What is your favorite vintage computer?

[Green Xenon]

Hi:

Does anyone have a favorite ancient PC?

My vintage dream PC contains the most advanced motherboard [in terms of ability to handle the highest processor speed of it's type as well as maximum RAM capability] that contains the most amount of 16-bit ISA slots but does not contain any PCI or other non-ISA slots either -- perhaps the UMC 386DX-40 motherboard is the best option. It does not contain EISA either.

Here are the other specs of my vintage dream PC

1. OSes: Windows 3.0 [not 3.0a or 3.00a, just 3.0] with multimedia support and the most advanced version of DOS fully compatible with the other softwares/hardwares in my vintage dream PC.

2. Sound Card: Most advanced version of SB16 ISA [all accessories -- such as speakers included] with OPL3 FM Synth but without any wavetable or sample-playback synthesis -- fully-compatible with the other softwares/hardwares in my vintage dream PC. Should have all softwares relevant to this SB16 card along with the file "sb16test.exe", IIRC.

3. A video card that handles both 16 and 256 color with the highest refresh rate and pixel-X-pixel resolution and pixel-per-inch resolution fully-compatible with the other softwares/hardwares in my vintage dream PC.

3a. Most advanced monitor fully-compatible with the other softwares/hardwares in my vintage dream PC.

4. NDW [Norton Desktop for Windows] with Sleeper [screensaver] and batchrun.exe "Norton Desktop (Utility Suite) for Windows 3.0", I believe.

5. Canyon.mid [midi file often present with Windows OSes] -- Windows 3.0 version if the song specifically sounds different in 3.0

6. Window Entertainment Pack [including the Idlewild screensaver]

7. Most advanced version of Creative Lab's SB16 FM MIDI kit fully-compatible with the other softwares/hardwares in my vintage dream PC.

8. The CD-ROM disk that contains what's described in the following link: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tech ... bb21f6d19b

9. USR3453C dial-up modem for internet access

10. The most advanced non-IE browser [Netscape-based, perhaps?] that would be fully compatible with the other softwares/hardwares in my PC.

11. "The Software Toolworks Multimedia Encyclopedia", Version 1.5, Grolier, Inc. (1992) CD-ROM disc.

12. Most advanced versions of internet languages [such as JavaScript and CSS – or available equivalents] fully-compatible with the other softwares/hardwares in my vintage dream PC.

13. Most advanced optical-disc [e.g. CD/DVD/CD-R/DVD-R/CD-RW/DVD-RW etc.] player/recorder fully-compatible with the other softwares/ hardwares in my vintage dream PC.

14. Most advanced HDD fully-compatible with the other softwares/hardwares in my vintage dream PC.

15. Most advanced RAM fully-compatible with the other softwares/hardwares in my vintage dream PC.

16. Most advanced CPU fully-compatible with the other softwares/hardwares in my vintage dream PC.

Is there any chance of me obtaining this dream retro-pc of mine? Approximately how much would it cost me?


Thanks,

GX