Windows 98 Celeron Build Overview

Reuploaded due to repeating clip.

This is a very nice, low-end but capable Windows 98 based computer from 1999.

[RandyDarkshade]

It's nice system. I have just turned an emachines 330 into a windows 98 box because I like the old cream colour boxes and wanted just a basic windows 98 box. I don't need my machines but I keep them because they are now technically part of history. Days gone by. I also have a Dell Dimension 4600. I love that machine. I have it running windows XP and is used as my XP gaming rig.

[maynnemillares]

My first PC in 1999 was a Celeron 400a system with 96MB PC66 SDRAM and 4GB hard drive. It was a gift from my father, who used his savings to buy me a PC. He passed away last year.

[FubarMike]

22:40 is about when the nostalgia hit me hard. I had that exact need for speed game back in the late 90s and got all the extra maps and car downloads. I also had a logitech wingman steering wheel which was amazing back in the day. Ahh the memories. My dad even played it a lot too

[outtheredude]

Good evening from England Billy! Liking the PII based retro build you've got going there! :-)

I too have a Windows 98se retro (re)build (only it also dual boots with Windows 2000 Pro).

Strictly speaking, it isn't entirely "period correct", with all the parts not necessarily being from more or less the same year. However, most people back in the day with such a rig wouldn't be staying with such parts & software for very long, but instead would be regularly upgrading them the first chance they got over the years. So for me, "period correct" is more of a guideline than a rule. So long as the base system is from the "period correct" period, and everything plugged in still works with it, I'm not bothered.

Anyways, (deep breath) here's most of the parts used for my retro rebuild (based on my original Celeron 400(A) refurb that I brought back in 2003):

Intel Celeron 400(A) (Mendocino) Socket 370 CPU (The original CPU from my very first PC!)
StarTech 50x50x41mm Socket 7/370 CPU Cooler With TX3 Brushless Ball Bearing Fan & LP4 Thermal Paste (FANP1003LD)
Tyan Tomahawk BX Socket 370 Motherboard (With I/O Shield) (Revision D)
2 x 256MB Kingston KVR100X64C2/256 9902112 PC100 Non-ECC Double Sided 100MHz CL2 SDRAM (@ 66MHz)
128MB DDR Palit GeForce 4 MX440 128-bit AGP 8x Graphics Card (DVI, VGA, S-Video, Passively Cooled)
3Com 3C905-TX Fast Etherlink XL PCI Network Card (Revision B)
Intel 536EP V.92 PCI Modem (Also from my very first PC!)
Turtle Beach Montego II Aureal Vortex 2 AU8830 PCI Audio Card (Revision A2)
Belkin F5U220 4+1 Port PCI USB 2.0 Card (Revision 3)
VIA VT6306 Based 3+1 Port PCI Firewire 400 Card
Yamaha Audician 32 Plus YMF718-S 16-bit ISA Audio Card (With Dual Standard Female Input/Output To Female MPC2 CD-ROM Audio Cable)
Serdaco DreamBlaster Synth S1 General MIDI Waveblaster Daughterboard (SAM2195 Final Edition, Black)
KabelDirekt OFC Pro 0.5m Auxiliary 3.5mm Stereo Male To 3.5mm Stereo Male Audio Patch Cable (Pass through from Turtle Beach to Yamaha)
57mm Dynamic Cone Internal PC BIOS Speaker (8 Ohm, 0.5 Watt)
Midi ATX Beige & Blue PC Case (My very first PC's case!)
D-C-Fix Self Adhesive Woodgrain Vinyl Film Sheet Wrap (Japanese Cherry, 2.1m x 0.9m) (212-1036)
350W Seasonic SS-350ET Active PFC F3 Power Supply (Revision B1W)
5" Cable Adapter EPS/ATX 24-pin Without -5V To ATX 20-pin With -5V (E24N-5VT20Y-5V)
Lite-On LTC-48161H DVD-ROM/CDRW EIDE Combo Optical Drive (Set to DVD Region 2) (Beige)
Lite-On SOHD-16P9S DVD-ROM EIDE Optical Drive (Set to DVD Region 1) (Beige)
Sitecom 3-Port USB 2.0 Front Panel Bay (With CF/MD, MS, SD/MMC & SM/XD Card Reader Slots) (Beige)
Western Digital 60GB Caviar WD600JB 8MB Cache 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive (WD600JB-00CRA1) (98se/2000 boot drive)
Western Digital 120GB Caviar WD1200JB 8MB Cache 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive (WD1200JB-00DUA1) (Data drive)
Sony 1.44MB MPF-920Z 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive (Beige)
Akasa Red & Yellow Rounded EIDE Drive Cables
Akasa Green Rounded Floppy Drive Cable
Energizer CR2032/BR2032/SB-T15 3V Lithium Coin Cell Battery
37x37x6mm Green Northbridge Radiator
Halnziye HY910 5g Tube Silicone Heatsink Plaster / Thermal Adhesive Glue
Arctic Silver 5 Premium Thermal Compound 3.5g
Arctic Silver ArctiClean Thermal Material Remover and Surface Purifier
Cooler Master & StarTech Ball Bearing Fans, Grills, Filters & Splitters.

Hope you got through all that OK.

Goodnight & God bless! :-)

[StevenSmyth]

SkyRoads is AdLib. Since Yamaha built the OPL II chip used in the OG AdLib card, it should be no problem to integrate perfect OPL compatibility into an onboard sound chip. Sounds like it's Sound Blaster compatible as well. Cool computer.

[WeatherSTARIII]

Nice custom built computer you got there! Even nice that your aunt even found the original pamphlets, CDs and diskettes. I can't wait to see the other ones you got in your collection. I'm also curious about that "Windows 98 Step-By-Step" CD-ROM. You should do a video on that someday.

[CEOable]

I didn't know old computers can automatically start up on their own once they're plugged into wall outlets. That's really cool! Imagine if modern computers of nowadays would do the same thing. Nice job!

[kibawolf]

on my travels around the internet i haven't been able to find a copy of 98se with plus, disc or iso. but now i know they are out there the hunt continues.

[RetroReviewYT]

Kinda cool. Have a similarly specced Toshiba with a 366 MHz Celeron with a Whitney board myself.

[connorm]

Weird how the BIOS has an option for the AGP aperture size since the motherboard doesn't have an AGP slot.

I do believe the first vintage Toshiba Satellite i bought (Satellite 2805-S202) had the same Yamaha DS-XG sound chip. Still have the motherboard for that laptop, with it's soldered 700mHz Pentium III.

[chrisdigitalartist]

Nice video! I have been watching your videos for months now. It will be cool to connect with ya! Seems like we have a lot in common! Keep up the fun videos Billy!

[NJRoadfan]

The case is an Antec KS388 Valueline. I bought one new back in 1999 and still have it.

[mjk]

The Rage Pro chip is actually almost on par (maybe 90% of the performance) with the Voodoo 1 in terms of 3D gaming performance minus the glide capabilities.
It's much better than an ATI Rage iic chip which also was very commonly used back then.
Yes a Voodoo 2 (PCI) card (I prefer the Diamond Monster II either 8mb or 12 mb) is fine with a pass through cable as there were a lot of Glide games during that era and it would have perhaps over 3 times the 3D performance of the Rage Pro.
That would be a good choice as an upgrade.
However the Celeron processor was a great choice for gaming back then but slow for other uses

[dyter]

Protip for SkyXmas Route 3: at 32:53, you can see a purple tile on the far right. You need to touch that, it will refill your fuel tank and allow you to jump and finish the level. Maybe you already knew this. :)
If you didn't, go ahead and try. I want to see you finally beating Route 3.

[Bigdummy]

i never new how to open system properties without going into control panel i always hit right click when the cursor was in the middle and it took me to display properties

[jjohnson]

A 56k modem can still be used for other things

[brettmac]

i had a celeron 500mhz running windows 98 great system for the day (last time had it running it was running xp) with 128mb ram

[connersadventures]

Processor: Intel Celeron processor 1998-1999

[bitrant]

Have a Fujitsu thing with a Celeron 300A and a Gigabyte board that is exactly the same as that Intel board!

[bradsmith]

Hey there is a voodoo 4 and 5 card too!!!