TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[dorsetknob]

Too bad really, I found some pretty awesome & rare 3dfx cards on ebay, but their shipping cost is just too darn expensive!

Bargin price to sucker you in then rip you off on the postage you see it all to often

 

[Trekkie4]

Bargin price to sucker you in then rip you off on the postage you see it all to often

Yeah, I guess it's hard to find decent & honest ppl nowdays

 

[stinger608]

Yeah, I guess it's hard to find decent & honest ppl nowdays

Na, there is a ton of awesome people on TPU!!!

 

[Trekkie4]

Na, there is a ton of awesome people on TPU!!!

I meant out there, on ebay & other online markets, but thanks for correcting me

 

[stinger608]

I meant out there, on ebay & other online markets, but thanks for correcting me

Ah, I was just given ya some grief man.

 

[Trekkie4]

I got another one of those fancy, vintage JVC clone VCRs from around late 80's, pics coming soon! Although being completely operational (but seriously neglected & worn out), it was meant to be a donor unit, to restore one other VCR but that didn't quite work out the way I was hoping - so I successfully put everything back together & restored it the "cheap" way. All the parts are original, but the rubber components have been chemically restored and I did a cable management. Really, how often do you get to do a cable management inside the VCR?!

EDIT
Now I feel stupid for not taking "before" pics... The cable arrangement inside this VCR (especially around the front panel interface & power leads) was a total mess!



Oh well, another one saved... It runs - definitely not in perfect condition, as the idler wheel is struggling to keep up with needed torque but indeed, it runs perfectly fine. These are all direct drive units, with 5-motor configuration & individual motor for every operation: Cassette loading, head drum, idler, capstan & loading (aka mode-switching motor). Needless to say, the entire chassis is made out of metal, which is more than you can say for modern units

EDIT2
For those interested to see one of these in action, this guy on YouTube filmed his Seleco SV-835 VCR, which uses the same tape transport (JVC mechanics)

 

[Silvertigo]

Picked up this huge and heavy old girl from a garage sale on the weekend.

Its a Dell XPS 710, with a BTX mobo. Booted into bios no prob, and as I was looking about in there, it promptly shut-down on me.

Have`nt been able to power up since. Done all the usual trouble-shooting stuff, even fought with the cpu shroud and replaced

the pastewith no luck. I can forget about replacement parts. So I`ll rip her guts out and figure out how to get an ATX board in

there, the case is to weird and wonderful to toss out (very thick aluminium)

 

[stinger608]

Dang man, if you were on this side of the pond I'd send ya a motherboard! I actually have two of the Dell BTX motherboards. One of them is in a system and the other is just sitting............Socket 775 I am assuming?

 

[dorsetknob]

specs say 775 and qx6700 Extreme edition cpu if so a damm good find and a duel gpu card ( SLI )

http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/dell-xps-710/specs/

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

My "mate" tipped water on my k/b the other day, the spacebar is a bit sticky now, i have never cleaned it inside, when i poured the water out it looked like coffee, i am using it to type this now, i will never let it go. i am not however using W 98

He is texting me now because he wants to race on my PC.....i am not replying....

 

[stinger608]

Not that is really matters much @CAPSLOCKSTUCK , but you should of hid the product key.

 

[Silvertigo]

Dell BTX motherboards.

specs say 775 and qx6700 Extreme edition cpu

cpu is a crappy C2 duo e6600 and gpu is a nvidia 7950. I have since been reading these mobo`s were notorious for dying after a few years, bad batch of capacitors. Looks like a few of mine are slightly swollen...

Found a nice project log another guy has posted to modify the case to an ATX set up.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2293137

Dang man, if you were on this side of the pond I'd send ya a motherboard!

In that situation, I would pass the whole rig onto you stinger. Really, I have enough projects as it is

 

[uuuaaaaaa]

Picked up this huge and heavy old girl from a garage sale on the weekend.

Its a Dell XPS 710, with a BTX mobo. Booted into bios no prob, and as I was looking about in there, it promptly shut-down on me.

Have`nt been able to power up since. Done all the usual trouble-shooting stuff, even fought with the cpu shroud and replaced

the pastewith no luck. I can forget about replacement parts. So I`ll rip her guts out and figure out how to get an ATX board in

there, the case is to weird and wonderful to toss out (very thick aluminium)

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That case is beautiful!

cpu is a crappy C2 duo e6600 and gpu is a nvidia 7950. I have since been reading these mobo`s were notorious for dying after a few years, bad batch of capacitors. Looks like a few of mine are slightly swollen...

Found a nice project log another guy has posted to modify the case to an ATX set up.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2293137

May I suggest this:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/cip-purpura-xps-720.196419/
Best xps-720 case mod I have ever seen (and one of my favorite case mods of all time)

 

[Silvertigo]

May I suggest this:

Wow thanks for the link. Thats some serious modding going on there. Definetly have to do something with it now

 

[Trekkie4]

My "mate" tipped water on my k/b the other day, the spacebar is a bit sticky now, i have never cleaned it inside, when i poured the water out it looked like coffee, i am using it to type this now, i will never let it go. i am not however using W 98

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He is texting me now because he wants to race on my PC.....i am not replying....

Thanks for the W98 product key Heh, just kidding! Believe it or not, I still have my own copy from back in a day (1st edition of W98, OEM), which oddly enough seem to be working with 2nd edition as well! In fact, I've done so many W98 installations over the last 15 years that I have the ENTIRE W98 key memorized! Brings a whole new meaning to that old saying "Get a life", doesn't it?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Not that is really matters much @CAPSLOCKSTUCK , but you should of hid the product key.

anyone wants it is welcome, thats why i never hid it.

 

[Ahhzz]

Thanks for the W98 product key Heh, just kidding! Believe it or not, I still have my own copy from back in a day (1st edition of W98, OEM), which oddly enough seem to be working with 2nd edition as well! In fact, I've done so many W98 installations over the last 15 years that I have the ENTIRE W98 key memorized! Brings a whole new meaning to that old saying "Get a life", doesn't it?

I have an office 2000 key memorized. It became my password when I really need a secure one. It also opens my Password Safe.

 

[Trekkie4]

I have an office 2000 key memorized. It became my password when I really need a secure one. It also opens my Password Safe.

Oh yeah, Office 2000, too! Except Office one is not technically mine, I believe I got this one from a family friend. Don't really remember, it's been quite some time since then... DT3FT-BFH4M-GYYH8-PG9C3-8K2FJ if I remember correctly, so feel free (you and everyone else) to use this one as you please

On a side note, I never considered using W98 key as a password to anything, but why not! It would make one heck of encryption

 

[JunkBear]

Na, there is a ton of awesome people on TPU!!!

Hey don't mix me in your stuff guys!! .....Oh wait a minute....

 

[JunkBear]

I also have a password but only the champions can use it : 007 373 5963

 

[Trekkie4]

I'm afraid I don't have any computer projects to discuss at the moment... Otherwise, coming up soon - Replacing the loading motor on a VHS (JVC) tape deck, featuring detailed illustration & described in steps (in case anyone's interested?) I've placed an order for one of these & am waiting for the store to call me on my cell.

 

[JunkBear]

Ah if only I knew. I have a Westinghouse electric motor circa 1933.

 

[Kirill2000]

Pentium4 3,2Gz. Motherboard ASUS P4C800 Delux, chipset i875p, cooler Zalman CNPS7700-Cu. Memoru 4x1GB pc3200 ddr sdram 400 mhz Hynix, HDD Seagate 2x120GB RAID0. BigTower InWin

 

[Kirill2000]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200, Motherboard M3A78-EM.

 

[uuuaaaaaa]

Pentium4 3,2Gz

AMD

Full specs please