Windows NT Workstation...always having to reapply service packs after installing apps.
mousepad1234@reddit
I used to have a midtower with that same design way back when, but it rusted because a family member left it in their damn garage. Was too far gone and I had to chuck it. Really sucks because it was so damn well built.
Baconmaster2890@reddit
thats God daymn beautiful
SaturnFive@reddit
Nice build! I have the shorter version of that same tower. A couple q's for you:
how was the install process? I had a hard time getting NT4 on a K6-3 system
any chance you could share the wallpaper? I did a quick search but didn't find that one and it looks nice
I have a short list of software that I confirmed works on NT4 if you'd like!
Vortech03Marauder@reddit
I've never been a Windows fan, but NT 4.0 was probably my favorite version. It had the better GUI of Windows 95 on the much more stable NT kernel, but at the same time had the old school pre-plug n' play configuration, which at the time I preferred. It was fast and stable. Well, for Windows.
djhankb@reddit
That takes me back right there!
j0ker_1234@reddit
That's a stunner. I remember NT..
KKadera13@reddit
Id have Softimage3.7 installed on that beauty SO FAST.
Brianshoe@reddit
Glorious!
Live-Note-3799@reddit
THIS is the way.
Soylent_Caffeine@reddit
Oh wow I don't have the base for that tower, looks much better with it!
dmcelin@reddit
She's a beaut!