3dfx Voodoo 3 1000 Repair and Enhancements - Part 1

https://makertube.net/w/e1qNqUh17xDYbk8ZJ9Z9f5

New video alert! I am turning a Compaq Deskpro EN into a powerful, compact Windows 98 gaming machine.

Highlights:

1GHz Pentium 3
GeForce FX 5200 PCI
Sound Blaster SB0060
CF to IDE storage for reliability

It runs Duke Nukem 3D and Half Life perfectly, but things are getting a little bit toasty in that small case.

Watch on PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/oq1Xreihd8szezRJZizd89

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gq_pBDOTGX0

#RetroGaming #VintageComputing #Fediverse #Windows98 #Compaq #Tech

Me, and my Compaq Contura Aero 4/25 - my first laptop

#ThrowBackThursday #Compaq #Laptop #OldTech #RetroTech

Thanks to a recent upload to the Internet Archive from "LazArchive", I could finally put together a set of compatible MS-DOS 3.31 floppy disks. The COMPAQ FASTART utility disk from 1989 finally works as intended using the COMPAQ User Programs v6.01 Rev B. This never worked for me before, so it's a huge improvement! 😃

MS-DOS v3.31 is a particularly useful version of DOS, because it was the first version to support a partition size of over 32MB... up to 512MB!

Link: https://archive.org/details/compaq331
Another Link: https://archive.org/details/ms-dos.ver.-3.31d-oem-compaq.-english

#DOS #MSDOS #COMPAQ #Microsoft #Retro #80s #80er #80s #IBMPC #Emulation #86Box #Tech #DOSGaming #RetroComputing

I was excited to show off my Compaq iPAQ H3800 Pocket PC browsing some nifty sites, but it seems only Blue Dwarf is loading now.

The Old Net and Frogfind are having issues on my side, and Goto95 no longer exists. RetroReddit is probably being scraped by AI, too… T_T

(Sorry for the crusty screen, wiped it off after and the pictures turned dark and Device Center started acting up lol)

#Compaq #PDA #PocketPC #RetroTech #WindowsMobile

#Microsoft licensing #corruption scandal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_licensing_corruption_scandal

#FujitsuSiemens #IBM #Compaq #HewlettPackard #SandT #SIVECO #Softwin

#Romania

Running Windows 98 on the iPAQ IA-2 Internet Appliance

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/running-windows-98-on-the-ipaq-ia-2-internet-appliance/

Restore in progress.

This little #Compaq #Armada 1500c just got a 4 GB PATA SSD (yes, a real SSD) and will be a perfect DOS/Win9x machine.

#RetroComputing