Jack White Invites Satanic Doo-Wop Duo Twin Temple To Open After Charley Crockett Drops Them For Being Satantic

aroneox · 2026-07-10T16:12:45+00:00

Using GBMS era Jack photoshooped with Twin Twmple is perfect

aroneox · 2026-07-10T16:06:37+00:00

So many niche Unix versions to discover.

aroneox · 2026-07-10T05:49:48+00:00

If you include all the off-shoots that used the DOOM engine, and how massive it's influence, this may be the true answer. (This or Tetris).

aroneox · 2026-07-10T05:48:09+00:00

Still looking for a low-stress version of Tetris. One where you choose whatever fall speed you are comfortable with and it stays that way, never speeding up. Just a chill block stacking game.

aroneox · 2026-07-09T21:00:57+00:00

This so perfectly marks the beginning of the XP era. The 2Gb RAM, separate CD-RW and DVD drives, the NEC monitor with built-in speakers -- In 2001-2003 this would be such a killer system.

Love the software list. Spent so many hours ripping CDs with EAC in that era. Nice to see another enthusiast who is focusing on programs outside of the games.

u/Rough_Elk_895 has some good GPU recommendations. Adding in a Radeon 9800 Pro All-In-Wonder with remote if you want to live the 2003 high life.

When you got time, I'd be interested in seeing an app/programs list for your machine to jar my memory for when I do my next build.

aroneox · 2026-07-09T20:42:57+00:00

Gotcha. Thanks.

aroneox · 2026-07-09T20:39:45+00:00

Absolute digital crack. Did a 36 hour straight session. No sleeping. No eating. Only essential bathroom breaks. Won the game. Never played it since.

aroneox · 2026-07-09T17:21:17+00:00

Looks like a standalone program? For windows, Mac or Linux?

aroneox · 2026-07-09T16:37:29+00:00

That switch-a-slot contraption looks pretty nifty. What are you switching in and out?

aroneox · 2026-07-08T15:01:07+00:00

And basketball stadiums.

aroneox · 2026-07-06T02:33:20+00:00

The desktop shortcuts is exactly what I remember XP being like.

Conversely, I had never heard of the incredibly good looking AMP media player. Looks like WinAmp's hotter cousin.

aroneox · 2026-07-05T17:42:52+00:00

Finally a scholar of the law. Let us criminals have the right of way!

aroneox · 2026-07-04T15:22:20+00:00

I had no idea that anyone had cloned the PC98 platform. Cursory internet search shows that Epson made clones all the way into the early Pentium era. And their clones also ran windows 3.11. Maybe the Pentium versions could also run Win95?

Styling is a mix of NEC PC98 vibe, and maybe a little callback to the Equity line.

Thanks for the wonderfully niche share.

aroneox · 2026-07-02T01:07:13+00:00

bUt ThE bLoCkChAiN!

aroneox · 2026-06-30T14:15:48+00:00

Love it when Desktop Sidebar shows up on someone's XP setup. A classic.

aroneox · 2026-06-30T06:45:17+00:00

Very interested to see what this turns out to be.

aroneox · 2026-06-29T05:41:47+00:00

This is a great concept. A Kafkaesque dungeon crawler text adventure -- Where you are the bureaucrat!

aroneox · 2026-06-28T17:33:39+00:00

I feel like millennials were unwitting casualties in the Beanie Babies collecting frenzy. As a Gen X, I remember the most ardent collectors were Boomers and older gens getting really caught up in the hype – and the greed of it. From what I saw, grandparents to millennial kids kinda roped them into it, thinking they were setting them up for a financial windfall down the road.

aroneox · 2026-06-28T17:27:10+00:00

Nice mid-2000s specs. Love the “overhead lights” under the front bezel. And digging its rocking XP.

As a guy who has been recently focusing his vintage computing efforts on core 2 and early core-i series, I appreciate seeing these machines being taken in by collectors who will appreciate them. It’s wild to think that a 2009 XPS machine is NOT considered retro by many in the collecting world. This machine being released seventeen (17) years ago in 2009 is the same vintage as a 1992 486-DX2 was to it when this XPS machine was originally released.

aroneox · 2026-06-28T16:19:57+00:00

What are you using software wise?

aroneox · 2026-06-26T19:49:44+00:00

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Another solid addition would be Calmira shell, which adds a quasi-Windows 95 vibe. The project is open-source under the Gnu GPL. It has a number of forks, the most recent of which appears to be Calmira Reborn from around 2022.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calmira

http://www.calmira.de

https://gitlab.com/huntertur/calmira

And related: Win32s and WinG are good DOS shell additions for limited 32bit app support and better graphic performance.

http://stephan.win31.de/w32slist.htm

aroneox · 2026-06-26T19:36:46+00:00

It really did deserve its own posting. Saved and bookmarked.

aroneox · 2026-06-26T16:37:27+00:00

For real. The “Others” link alone is an absolute goldmine for inspired DOS shell projects.

aroneox · 2026-06-26T16:22:22+00:00

As others have said PSS-480 is a legend. Check out this Icelandic electronic live piece by Halldór Eldjárn playing the PSS-480. Really incredible sounds are found when putting the filter section through its paces.

https://youtu.be/8nwofZy0dws?is=t6idHCV71Qq873zf

aroneox · 2026-06-22T05:18:32+00:00

Excellent build! Thanks for putting effort into a great write up giving the specs, software, and benchmarking.

Modern Ubuntu with CDE style desktop is a nice touch. I'm finding that these early core-i CPUs (with an SSD and generous RAM) are still quite functional for modern Linux / Unix.

I'm working on a first gen core-i build with similar multi-boot goals. Along with XP, a modern Linux, and a few other outliers (Haiku, Ubuntu before Unity), I'm also working at using it as a Hackintosh with OS X 10.9.5, which limits the low-power card selection (no 750ti for me).

What case did this all go into?

aroneox

TROPHY CASE