TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

JunkBear · Mar 17, 2016

9700 Pro said:
Damn, looks like the first gen Pentiums (60 & 66MHz)

Yes when you had a TURBO button on front of the case foran instant overclock

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 17, 2016

JunkBear said:
Yes when you had a TURBO button on front of the case foran instant overclock

and a "help" button on your k/b

I keep pressing it and noone comes running to help me..... :mad:

Ruru · Mar 17, 2016

JunkBear said:
Yes when you had a TURBO button on front of the case foran instant overclock

Wasn't the turbo button for underclocking for those games where a 66MHz beast ran the game at double speed? :confused:

GreiverBlade · Mar 17, 2016

JunkBear said:
Yes when you had a TURBO button on front of the case for an instant overclock

actually ...

9700 Pro said:
Wasn't the turbo button for underclocking for those games where a 66MHz beast ran the game at double speed?

is right
turbo button was more a downclock... my 486DX 33, turbo on: 33mhz turbo off: 8mhz... way to go .. :laugh:

so turbo on was only the stock speed of the cpu

it was on since the 486 or 386 or before? well not a P55 feature in the end

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
and a "help" button on your k/b

View attachment 72975

I keep pressing it and noone comes running to help me.....

still exist ... altho it's F1 now :laugh:

Mr.Scott · Mar 17, 2016

Fouquin said:
Oh you do? I was just scanning eBay earlier today and did not see a V5 5000. Lots of 5500s though.

5000 went fast. Under an hour. Still have a 5500 though.

Fouquin · Mar 17, 2016

Mr.Scott said:
5000 went fast. Under an hour. Still have a 5500 though.

eBay just isn't showing it to me. Well what did it go for? Seeing as 5500s usually get $170+ I'd expect you got at least $250 for a 5000.

Also @stinger608 this will make you happy:

I had to run to the storage unit to pick up some laptops and of course I had to get a pic of the P5A. This is the second one I owned, and it is set up to run a K6-2 500. The first is running the Cyrix MII-333GP and was the board in one of my previous posts that was covered in VooDoo 2s

Mr.Scott · Mar 17, 2016

Fouquin said:
eBay just isn't showing it to me. Well what did it go for? Seeing as 5500s usually get $170+ I'd expect you got at least $250 for a 5000.

I took $200 for the 5000. My 5500 is listed at $130 or offer. Cheapest listing for the card, no offers yet. Your prices seem steep to me.

Fouquin · Mar 17, 2016

Mr.Scott said:
Your prices seem steep to me.

Just averages from the last 60 days on eBay.

Mr.Scott · Mar 17, 2016

Fouquin said:
Just averages from the last 60 days on eBay.

Understood.

Red_Machine · Mar 17, 2016

I got my V5 5500 AGP for £50 a few years ago, boxed complete-ish (only thing missing was the molex Y-cable).

stinger608 · Mar 17, 2016

Fouquin said:
I had to run to the storage unit to pick up some laptops and of course I had to get a pic of the P5A. This is the second one I owned, and it is set up to run a K6-2 500.

Haha, sweet @Fouquin !!! They were top of the line motherboards in their day!!! Heck, you're the only other person I have seen in many many years that still has a boxed one of these. :respect:

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Mar 18, 2016

AMD K6-2 380 MHz

From 1998

321 pin...socket Super 7

jboydgolfer · Mar 18, 2016

found a old geforce GPU that i never installed in anything....iirc it came in a new PC, but im not totally sure, but it was never used , just got buried in my garage....

Mr.Scott · Mar 18, 2016

Nice. MX 4000

Ruru · Mar 19, 2016

What Wikipedia tells me, it's like a MX440-SE with 64-bit memory bus.

Damn, I had also some old AGP cards (TNT2 M64 Pro, MX420 and Radeon 9200 at least) in my storage, but some douchebag robbed all my belongings from there :banghead:

which reminded me... I need to repair some caps from a Ti4600 which is safely in my closet :toast:

stinger608 · Mar 19, 2016

jboydgolfer said:
found a old geforce GPU that i never installed in anything....iirc it came in a new PC, but im not totally sure, but it was never used , just got buried in my garage....

I actually picked one of these up a couple of weeks ago from one of our own members here. Its in the retail box.

jboydgolfer · Mar 19, 2016

stinger608 said:
I actually picked one of these up a couple of weeks ago from one of our own members here. Its in the retail box.

i dont have the box, but if someone needed it they could have it. im trying to go through all of my old, or replaced PC stuff, and get rid of it.

Red_Machine · Mar 19, 2016

Not computer hardware, but it's pretty damn old. A Hitachi CED VideoDisc player from 1981.

dorsetknob · Mar 19, 2016

Red_Machine said:
Not computer hardware, but it's pretty damn old. A Hitachi CED VideoDisc player from 1981.

Got a rare Video disk that can only be played in that type of player
"Dire Straights Brother's in Arms " Video CD Single
one of a limited Sale of 500 only in the UK

Red_Machine · Mar 19, 2016

Yeah, a lot of music video/concert compilations were released on VideoDisc, I guess it was to make up for the lack of movies! :laugh:

dorsetknob · Mar 19, 2016

You mean
I guess it was to make up for the ~~lack of movies!~~Total lack of any other Content in the UK :laugh:

Trekkie4 · Mar 19, 2016

Fouquin said:
Cannot believe I'm only now finding this thread. Well, I'm not in a position to post any pics of my mediocre collection due to being on the road and a bit removed from my resources, but I've got one of my favourite pics of a cool little tech bit on this laptop:

Pentium Pro Fiber ENG Sample sitting upon a bed of 256kb/512kb Pentium Pros.

I know I own very few things that have yet to already be showcased in this thread, but when I get back home I may get some good pics of the rather paltry collection and throw it up here.

Quick Edit! I do have this pic of my Pentium II 450 ENG Sample as well!

Sorry for the bandwidth wrecking resolutions, I'll re upload later as expandable thumbnails.

GreiverBlade said:
HELL YEAH and welcome on Nostalgia hideout

me want some PPro for my CPU collection ... need to search harder!

Fouquin said:
I had the luck and privilege of working at a recycler that had a Toshiba 8U P-Pro server come through. 4 CPU cards, two CPUs per card. I managed to get away with them, and traded two for the ENG Sample a few weeks later. ( I may have peeled the "Pentium Pro Inside" case badge off the chassis too. )

Someone mentioned Pentiums Pro & Super Socket 7 mobos?

Just came back home with my own Pro system, featuring a pair of SCSI drives and highly unusual Super Socket 7 mobo! Actually, it's the SAME format as that unknown Pentium 2 board which I uploaded some time ago, it turned out to be Celebris GL6200 by the company called Digital, very high-quality build & extremely heavy! Pics coming soon!

Trekkie4 · Mar 19, 2016

Here are couple of shots, I didn't have the time to strip it apart & inspect every component individually, but what I did notice is that it only has one SCSI drive, not 2. Maybe the owner had 2 partitions & assumed that he's running 2 physical drives?

Can someone please tell me what is that thing, a small add-on card with lots of caps just above the CPU socket?

On a side note, that Super Socket7 mobo looks identical (at least the board layout does) to a Pentium 2 board from couple of months ago.

http://postimg.org/image/ga0rmktqv/

Fouquin · Mar 19, 2016

Trekkie4 said:
Can someone please tell me what is that thing, a small add-on card with lots of caps just above the CPU socket?

Voltage regulation module.

Very cool to see a complete DEC P-Pro based server. Haven't seen one in such great condition.

Trekkie4 · Mar 19, 2016

Oh yeah, it makes sense... It's just that I'm not used seeing them separate, as in replaceable modules :eek:

Also, totally forgot to point this out before, but I'm sure you've guessed it by now - the machine does indeed works as it should. Didn't get to hook it up myself yet, but according to the previous owner who gave it away for free, it has a Win98 & couple of other bits & pieces

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	Party On
Processor	Xeon w 3520
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty
Cooling	Big tower thing
Memory	6 gb Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	HD 7970
Case	a plank of wood
Audio Device(s)	seperate amp and 6 big speakers
Power Supply	Corsair
Mouse	cheap
Keyboard	under going restoration

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	27" 4K120 IPS + 32" 4K60 IPS + 24" 1080p60
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless / Corsair HS35
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

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 DDR4 3600/8gb DDR3 1600/2gbLPDDR3/8gbLPDDR5x/16gb(10 sys)LPDDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/Radeon 780M 6gb LPDDR5
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/4tb SN850X
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/7" 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	Master
Processor	Pair of Xeon X5675's @ 4.3
Motherboard	SR-2 Classified
Memory	12 GB of Corsair Dominator GT's @ 2000 7-7-7-21
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX680
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

JunkBear

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

GreiverBlade

Mr.Scott

Fouquin

Staff

Mr.Scott

Fouquin

Staff

Mr.Scott

Red_Machine

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

CAPSLOCKSTUCK

Spaced Out Lunar Tick

jboydgolfer

Mr.Scott

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

jboydgolfer

Red_Machine

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

Red_Machine

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

Trekkie4

Trekkie4

Fouquin

Staff

Trekkie4

System Name	Chachamaru-IV \| Retro Battlestation
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X \| Intel Pentium II 450MHz
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX X570-F Gaming \| MSI MS-6116 (Intel 440BX chipset)
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4
Memory	32GB Corsair DDR4-3000 (16-20-20-38) \| 512MB PC133 SDRAM
Video Card(s)	nVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 FE \| 3dfx Voodoo3 3000
Storage	1TB WD_Black SN850 NVME SSD (OS), Toshiba 3TB (Storage), Toshiba 3TB (Steam)
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G5 27" @ 1440p144 & Dell P2312H @ 1080p60
Case	SilverStone Seta A1 \| Beige box
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 (Speakers), Creative Zen Hybrid headset \| Sound Blaster AWE64
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750 G2 \| 250W ASETEC
Mouse	Roccat Kone Air\| Microsoft Serial Mouse v2.0A
Keyboard	Vortex Race3 \| Dell AT102W
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 Pro \| Microsoft Windows 98SE

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

System Name	Americas cure is the death of Social Justice & Political Correctness
Processor	i7-11700K
Motherboard	Asrock Z590 Extreme wifi 6E
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	32GB Corsair RGB fancy boi 5000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090 Reference
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1Tb + Samsung 970 Evo 500Gb
Display(s)	Dell - 27" LED QHD G-SYNC x2
Case	Fractal Design Meshify-C
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus+ Gold 1000 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	AZIO MGK-1 RGB (Kaith Blue)
Software	Win 10 Professional 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	the MLGeesiest

System Name	Adison "Open Space" 19
Processor	Intel Pentium II, 350MHz
Motherboard	Chaintech 6BTM, Slot 1
Cooling	SECC Cartridge
Memory	1x 64MB, PC100
Video Card(s)	ATI Rage IIc AGP, Diamond Monster 3DII 12MB
Storage	BTC BCD-40XH, Quantum Fireball 3.5 Series, EX6.4 GB
Display(s)	LG StudioWorks 57M
Case	Adison Midi Tower, ATX
Audio Device(s)	Creative SoundBlaster 128
Power Supply	Codegen 300W
Mouse	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Keyboard	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Software	Microsoft Windows 98