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I’ve opened a Discord for Tormbo’s Bench.
Think of it as the back room of the workshop:
sharing builds, troubleshooting weird hardware: calm, technical, and retro-focused.
Pull up a chair if that sounds like your thing.
discord.gg/yzzyyH9qx8
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Birthday Bench Stream tonight!
Hunting parts for a budget Slot 1 gaming PC
Testing mystery hardware
DOS gaming on the 486
Hopefully not spending 3 hours troubleshooting
twitch.tv/tormbo
#retrocomputing #dosgaming #486 #retrogaming
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Tonight on Tormbo’s Bench:
Absolute hardware chaos.
No fixed plan.
No prepared build.
Just random retro hardware
Could be gold.
Could be smoke.
Live tonight:
twitch.tv/tormbo
#retrocomputing #retropc #dosgaming #windows98 #voodoo #pentium #486 #hardware
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Building and testing 2 retro gaming PCs live
Starting on a bare bench, then full builds and Windows 98 installs
Slot 1 Pentium III systems, premium vs budget setup
twitch.tv/tormbo
#retrogaming #retroPC #windows98 #pcgaming #retrohardware #slot1 #pentiumIII
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TIE Fighter Collector’s CD continues
Battle 7: Treachery at Ottega
The Empire is getting messy…
Live now: twitch.tv/tormbo
#retrocomputing #dosgaming #tiefighter #retrogaming #pcgaming #starwars #vintagecomputing
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AGP Chaos Lab.
Pulling random GPUs from the box and testing them.
Documenting each card using NSSI and building a proper archive as we go.
Some of these should not work. That’s the point.
twitch.tv/tormbo
#retropc #retrocomputing #matrox #diamond #agp #tormbosbench
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Testing VLB vs ISA, DX33 vs Pentium OverDrive on the FIC 486-GIO-VT
Then building the final system with a DX4-100 on the Zida 4DPS
Let’s see what actually wins
twitch.tv/tormbo
#retrocomputing #486 #msdos #retrogaming #pcgaming
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Is there someone who can hook me up with someone who was on the #Tiefighter development team? I have questions :)
#starwars #lucasarts #totallygames
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New stream setup test tonight
If it works… we fly Star Wars: TIE Fighter
twitch.tv/tormbo
Chaos guaranteed
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #dosgaming #twitchstreamer #pcgaming
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3 mystery PCs. No specs. No tests.
We open them up and hit power for the first time.
Pentium → Pentium III era… probably.
Goal: bring at least ONE back to life.
twitch.tv/tormbo
#RetroPC #RetroComputing #PCGaming #DOS #Windows98 #TwitchStreamer #VintageComputing
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Hey @PCBuildingSim have you ever considered adding real retro pc building? 486/Pentium 1,2,3 etc? Would love to see something like that
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The 486 CPU Showdown has begun.
DX33
Blue Lightning
TI DX2-80
DX4-100
5x86-P75
Pentium OverDrive
All tested with DOOM, Quake and classic benchmarks on a Socket 3 system.
Who wins the 486 era?
twitch.tv/tormbo
#retrocomputing #486 #dosgaming #retropc #vintagecomputing
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Tonight we answer an important question:
Which 486 is the fastest for DOS gaming?
DX33, Blue Lightning, DX2-80, DX4-100, 5x86, Pentium OverDrive.
All tested live with DOOM and Quake.
486 Showdown – 22:00 CET
twitch.tv/tormbo�
#retrocomputing #486 #dosgaming #retropc
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Building a 2003 Athlon XP system… but at 16× speed.
Retro PC builds, hardware testing and benchmarking live on stream every week.
Watch the timelapse:
youtube.com/watch?v=a_bZ2dNb…
#retrocomputing #retropc #athlonxp #pcbuild #hardware #retrotech
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Tonight we're testing a stack of Slot 1 Pentium III CPUs and benchmarking a pile of 90s PCI cards.
GLQuake, Quake, Final Reality and 3DMark99.
Basically a late-90s retro PC lab night.
twitch.tv/tormbo
#retrocomputing #pcgaming #voodoo2 #pentiumIII #retrohardware
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Live at 10pm CET!
Testing some Slot 1 and Socket A hardware, and maybe diving into a few PCI graphics cards if everything behaves.
twitch.tv/tormbo
#RetroPC #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #PCGaming #DOSGaming #RetroHardware #PCBuild #TechHistory #TwitchStreamer
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The contenders have arrived.
Intel DX33
IBM Blue Lightning DX2-66
TI DX2-80
AMD DX4-100
AMD 5x86-P75
Pentium OverDrive
Soon they’ll face off in the ultimate 486 CPU showdown.
#retrocomputing #vintagehardware #486
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Quick bench test:
Pentium OverDrive 83
Zida Tomato 4DPS
POST success.
Looks like the 486 showdown stream is happening
#retrocomputing #dosgaming #retropc
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Something interesting just arrived for the bench…
If you know what this is, you already know where this might be going
More soon.
#retrocomputing #vintagepc #486 #dosgaming #retropc #pcgaming
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