TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

stinger608 · Mar 3, 2012

_JP_ said:
Oh hey! I also have one just like that!

It's just for testing/backup use, atm... http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/522/sany0183y.jpg

Sweet JP!!! :toast:

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Mar 3, 2012

I'm thinking now I just may keep my Nf7-s setup as it has been good to me and all. May set it up for the kiddos to play on.

Norton · Mar 3, 2012

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
I'm thinking now I just may keep my Nf7-s setup as it has been good to me and all. May set it up for the kiddos to play on.

There ya go! :toast:

I'm keeping my K8N-Neo2-F socket 939 system for a little bit of personal history as well

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Mar 4, 2012

Norton said:
There ya go!

I'm keeping my K8N-Neo2-F socket 939 system for a little bit of personal history as well

I feel the same way about my Kt7a board. I won't sell that thing for nothing. I've had that board up and running for over 10 yrs. It's like the Energizer Bunny, keeps going and going. :toast:

MilkyWay · Mar 4, 2012

Got this for £80, including 234 games on tape. Recently bought a 1541 disk drive that was refurbed and reconditioned, its being sent on Monday.

2x Breadbins
1x C64G in C64C style
1x Australian aftermarket C64, apparently is just C64 (breadbin) in aftermarket case
1x Quickshot, Zipstick, Atari joystick, Competition Pro, NEOS Mouse
Cheese wedge psu, later brick psu (missing plug on end)
3x different tape decks
234 games on tape

stinger608 · Mar 5, 2012

Very awesome Kieran!!!!!!!!

Added you to the original post man.

:respect:

specks · Mar 10, 2012

1282.5Mb

Sorry for the dark images

coolleo · Mar 10, 2012

I am so signing up to this forum just to post these things

so welcome to my first post

For starter, here's my GeForce FX5200 :toast:

Matrox MGA Millenium

Aureal Vortex 3D (well 3D sound actually)

Tekram SCSI Controller

Overall of the expansion cards above

Not so old, but here's My Ghetto X1550 VGA :rockout:

Next, SDRam PC133 along with EDO Ram

Then, A few of my aftermarket HSF, along with original P3 HSF

AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4GHz

Zip disk and some Floppy disks (that 3.5" Floppy still brand new, unopened

)

Lastly, If you're wondering about that huge box, here it is:

I bet most of you are younger than this thing here :laugh:

Actually along with this 8" Floppy, I should have 5.25 HDD
But I can't find it :banghead:

still trying to remember where did i put it :confused:

I dont remember its capacity though, but I'm sure its not more than 10MB

Norton · Mar 10, 2012

Some real classics :rockout:

Welcome to TPU :toast:

jlewis02 · Mar 10, 2012

My old parts for a test system.

stinger608 · Mar 10, 2012

coolleo said:
I am so signing up to this forum just to post these things
so welcome to my first post

For starter, here's my GeForce FX5200
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/sqeu1twxn0xw.jpg

Matrox MGA Millenium
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/s3tqnx2midi7.jpg

Aureal Vortex 3D (well 3D sound actually)
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/3kjraoa38dxn.jpg

Tekram SCSI Controller
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/ry6khufjzonz.jpg

Overall of the expansion cards above
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/cg5xbap10fge.jpg

Not so old, but here's My Ghetto X1550 VGA
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/yimvm2m3aqyb.jpg

Next, SDRam PC133 along with EDO Ram
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/jueugnrr8xx7.jpg

Then, A few of my aftermarket HSF, along with original P3 HSF
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/juwc2clzwgmo.jpg

AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4GHz
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/q18a7tf3s4hi.jpg

Zip disk and some Floppy disks (that 3.5" Floppy still brand new, unopened )
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/v3zurqqcwlsk.jpg

Lastly, If you're wondering about that huge box, here it is:

I bet most of you are younger than this thing here
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/c4k2mbfa0dbs.jpg

Actually along with this 8" Floppy, I should have 5.25 HDD
But I can't find it still trying to remember where did i put it
I dont remember its capacity though, but I'm sure its not more than 10MB

Very awesome Coolleo!!!!!

Huge welcome to the forums as well man. Glad you joined due to this thread!!! :rockout:

Um, no, I am definitely not younger than the 8" floppy disks. :laugh:

Hell, I can even remember them to be honest. Pretty much a rarity these days though.

Adding you to the original post bro! :toast:

Bambooz · Mar 11, 2012

I've got waaaaay too much stuff that's much older than most of the items already posted here (and probably older than a lot of members), but it's 4:15 AM here right now so I don't really feel like digging everything out atm

You'll have to make due with few HDDs for now..

Seagate ST351A/X (40MB singleplatter. one of the last stepper drives)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46140&stc=1&d=1331434794
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46141&stc=1&d=1331434813

Seagate Marathon 260SL (2.5" 10mm, 262MB, 4000rpm, 120KB Cache, from 1994)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46142&stc=1&d=1331434829

Toshiba MK2124FC (2.5" full height (20mm), 130MB, 2 platters, 3200rpm, 32KB Cache, from 1991)
pretty bad pic but anyways
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46143&stc=1&d=1331434838

I also have one Quantum Bigfoot of each series (CY, TX, TS), a Seagate Barracuda 4GB 3.5" full height SCSI drive from ~1996 (?) and a HP SureStore Disk 2000LP 2GB SCSI HDD from January 1996 somewhere.
And a 40MB NEC MFM HDD and a WD/Tandon 20MB MFM HDD plus the accompanying Amstrad PC1640 (8086 8MHz, 640KB RAM) they came out of / are in atm.

Oh and yeah.. all of this is still fully functional :cool:

edit: edited the IMG tags to URL cause the forum doesn't seem to auto-resize them (probably because the pics are in portrait, not landscape)

Sir B. Fannybottom · Mar 11, 2012

Hehehe I have something that you guys would love! Give me a little

Norton · Mar 11, 2012

Kevinheraiz said:
Hehehe I have something that you guys would love! Give me a little

Bring it on :laugh:

Sir B. Fannybottom · Mar 11, 2012

Norton said:
Bring it on

I was gunna post some old ram, or my NF7-S but you guys have seen it all, but have you seen this beast at a whopping 133mhz, and with an enormous 2mbs of ram?! This thing hasn't seen the light of day in a very very long time.

Sorry for the bad pics, I swear I took a lot more! They just disappeared on me :c

I had a PII server pc, but I can't find it anymore. I may have trashed it a while ago...

The Von Matrices · Mar 11, 2012

Bambooz said:
I've got waaaaay too much stuff that's much older than most of the items already posted here (and probably older than a lot of members), but it's 4:15 AM here right now so I don't really feel like digging everything out atm

You'll have to make due with few HDDs for now..

Seagate ST351A/X (40MB singleplatter. one of the last stepper drives)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46140&stc=1&d=1331434794
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46141&stc=1&d=1331434813

Seagate Marathon 260SL (2.5" 10mm, 262MB, 4000rpm, 120KB Cache, from 1994)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46142&stc=1&d=1331434829

Toshiba MK2124FC (2.5" full height (20mm), 130MB, 2 platters, 3200rpm, 32KB Cache, from 1991)
pretty bad pic but anyways
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46143&stc=1&d=1331434838

One of the drives has a sticker that says "do not low level format." Why would that be?

I also have one Quantum Bigfoot of each series (CY, TX, TS), a Seagate Barracuda 4GB 3.5" full height SCSI drive from ~1996 (?) and a HP SureStore Disk 2000LP 2GB SCSI HDD from January 1996 somewhere.
And a 40MB NEC MFM HDD and a WD/Tandon 20MB MFM HDD plus the accompanying Amstrad PC1640 (8086 8MHz, 640KB RAM) they came out of / are in atm.

Oh and yeah.. all of this is still fully functional

edit: edited the IMG tags to URL cause the forum doesn't seem to auto-resize them (probably because the pics are in portrait, not landscape)

One of the drives has a sticker that says "Do not low-level format." Why would that be?

stinger608 · Mar 11, 2012

Bambooz said:
I've got waaaaay too much stuff that's much older than most of the items already posted here (and probably older than a lot of members), but it's 4:15 AM here right now so I don't really feel like digging everything out atm

You'll have to make due with few HDDs for now..

Seagate ST351A/X (40MB singleplatter. one of the last stepper drives)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46140&stc=1&d=1331434794
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46141&stc=1&d=1331434813

Seagate Marathon 260SL (2.5" 10mm, 262MB, 4000rpm, 120KB Cache, from 1994)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46142&stc=1&d=1331434829

Toshiba MK2124FC (2.5" full height (20mm), 130MB, 2 platters, 3200rpm, 32KB Cache, from 1991)
pretty bad pic but anyways
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46143&stc=1&d=1331434838

I also have one Quantum Bigfoot of each series (CY, TX, TS), a Seagate Barracuda 4GB 3.5" full height SCSI drive from ~1996 (?) and a HP SureStore Disk 2000LP 2GB SCSI HDD from January 1996 somewhere.
And a 40MB NEC MFM HDD and a WD/Tandon 20MB MFM HDD plus the accompanying Amstrad PC1640 (8086 8MHz, 640KB RAM) they came out of / are in atm.

Oh and yeah.. all of this is still fully functional

edit: edited the IMG tags to URL cause the forum doesn't seem to auto-resize them (probably because the pics are in portrait, not landscape)

awesome old hard drives!!!

Adding you to the original post.

coolleo · Mar 12, 2012

@Norton

welcome

@stinger608
:toast:

thanks for the add bro :toast:

now i feel belong in here knowing that at least you too are also older than that floppy :roll:

Bambooz · Mar 12, 2012

The Von Matrices said:
One of the drives has a sticker that says "Do not low-level format." Why would that be?

Uneducated guess: A real low-level format wouldn't only get rid of the data, but also the tracking information, basically bricking the drive cause the heads don't know where they're at / where they're supposed to go (?)

Those old stepper HDDs worked more like an oversized floppy drive than a HDD of today. Sort of a hybrid between the two, with more "floppy-tech".
It even mattered how you mounted them. A stepper HDD formatted horizontally wouldn't work properly if you mounted it vertically, cause gravity would pull the (compared to todays drives very simple) mechanics slightly out of alignment.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Mar 16, 2012

jlewis02 said:
My old parts for a test system.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46128&stc=1&d=1331402957
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46129&d=1331402930
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46130&d=1331402936
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46131&d=1331402941
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46132&d=1331402947
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46133&d=1331402953

Nice stuff you got there. :toast:

Norton · Mar 16, 2012

coolleo said:
@norton
welcome

@stinger608
thanks for the add bro
now i feel belong in here knowing that at least you too are also older than that floppy

@coolleo- this was my 1st post in this thread:

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2526553&postcount=138

Part of my 3rd pc, I think, and probably still works :laugh:

My 1st computer experience was with Fortran on a mainframe for an engineering class in college.... late 80's

The Von Matrices · Mar 16, 2012

coolleo said:
Zip disk and some Floppy disks (that 3.5" Floppy still brand new, unopened )
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/v3zurqqcwlsk.jpg

I like the packaging on the 3.5" floppy. Because when you think of floppy disks, you think of peas, right?

Norton · Mar 16, 2012

The Von Matrices said:
I like the packaging on the 3.5" floppy. Because when you think of floppy disks, you think of peas, right?

and a marketing department had to look at all of the available presentations and pick THAT one as the best for their product :laugh:

stinger608 · Mar 17, 2012

Norton said:
and a marketing department had to look at all of the available presentations and pick THAT one as the best for their product

Yea no shit man!!!!!! Funny shit bro!

stinger608 · Mar 18, 2012

Well with this recent awesome purchase I just figured I would have to share a couple of photos with everyone.

Okay not really what one would really consider "nostalgic" but more like "epic" :laugh:

So I figured I would include it for your enjoyment.

System Name	2023 Ryzenfall
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wifi
Cooling	SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	32 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid Gaming
Storage	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
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Agent Texas / Selene / Eve
Processor	Ryzen7 5800x / Fx 8350 / Fx 8350
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite Ax V2 / Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Msi 970a Krait
Cooling	Msi Mag Core liquid / H100i / Cryo-pc Cooler
Memory	2 x32 GB Gskil Ripjaws v series / 4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 2x 8gb G.Skill Ripjaws
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Rx 6800xt / Msi RX580 / Gigabyte R9 290x
Storage	1tb M.2, 2tb wd / 500 gb ssd, 2x 2tb Wd Blacks/ 500 gb ssd, 1tb WD Black
Display(s)	Dell Ultra Sharp 2408 WFp / Hp w2207 / Sanyo tv
Case	Corsair 780t White / Raidmax Vampire / NZXT Phantom 240
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio
Power Supply	Corsair Rm 850 watt / Corsair TX 850 watt / Corsair TX 750 watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / Logitech G500s / Logitech wireless
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe / Corsair k50 / Logitech wireless
Software	Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?

System Name	Main PC- Gamer- Main Cruncher/Folder and too many crunching/folding rigs
Processor	Ryzen 5900X- Ryzen 5950X- Ryzen 3950X and etc...
Motherboard	Asrock X570 Extreme4- MSI X570S Tomahawk MAX WiFi- MSI B450M Bazooka Max and etc...
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S (dual fan)- EK 360 AIO with push/pull fans- Corsair H115i RGB Pro XT and etc...
Memory	2x16GB GSkill FlareX 3200/c14- 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3600/c16- 2x16GB Team 3600/c18 and etc..
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming RX 6800- Asus RTX 3070 TUF OC- MSI Ventus GTX 1660Ti and etc...
Storage	Main PC (1TB WD SN850- 2TB PNY CS 3040- 2TB Seagate Firecuda) and etc...
Display(s)	Main PC (2x24" Dell UltraSharp U2414H)
Case	Phanteks P600s- Seasonic Q704- Fractal Meshify C and etc...
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z625 THX 2.1 speakers
Power Supply	EVGA 750 G3- SeaSonic DGC 750- EVGA P2 850 and etc...
Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
VR HMD	N/A
Software	Windows 10 Pro or Ubuntu
Benchmark Scores	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!

System Name	Agent Texas / Selene / Eve
Processor	Ryzen7 5800x / Fx 8350 / Fx 8350
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite Ax V2 / Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Msi 970a Krait
Cooling	Msi Mag Core liquid / H100i / Cryo-pc Cooler
Memory	2 x32 GB Gskil Ripjaws v series / 4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 2x 8gb G.Skill Ripjaws
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Rx 6800xt / Msi RX580 / Gigabyte R9 290x
Storage	1tb M.2, 2tb wd / 500 gb ssd, 2x 2tb Wd Blacks/ 500 gb ssd, 1tb WD Black
Display(s)	Dell Ultra Sharp 2408 WFp / Hp w2207 / Sanyo tv
Case	Corsair 780t White / Raidmax Vampire / NZXT Phantom 240
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio
Power Supply	Corsair Rm 850 watt / Corsair TX 850 watt / Corsair TX 750 watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / Logitech G500s / Logitech wireless
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe / Corsair k50 / Logitech wireless
Software	Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?

System Name	2023 Ryzenfall
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wifi
Cooling	SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	32 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid Gaming
Storage	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
Software	Windows 10 Pro

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

ThE_MaD_ShOt

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

ThE_MaD_ShOt

MilkyWay

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

specks

New Member

coolleo

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

jlewis02

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Bambooz

Attachments

Sir B. Fannybottom

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

Sir B. Fannybottom

The Von Matrices

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

coolleo

Bambooz

ThE_MaD_ShOt

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

The Von Matrices

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

System Name	Spreadsheet powerhouse
Processor	Two P4s glued together
Motherboard	Asus P5KPL-AM EPU
Cooling	CoolerMaster Hyper TX3
Memory	2gb (2x1gb) Kingston Value Ram DDR2 800mhz
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD4670 1gb GDDR3 w/ Arctic Cooling Accelero L7
Storage	500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue
Display(s)	Philips 191EL 18.5"
Case	Thermaltake V4 Black Edition
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake TR2 600W
Software	WinXp

Processor	C2D E7400
Motherboard	AsRock G41M-VS3
Cooling	Thermolab Baram 2010
Memory	Patriot Signature 2x4GB
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozr II
Storage	Seagate 80GB Sata I and Seagate 1TB Sata II
Display(s)	Philps 224EL2SB
Case	VenomRX Hardwicke Neurotoxin
Power Supply	Xigmatek NRP-MC802

Processor	i9 10850k
Motherboard	Asus strix Z-490-e
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360
Memory	G.SKILL Trident Z 4000mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus STRIX RTX 3080
Storage	1tb Samsung 970 EVO,1tb hdd,750gb hdd
Display(s)	Asus 27" 144htz 1440
Case	Lian Li lancool 2 mesh
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic GX-850
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech Pro

System Name	Blackbox
Processor	Core i7-2600k @ 4.8
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance
Cooling	Thermalright Macho Rev.A
Memory	32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport VLP DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	KFA² (Galax) GTX970 EXOC Black Edition
Storage	Bunch of 1-2TB WD RE4 + WD Red
Display(s)	Samsung Syncmaster 2333T
Case	Fractal Design Arc Midi
Power Supply	Seasonic S12 II 430
Mouse	Logitech MX518 Refresh
Keyboard	Tesoro Colada G3NL (MX Brown)
Software	Win7 Ultimate

System Name	The SwagMachine / The Sister
Processor	Core i5 3570K @5.2ghz 1.3V/ 1100T
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-V / ASUS M5A99X EVO
Cooling	Phanteks PH TC14PE / Corsair H40
Memory	M379B5273DH0-YK0 2X4GB + PVI316G213C1QK 2X4GB / 2x4GB Patriot 2133
Video Card(s)	PNY 780Ti /Windforce 7950
Storage	2xSamsung 840 EVO 250gb+WD10EZEX + WD30EZRX/ 1x WD1500 Black
Display(s)	AOC Q2963PM+Acer S200HL / Acer S200L+ LG 22LD350
Case	Fractal Define R4 / NZXT Trinity
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DG / Asus Xonar DG
Power Supply	Seasonic 750X / ROSEWILL RG630-S12 630W R
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Chroma / Roccat Kone+
Keyboard	Razer Blackwidow 2013 Stealth / Roccat Isku
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro / Windows 7 Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	one time I scored a 3 on 3dmark 11

System Name	My Surround PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Motherboard	ASUS STRIX X670E-F
Cooling	Swiftech MCP35X / EK Quantum CPU / Alphacool GPU / XSPC 480mm w/ Corsair Fans
Memory	96GB (2 x 48 GB) G.Skill DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X 24GB
Storage	WD SN850 2TB, Samsung PM981a 1TB, 4 x 4TB + 1 x 10TB HGST NAS HDD for Windows Storage Spaces
Display(s)	2 x Viotek GFI27QXA 27" 4K 120Hz + LG UH850 4K 60Hz + HMD
Case	NZXT Source 530
Audio Device(s)	Sony MDR-7506 / Logitech Z-5500 5.1
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000x 1 kW
Mouse	Patriot Viper V560
Keyboard	Corsair K100
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Mellanox ConnectX-3 10 Gb/s Fiber Network Card