TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

micropage7 · Oct 13, 2014

just bought this, i may use it for browsing, downloading and playing some old games
i may set it back to stock again but with SP3 since she comes with 7

JunkBear · Oct 13, 2014

micropage7 said:
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just bought this, i may use it for browsing, downloading and playing some old games
i may set it back to stock again but with SP3 since she comes with 7

Same mb as mine. Even if it says micro codes error you can still pu. a p4-651 in it.

Misaki · Oct 13, 2014

micropage7 said:
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just bought this, i may use it for browsing, downloading and playing some old games
i may set it back to stock again but with SP3 since she comes with 7

I had these PCs in the high school. With XP SP3 it worked supringisly good. If I remember good, we used it with 1024x768 15" LCD monitors. GTA: San Andreas worked on medium

Jstn7477 · Oct 17, 2014

Slightly less slow... :nutkick:

(it's a 475AHX set to 2.5v on a SiS 5598 board with 384MB SDRAM)

micropage7 · Oct 17, 2014

Misaki said:
I had these PCs in the high school. With XP SP3 it worked supringisly good. If I remember good, we used it with 1024x768 15" LCD monitors. GTA: San Andreas worked on medium

yeah, this is my 2nd branded pc, the last time i bought acer desktop when i was on college
i like this machine, its pretty silent and still has enough power for daily needs and easy browsing

Compgeke · Oct 19, 2014

CardioDynamics BZ-326F\Dolch PAC-486. Picked this up for a buck a while ago, just never got around to posting pictures here.

Back. Notice the hospital markings. This system's made for a heart monitoring purpose. I don't have the stuff to use it for that but it does look like most of it isn't proprietary so I might be able to make parts work in the future.

mmm AMI BIOS. This here's a fairly late 486 board but it's also an industrial board.

mmm WinBIOS. Interestingly this motherboard has no PCI slots yet it's still there in the BIOS.

Nice and fast.

Cherry G80-1813HFU keyboard. Has Dolch keycaps, aka the best looking MX caps ever. Also sought after due to their pure awesomeness - replica sets have even been made.

Keyboard has MX Blues with a green spacebar switch.

Bit of a tight fit

Has *gasp* real cache!

Here's some pictures of the keyboard specifically for those interested, including disassembly. http://imgur.com/a/uCGjf

Jstn7477 · Oct 19, 2014

Compgeke said:
mmm WinBIOS. Interestingly this motherboard has no PCI slots yet it's still there in the BIOS.

I've only seen one AMI WinBIOS in my lifetime and it was on an HP with a Pentium 120MHz. Sadly, the riser board was seemingly burned out, but it still sort of worked as the ports and video adapter were onboard.

Also, I spy two PCI slots northeast to the processor and the large black "BENCHMARQ" object above it? Or, are those VLB slots?

Compgeke · Oct 19, 2014

Nope, those are actually VLB slots. Most common cards were video and I/O although I'm sure some other stuff made use of 'em.

Benchmarq chip is the RTC iirc.

Jstn7477 · Oct 19, 2014

Compgeke said:
Nope, those are actually VLB slots. Most common cards were video and I/O although I'm sure some other stuff made use of 'em.

Benchmarq chip is the RTC iirc.

Yep, just ninja edited my post after thinking about it for a bit. So, there are full VLB slots and for some reason they added an ISA-only riser, space constraints for full height cards I guess?

Compgeke · Oct 19, 2014

There's actually not enough case space for using the ISA slots normally so the riser card was thrown in so they could actually put cards in. The internal case clearance is maybe 4" - not even enough for low profile cards (that is saying low profile ISA cards existed).

Jstn7477 · Oct 19, 2014

Gotcha. Well, very neat machine nonetheless!

micropage7 · Oct 19, 2014

Compgeke said:
CardioDynamics BZ-326F\Dolch PAC-486. Picked this up for a buck a while ago, just never got around to posting pictures here.

Back. Notice the hospital markings. This system's made for a heart monitoring purpose. I don't have the stuff to use it for that but it does look like most of it isn't proprietary so I might be able to make parts work in the future.

mmm AMI BIOS. This here's a fairly late 486 board but it's also an industrial board.

mmm WinBIOS. Interestingly this motherboard has no PCI slots yet it's still there in the BIOS.

Nice and fast.

Cherry G80-1813HFU keyboard. Has Dolch keycaps, aka the best looking MX caps ever. Also sought after due to their pure awesomeness - replica sets have even been made.

Keyboard has MX Blues with a green spacebar switch.

Bit of a tight fit

Has *gasp* real cache!

Here's some pictures of the keyboard specifically for those interested, including disassembly. http://imgur.com/a/uCGjf

woow, nice and like brand new, you clean it up before

MaxiPro800 · Oct 24, 2014

Retro or not? It's up to you.

My PS2,model number SCPH-39004.

And the file manager,uLaunchELF 4.42b. It's been a lot of time since I did the theme. Before this,the original pictures was a Vinyl Scratch wallpaper (I guess you know who I'm talking about)
Rarely I use uLaunchELF,only if I need to run Lenschanger or anything like that. I might put a SNES emu in there sometime.

stinger608 · Oct 24, 2014

LOL, yea the PS2's are getting long in the tooth now days. I have to agree, they are fairly nostalgic.

GreiverBlade · Oct 24, 2014

MaxiPro800 said:
Retro or not? It's up to you.

My PS2,model number SCPH-39004.
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And the file manager,uLaunchELF 4.42b. It's been a lot of time since I did the theme. Before this,the original pictures was a Vinyl Scratch wallpaper (I guess you know who I'm talking about)
Rarely I use uLaunchELF,only if I need to run Lenschanger or anything like that. I might put a SNES emu in there sometime.
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i have a Platinum slim one around my bunch of hardware boxes

tho i rarely use it with PCSX2 on my computer :roll:

P4-630 · Oct 28, 2014

Philips CDi player, I still have it.
I bought the internet kit with it and used internet for the first time on the cdi player in the 90s.

Random Murderer · Oct 28, 2014

P4-630 said:
Philips CDi player, I still have it.
I bought the internet kit with it and used internet for the first time on the cdi player in the 90s.

Do you have the worst Zelda game ever, that was made exclusively for the CDi?

P4-630 · Oct 28, 2014

Random Murderer said:
Do you have the worst Zelda game ever, that was made exclusively for the CDi?

No I didn't have Zelda, my favorite games were Burn Cycle, Litil Devil, Lost Eden, Myst, The 7th Guest and Dimo's Quest.

Random Murderer · Oct 28, 2014

P4-630 said:
No I didn't have Zelda, my favorite games were Burn Cycle, Litil Devil, Lost Eden, Myst, The 7th Guest and Dimo's Quest.

I expected Myst. Myst was incredible on every platform it was on

Compgeke · Oct 30, 2014

Picked up a Macintosh IIcx the other day along with an Apple Extended Keyboard and an AEK II. Non-vintage with it was a Core Duo Mac Mini but that's not too fascinating.

And the AEK II

And my only actual picture of the AEK.

Random Murderer · Oct 30, 2014

Misaki said:
Nice Macintosh, @Compgeke!
BTW. Kids doesn't know how to use this connector

My '82 IBM has that for the monitor, too. Funny thing is, I'm sure many of the guys in this clubhouse would consider me a kid, the IBM is older than me

Compgeke · Oct 30, 2014

Same here. It's for the monitor although I wouldn't trust running most CRTs off those due to the power spike at startup. I know IBM didn't recommend running the 5153 monitor off of that but the 5151 was fine.

AT&T PC-6300 on the other hand did support running the colour monitor off that plug.

Random Murderer · Oct 30, 2014

Compgeke said:
Same here. It's for the monitor although I wouldn't trust running most CRTs off those due to the power spike at startup. I know IBM didn't recommend running the 5153 monitor off of that but the 5151 was fine.

AT&T PC-6300 on the other hand did support running the colour monitor off that plug.

Yep. Mine is the 5150, supports running either the monochrome green and black monitor OR the printer off of that plug, but never both (apparently there were splitters available in the aftermarket, but of course none of them were approved). Of course, mine may have an upgraded PSU in it, as it had a lot of the optional extras, such as the increased RAM size, second 5.25 floppy, the printer, and tape drive. IIRC, it has a 63.5W PSU.

Compgeke · Oct 30, 2014

63.5 is the factory stuck. It was strongly recommended that you don't run a hard drive off that as you reach the power limit fairly fast.

Random Murderer · Oct 30, 2014

Compgeke said:
63.5 is the factory stuck. It was strongly recommended that you don't run a hard drive off that as you reach the power limit fairly fast.

I do recall that the cassette deck had its own power brick, maybe that's why. Frankly, I'm just surprised 63.5W was/is enough to run the system and the monitor. Unfortunately, I never had a hard drive for this particular unit, but that's fine. 256K RAM was plenty for games and word processing tasks, you just have to load from and save to a 5.25 floppy. That just adds to the nostalgia, at least for me.

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

System Name	HTPC
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3.00/6M/1333
Motherboard	AsRock G31M-GS R2.0
Cooling	CoolerMaster Vortex 752 - Black
Memory	4 Go (2x2) Kingston ValueRam DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Asus EN8600GT/HTDP/512M
Storage	WD 3200AAKS
Display(s)	32" Irico E320GV-FHD
Case	Aerocool Qx-2000
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax NoiseTaker 2 - 465w
Mouse	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (M510)
Keyboard	Logitech Wave MK550 combo (K350)
Software	Win_7_Pro-French
Benchmark Scores	Windows index : 6.5 / 6.5 / 5.6 / 6.3 / 5.9

System Name	Awesomesauce 4.3 \| Laptop (MSI GE72VR 6RF Apache Pro-023)
Processor	Intel Core i7-5820K 4.16GHz 1.28v/3GHz 1.05v uncore \| Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.1GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-UD5 WiFi LGA2011-v3\| Stock
Cooling	Corsair H100i v2 w/ 2x EK Vardar F4-120ER + various 120/140mm case fans \| Stock
Memory	G.Skill RJ-4 16GB DDR4-2666 CL15 quad channel \| 12GB DDR4-2133
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Hybrid SC2 11GB @ 2012/5151 boost \| NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB +200/+500 + Intel 530
Storage	Samsung 840 EVO 500GB + Seagate 3TB 7200RPM + others \| Kingston 256GB M.2 SATA + 1TB 7200RPM
Display(s)	Acer G257HU 1440p 60Hz AH-IPS 4ms \| 17.3" 1920*1080 60Hz wide angle TN notebook panel
Case	Fractal Design Define XL R2 \| MSI
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster Z \| Realtek with quad stereo speakers and subwoofer
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i Platinum \| 19.5v 180w Delta brick
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64 \| Windows 10 Home x64

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

System Name	TouchNDie
Processor	2.4 GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600
Motherboard	Asus P5N32E-SLI
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Memory	6 GB G.Skill DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon HD 4850
Storage	500 GB Western Digital Blue
Display(s)	Dell SE198WFPv (Primary), Dell 1704FPT (Secondary)
Case	Black Antec P180
Audio Device(s)	Random VIA-based card.
Power Supply	nSpire 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium x64

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

micropage7

JunkBear

Misaki

Jstn7477

micropage7

Compgeke

Jstn7477

Compgeke

Jstn7477

Compgeke

Jstn7477

micropage7

MaxiPro800

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

GreiverBlade

P4-630

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

P4-630

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

Compgeke

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

Compgeke

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

Compgeke

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

System Name	Star Platinum
Processor	Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Cooling	EKL
Memory	16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX650 1GB GDDR5
Storage	2x Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB SATA II
Display(s)	Samsung 43 inch
Case	Delux MG760
Audio Device(s)	Realtek High Definition Audio + X-Fi XtremeGamer SB0730
Power Supply	FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse	ASUS RoG Cerberus mouse
Keyboard	Marvo KM400 keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 3700X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Gigabyte AORUS ELITE B550
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/16 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/Gigabyte GTX 1660
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

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	AlderLake
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	TOO MUCH RADIATOR! \| The TV Box a.k.a. The Shoebox
Processor	Core i7 4930K @ 4.5GHz \| Core i5 6600K @ 4.5GHz
Motherboard	Asus X79 Rampage IV Extreme \| Asus Z170i Pro Gaming
Cooling	Custom water on CPU and GPU, dual 360mm radiators \| Corsair H80i
Memory	4x 8GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3-1600 \| 2x 4GB G.Skill RipJaws 4 DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire AMD R9 295x2 \| PowerColor AMD HD7970
Storage	Samsung SSD 830 256GB, various others \| 2x 1TB Seagate Barracudas in RAID1
Display(s)	Dell U2713HM 2560x1440 IPS \| Panasonic TC-L32E5 1080p IPS TV
Case	Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (stripped down to hold two radiators) \| Cooler Master Elite 130
Audio Device(s)	RM-DAC -> Xiang Sheng 708b -> Sennheiser HD650 \| HDMI sound device on 7970
Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
Software	Win 10 64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast"