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| System Name | Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 5800X |
| Motherboard | MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wifi |
| Cooling | Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO |
| Memory | 16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/32 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4 |
| Video Card(s) | Gigabyte 1660 Super/EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid Gaming |
| Storage | Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0 |
| Display(s) | Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440 |
| Case | Corsair Air 540 |
| Audio Device(s) | On board |
| Power Supply | Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium |
| Software | Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro |
TPU Nostalgic Hardware Club
@lexluthermiester said:
First, I want to thank @QuietBob for this amazing post recently!!!!!!
I spent the whole day yesterday on my WinXP machine and I've got some great finds to share!
The Legacy Update project is a complete replacement for Windows Update on retro systems. It's an online service which mimics the original MS Update and even uses the familiar Internet Explorer interface. It supports Windows 2000 to 8.1. Finding the right updates, downloading and installing them is fully automatic. You can also review and select the updates that you want.
For XP it can be used to spoof the OS ID to that of Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 (if you pick that option during setup). This lets you install updates until April 2019, long after the official support ended in 2014. Now we can enjoy the most current WinXP installation possible!
It found 148 Embedded updates for my fully updated WinXP Home SP3 system. The whole process went on without a hitch and took 1 hour and 45 minutes with the components below:
And for the curious (and brave),Retro Windows Wiki appears to be the most current web browser for WinXP. It's an actively developed fork of Firefox 68, making it much newer than the last browser with official XP support, FF 52.9.0 ESR. Browsing with Mypal seems no different than using any modern browser. So far all sites look and navigate correctly, including the ones that were broken on 52.9. Mypal supports popular FF extensions, and fixes the irritating stutter that 52.9 often has.
It's amazing that a 23 year old operating system can still be used to browse the web normally. Posting this from the actual machine
Nostalgic Hardware Information
3DFX Identification site: https://3dfxarchive.com/
Awesome information on processors: http://www.cpushack.com/UpgradeProcessors.html
Awesome site for ole 3D video cards: http://vintage3d.org/index.php#sthash.K5oSx9TC.dpbs
Site for Downloading old Windows Operating systems: http://www.mywindowspage.com/index.php/os/
Windows 3.1 Programs: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_win3
Thanks to @Retrorockit here is some "go back" software: http://www.horizondatasys.com/en/products_and_solutions.aspx?ProductId=40#Features
And: http://www.horizondatasys.com/en/RollBack_XP.ihtml
Nostalgic Pentium forum from our own @aven000 :
http://pentiumownersclub.boards.net/
Thanks to @Trekkie4 , here is a site for awesome nostalgic drivers
http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?catid=1&menustate=0,0
Again, thanks to @Trekkie4 , here is the legacy products from Futuremark:
https://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/legacy
Thanks to @Mr.Scott , here is a clean download site for Windows XP w/SP3!!!
http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/windows-xp-sp3/
And huge thanks to @Trekkie4 & @Bones here is another site for downloading ole OS's
https://winworldpc.com/library
Awesome Site linked by @agent_x007 to find and download all DirectX installs:
Thanks to our Nostalgic member @Bungz , here is a download for users wishing to
run the amazing ATI HD3850 AGP on an ole Socket A system. The System will crash
without this patch!!!
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=72173157623687684646
Big Thanks to @Trekkie4 for finding a link to a forum that has a Win 95 USB fix!!!!
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/172402-xusbsupp-extended-usb-supplement-for-windows-95-osr2/
Another big thanks to @Trekkie4 for this 3DMark Result browsers!
2000: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzaczsN8lPFQR01laVRGZk8tUEE/view
2001: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzaczsN8lPFQZXdjQ3k1S21nZWc/view
2001SE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzaczsN8lPFQMTdkUGxwNUFhVzQ/view
And yet another awesome link from @Trekkie4 , a USB Mass Storage Device Driver for Win98!
http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php
Thanks to @Trekkie4 here are some Windows 9X video drivers:
http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/vbe9x.htm
Thanks to @DRDNA for posting this awesome link in another thread for
tons of MSDos games and programs!!!
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos
Not sure how long this will be up, but thanks to @Bungz , here
is a site that has all the ATI Radeon Tech Demo's from 2001 to date!
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Grafi...irectX-101-AMDs-Radeon-graphics-cards-683297/
Thanks to the many many hours and trial installs of our own @Trekkie4 , here are some drivers for older Asus branded systems running
C-Media audio onboard sound systems:
https://www.asus.com/supportonly/P4S533-VM/HelpDesk_Download/
Keep in mind, just do the operating system drop down menu and choose XP or Win2K
Yet another very big Thank you goes out to our own @Trekkie4 for finding these two
archived Nvidia driver files!!!!
Windows 95/98/ME Archived Drivers
Windows XP/2000 Archived Drivers
Thanks to @Fouquin , here is a great resource for tons of hardware info:
http://arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/
If you are wanting to jump on the internet with Windows XP, here is a site that shows 5 they recommend.
The 5 Best Browsers for Windows XP
Microsoft may have stopped supporting Windows XP, but that doesn't mean it is no longer in use. But why would anyone still use Windows XP? Well, for
appuals.com
And thanks to our member @QuietBob , here is another awesome site for browsers of XP
Browsers for Windows XP — Retrobrowsers.com
www.xpbrowsers.com
And, here is a site that has the abandoned operating systems. It includes Windows Mac and others.
WinWorld: Welcome
WinWorld is an online museum dedicated to providing free and open access to one of the largest archives of abandonware software and information on the web.
winworldpc.com
Thanks goes out to @agent_x007 for linking these NForce drivers for Vista and Win7!!!
NVIDIA: Optimized nForce Driverpacks for Win7-10
@ all users with a NVIDIA nForce chipset mainboard: Preliminary notes Many users with an nForce chipset mainboard, who are running or going to install Vista, Win7, Win8 or Win10 (32/64bit), are searching for nForce chipset drivers, which are suitable for their special chipset and will give...
www.win-raid.com
Nostalgic Gaming Links and Information
Thanks to our member @lexluthermiester , here is an awesome link for the newest ZDoom:
ZDoom - Downloads
zdoom.org
Want to thank @TxGrin for this link to the Doom Reborn Mod!!!!!!
Doom Reborn Pre Beta Version 1.65 Standalone file
- What's New I've added widescreen resolution support, adjusted the lighting in every level,Updated the apperence of the main menu,added new easter eggs and corrected a couple bugs along with various tweaks and changes.Updated a couple of textures
Here is a link to Windows XP Integral Edition:
ERROR 404 - Oops! That page can’t be found.
Free interesting content from across the Internet (Articles, News, Videos, Music, Images, Programs, and a lot more).
Awesome link to legacy unsupported benchmarks. A lot of the 3D benchmarks.
Thanks to @agent_x007 for posting this!
Futuremark Legacy Benchmarks
Download legacy versions of 3DMark, PCMark, and other Futuremark benchmarks for free.
benchmarks.ul.com
Plop Boot Manager
This is a great boot manager for older systems
Thanks to @lexluthermiester, we have an amazing nostalgic boot
manager for installing DOS and other things to older systems
Plop Boot Manager 5.0 - Download
Windows 95 and 98 Updates Restored:
Windows Update Restored: Update Windows 95, NT 4.0, 98, Me, 2000, and XP the old way!
I will start this out with my old Asus P5A Super Socket 7 Motherboard and AMD K6-2 350mhz
I purchased these items on 02/02/1999. I paid $199.99 for the motherboard and $149.99 for the K6-2
Put up your picture and I will include you in the club on the original post
Okay, I know these next items are not really what could be called "nostalgic" however they are getting rare and getting pretty old in computer technology. My Grandson and I are going to build this for him (he is 8
). He is just so into computers and all the gear that goes along with it. The motherboard is an Asus A8N-SLI Premium s939 sporting a dual core Athlon 64 3800+ with a Thermaltake Blue Orb II and running 2gb's of crucial DDR400 ram.The video cards are of course EVGA 8800GTX SuperClocked. One of the cards I picked up from the original owner with the original box and all the accessories, and the other is a matching card but no box.
When the grandson and I get this together, it should really be a pretty sweet system. Will be putting Windows XP on the system, since that is what the little guy is used to
Thanks to our very own member LiNKiN I now have an awesome ATI 9800 Pro AGP to add to the collection!!!!! Thanks a ton man.
Wow, just about forgot this crazy 5 1/2" Quantum BigFoot 1.2gb hard drive! LOL. God these things were crazy drives in their day! Heavy as hell.
Now here is a couple of items that I found yesterday that I just had to share LOLOL
And some DOS goodness:
And thanks to our own member ThE_MaD_ShOt I now have an awesome Abit NF7 with a mobile XP2400+ to add to the images!!!! Thanks a ton bro!!!
Okay just picked this combo up today from the shop that I am currently at:
Have had this a couple of years now. I guess one could sort of consider a GTX560 as nostalgic? LOL
The Ole Alienware:
Specs are:
Asus P5Q-E
QX9550
4 gigs DDR2 1600
500 gig Seagate Constellation
EVGA 8800GTX
Now 3 pictures
Asus P5Q-E
QX9550
4 gigs DDR2 1600
500 gig Seagate Constellation
EVGA 8800GTX
Now 3 pictures
Grabbed this new in box unopened Opteron 275 for the cost of shipping!
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Will post pics of that, too.
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