Found this cool gem at my wife's late grandparents house.

Posted by ujah@reddit | vintagecomputing | View on Reddit | 31 comments

Pc case logo show "AMD K6"

Untouched decades. Perhaps one day i revisit and gave it cleanup

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FickleHoney2622@reddit

I want to sit down with a Jolt cola & download WaReZ

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The AMD K6 processor was launched on April 2, 1997. That makes it about 28 years old as of 2025! It was a big deal back in the day, competing with Intel’s Pentium processors while offering strong performance at a lower price Back then

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Fresh-Palpitation-72@reddit

BUT CAN IT RUN CRYSIS!!

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ujah@reddit (OP)

Keyboard is Logitech. Seem abit recent but still oldies

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Fine-Funny6956@reddit

Logitech has been around for a while

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Optimal_Eye_9222@reddit

u/ujah what windows os is it running on?

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Kellerkind_Fritz@reddit

Cool to see that specific case.

I have a larger version of it that was modified to contain a Amiga 3000 mainboard. (Elbox Mirage 3000)

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Wittyname0@reddit

Man, what 'd I give to restore that to its former glory

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mynam3isn3o@reddit

Kuat

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ddrfraser1@reddit

So he's the guy who built all those Star Destroyers

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ujah@reddit (OP)

💪

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sumplookinggai@reddit

Keep it for another 30 years and it'll be worth millions.

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rr777@reddit

I'll sell you one for 350.

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rr777@reddit

That is a barebones unit. Nothing plugged in except for a Keyboard, mouse, sound and monitor. Bet it was at 640 resolution and that mouse ball needs a cleaning.

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frampton2020@reddit

Probably dangerous without gloves and mask

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nobody2008@reddit

Is that a VCD player to the right? That might be the real gem.

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FAMICOMASTER@reddit

I'm guessing they were smokers in the 00s

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seatux@reddit

Its just Malaysia and beige cases, that stuff yellows quickly in our weather. Its why I never understood the trend towards white builds and parts, that all white build is going to be different in a few years time.

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lonewalker@reddit

It's the interaction of the flame retardants in plastics with UV over time

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FAMICOMASTER@reddit

Unless it's painted!

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seatux@reddit

Have to end up retrobrighting the whole PC often to keep its original look, painting isn't going to have the same look.

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FAMICOMASTER@reddit

Most of these IBMs were painted from the factory

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AgiHidupAgiNgleban@reddit

Does it work

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ujah@reddit (OP)

I don't know so not sure, also not found the power cable plus i dont have any tools to check internal parts, perhaps sometimes this year i will check back properly.

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YoureGettingTheBelt@reddit

You can used any modern PC power cable, they are the same. Same for monitor.

You dont need any tools to check the internals. Just carefully clean out the dust bunnies and look out for visual damage (blown or bulging capacitors mainly).

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