Restoring a 1997 Gateway PC! Windows 95 Pentium 2 Desktop
13,697I got this nifty Gateway 2000 desktop from the 90s and don't know much about it! Except that it cost $2,649 when it was new. So let's dive into the G6-233M with its Pentium II MMX 233MHz and see what else is inside, what's broken or missing, and what needs repair and cleaning and such.
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โ Here's the video from Billy where he got the system:
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00:00 Gateway 2000 G6-233
02:52 Pricing and specs
04:55 Ports and I/O
05:48 Inside the case
08:33 Power on test
10:37 Slot 1 Pentium II
12:35 Drive testing
15:46 CD-ROM replacement, cleaning
17:01 Installing Windows 95
18:33 Sound card woes
21:13 Starting over...
23:05 Double dead opticals
24:31 POD by Ubisoft
26:17 Command & Conquer Red Alert
28:05 Need For Speed 4 fail
29:44 Half-Life in OpenGL
31:38 DX8 Direct3D tests
32:08 Quake
32:55 SimCity 3000
35:06 Need For Speed High Stakes
36:39 PC speaker in Crystal Caves
37:07 AdLib emulation in Commander Keen
37:45 General MIDI in Duke 3D
39:25 Distracted by Hover!
39:58 Cleaning the computer
41:55 Reassembling, final thoughts
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