Niels

Father, #Gamer, #Gamedev #Teacher. #Gamification Advocate. #VR enthousiast.

[Niels @tormbo]

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.

https://t.co/eVtn5mSK26

[Niels @tormbo]

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:
https://t.co/db2WajClOj

#retrocomputing #retropc #dosgaming #windows98 #voodoo #pentium #486 #hardware

[Niels @tormbo]

486 VLB troubleshooting tonight:
CF detected but won’t boot
blinking cursors
“Missing operating system”
floppy fixed by safer cache timings
VLB controller only sees 2GB
mystery French HPFS HDD errors
Meanwhile my Zida 4DPS just works™ 😄
#retrocomputing #486 #dos #vlb #retropc

[Niels @tormbo]

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

https://t.co/db2WajClOj

#retrogaming #retroPC #windows98 #pcgaming #retrohardware #slot1 #pentiumIII

[Niels @tormbo]

TIE Fighter Collector’s CD continues
Battle 7: Treachery at Ottega
The Empire is getting messy…

Live now: https://t.co/db2WajClOj

#retrocomputing #dosgaming #tiefighter #retrogaming #pcgaming #starwars #vintagecomputing

[Niels @tormbo]

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.

https://t.co/db2WajClOj

#retropc #retrocomputing #matrox #diamond #agp #tormbosbench

[Niels @tormbo]

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

https://t.co/db2WajClOj

#retrocomputing #486 #msdos #retrogaming #pcgaming

[Niels @tormbo]

Is there someone who can hook me up with someone who was on the #Tiefighter development team? I have questions :)

#starwars #lucasarts #totallygames

[Niels @tormbo]

New stream setup test tonight
If it works… we fly Star Wars: TIE Fighter

https://t.co/db2WajClOj

Chaos guaranteed

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #dosgaming #twitchstreamer #pcgaming

[Niels @tormbo]

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.

https://t.co/db2WajClOj
#RetroPC #RetroComputing #PCGaming #DOS #Windows98 #TwitchStreamer #VintageComputing

[Niels @tormbo]

Hey @PCBuildingSim have you ever considered adding real retro pc building? 486/Pentium 1,2,3 etc? Would love to see something like that

[Niels @tormbo]

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?

https://t.co/db2WajClOj

#retrocomputing #486 #dosgaming #retropc #vintagecomputing

[Niels @tormbo]

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
https://t.co/db2WajClOj⁠�
#retrocomputing #486 #dosgaming #retropc

[Niels @tormbo]

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:

https://t.co/VOmLsVJRdV

#retrocomputing #retropc #athlonxp #pcbuild #hardware #retrotech

[Niels @tormbo]

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.

https://t.co/db2WajClOj

#retrocomputing #pcgaming #voodoo2 #pentiumIII #retrohardware

[Niels @tormbo]

Live at 10pm CET!
Testing some Slot 1 and Socket A hardware, and maybe diving into a few PCI graphics cards if everything behaves.
https://t.co/db2WajClOj
#RetroPC #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #PCGaming #DOSGaming #RetroHardware #PCBuild #TechHistory #TwitchStreamer

[Niels @tormbo]

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

[Niels @tormbo]

Quick bench test:

Pentium OverDrive 83
Zida Tomato 4DPS
POST success.
Looks like the 486 showdown stream is happening
#retrocomputing #dosgaming #retropc

[Niels @tormbo]

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

[Niels @tormbo]

Spent hours chasing a “dead” keyboard on my Socket 3 board.

Baby-AT in a full AT case caused a tiny standoff short. Only the keyboard controller failed, board POSTed perfectly.

486 gremlins are real.

#retrocomputing #486 #Socket3 #BabyAT #vintagepc

[Niels @tormbo]

Bench prep in progress
Waiting on one final piece of hardware.
When it arrives… we test something properly.

Old silicon. Big ambitions. Questionable jumpers.

Discord gets first notice.

#RetroPC #DOS #VintageComputing #TormbosBench