TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[stinger608]

98 is where it gets interesting, i still have some Socket A, 754 and 939 stuff, but dont know what the driver situation is like on the A64 era bits

from the forceware 81.98 you cover the 6600gt on win98, I used my core E6600 with 4 gigs (3.4 effective) with xp32.

What we all need to do is try and find some good drivers that I can link to in the original post. Stuff from 3.11, 95, 98, and XP.

I could do a special section in the original post for all types of drivers for nostalgic systems. They are getting tougher and tougher to find without downloading malware and other crap.

Hmmm, makes me wonder if it wouldn't be worth starting an FTP site as we add and find drivers?

 

[JunkBear]

Nope, I'm from Croatia (Central Europe, EU). But this is getting better & better, tell me more! You mean the same company, with the same logo? Because I always thought they were local... Unfortunately both Adison & distribution grid behind them, called Polaris went bankrupt around 2002, 2003.

Just seen its different but maybe copy. Store still open here: https://addison-electronique.com/?___store=en&___from_store=fr

 

[Mr.Scott]

What we all need to do is try and find some good drivers that I can link to in the original post. Stuff from 3.11, 95, 98, and XP.

I could do a special section in the original post for all types of drivers for nostalgic systems. They are getting tougher and tougher to find without downloading malware and other crap.

Hmmm, makes me wonder if it wouldn't be worth starting an FTP site as we add and find drivers?

I can help you if you'd like. I have quite a few stored here. I have 10+ years worth from when I ran Classicplatforms.com.
Lemme know what you guys are looking for specifically, I probably have it or know where to get it safely.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Every time i cross this street going to work
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why do i see a delidded 6700K ... tho indeed it looks more like my 2 T-bird Athlon or Morgan Duron (you know ... the "cracked core edition" )

What we all need to do is try and find some good drivers that I can link to in the original post. Stuff from 3.11, 95, 98, and XP.

I could do a special section in the original post for all types of drivers for nostalgic systems. They are getting tougher and tougher to find without downloading malware and other crap.

Hmmm, makes me wonder if it wouldn't be worth starting an FTP site as we add and find drivers?

neat idea ... or even a Onedrive/Dropbox/Google Drive repo

 

[Trekkie4]

What we all need to do is try and find some good drivers that I can link to in the original post. Stuff from 3.11, 95, 98, and XP.

I could do a special section in the original post for all types of drivers for nostalgic systems. They are getting tougher and tougher to find without downloading malware and other crap.

Hmmm, makes me wonder if it wouldn't be worth starting an FTP site as we add and find drivers?

Are you talking about old nVidia ForceWare drivers? You can actually get those from the official website, HERE (for Win9x/ME) and HERE (for Win2k/XP). If this one doesn't work out, try with OldApps.com, they got the entire database of ForceWare drivers...

Just seen its different but maybe copy. Store still open here: https://addison-electronique.com/?___store=en&___from_store=fr

Nah, pretty sure it's just a coincidence. Apart from similar name, they don't seem to have anything in common. Besides, Adison went bankrupt in 2002, 2003, long before (I'm guessing) "Addison" store existed

I can help you if you'd like. I have quite a few stored here. I have 10+ years worth from when I ran Classicplatforms.com.
Lemme know what you guys are looking for specifically, I probably have it or know where to get it safely.

@Mr.Scott you got PM

 

[Grings]

Still not found my w98 disk yet but grabbed drivers for the 6600 from trekkies link, 11.7mb lol, quite a contrast to current drivers

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

I am cleaning the room now and I come across these old electronics boxes, yep that is a gameboy color the green one, a sony ericsson k750i box, an lg viewty phone and an old nokia. Sony Ericsson is gone now but back in day in mid 2000s to 2009 this brand is trading blows with Nokia. The k750i is the famous phone showing how good a camera on a phone can be. The first time I saw the 2 megapixel pictures I was blown away. It is such a huge leap from those 0.3 megapixel camera on nokia phones. Add to it the 262k colour lcd it was an amazing phone. My jaw drop on the floor when a family member used this phone. It is such a huge jump in phone technology.

The LG viewty was the earlier touchscreen phone with guess what the amazing technology of stylus and resistive screen. This was an advance phone for its day!


The room is still a mess now. back to cleaning. And maybe more pictures of this old stuff. Now I wonder where the phone goes. I think it is around the house somewhere and it sadly probably so old and damage or maybe faulty.

 

[Trekkie4]

Happy to say that I've owned both K750i and LG Viewty, and while Sony Ericsson was indeed a great phone, the LG one was terrible & real disappointment. Technically, I didn't own Viewty, my mom did (while I had LG Renoir), but they've both been pretty much the same story and had same problems. Heh, I even tried to upgrade the firmware on Viewty which resulted with Yellow "screen of death" so to speak Fortunately, I DID get it to boot up eventually, even sold it for a decent amount of cash!

I'm so behind the schedule with everything... Had loads of bad luck with computer stuff, as I fried one of the motherboards, CPU & a pair of SD RAM. I also fried one of the sound cards & (pretty expensive, if I may say so) HTC earphones, that were plugged into the sound card at the time of the incident We are talking about several different systems here, so all these problems didn't result due to a single failing component. Like I said, just loads of bad luck & unfortunate set of circumstances...

Also had problems with that Pentium 3 600 system, for a while I even though that Abit board was dead, but it was just a resource conflict & problem with the CPU cartridge overheating to the insane temperatures. It would idle around 70C, which for you folks in US equals 158F, and it would get up to 75-80C under load. (176F). Taking the Slot 1 cartridge off the board, removing the heatsink entirely, adjusting the tension on the heatsink mounting clip, removing the factory pre-applied cloth material which was glued onto the heatsink itself (with the gummed up thermal compound), applying fresh coat of thermal compound directly on a cleaned up aluminum surface & putting everything back together again did the trick, as I've managed to reduce the temp by amazing 30C (86F). So yeah, now it's FINALLY working OK Oh and on top of all that, the Abit board wasn't properly grounded to the chassis, so it had random problems which seem to be gone now.

 

[Trekkie4]

Last week I got my hands on an old "Fujitsu" PC case, featuring Gigabyte S478 mobo, GeForce4 4200Ti video card, rusty power supply (water leakage at some point?) & a pair of hard drives, of which only one seems to be working. Oh yeah, and almost forgot - the CPU fan was tied to the S478 base (retention module) by couple of wire ties. Not the cable ties, I'm talking about the metal ones, wrapped in plastic coating!

Apparently someone didn't have a slightest clue on how to fix the computer, so it was all going from bad to worse as I began removing the components. The mobo itself was completely dead & wasn't booting up (or giving any kind of signaling feedback), but I've noticed that it had several bulging & leaking caps. Since I got nothing to lose, I finally took some time & replaced the entire bulging group. Also replaced the CMOS battery & straightened several bent pins, especially around the "Clear CMOS" jumper. I honestly didn't expect it to "fire up", which is why I didn't bother taking any pics - before and after, but it did! True, it was giving me the RAM error message at first, so I had to clean all the DDR memory banks with the contact cleaner, but it does seem to be working at this point I'm guessing that 4200Ti would also work OK, if it had a working cooler - some idiot ripped out the entire fan from the heatsink, probably because it was making too much noise *sigh* I'm actually considering to buy a brand new one, (approx. 6USD) and put this card to a good use!

On a side note (but still kinda related to old & nostalgic "hardware"), this is my 32 year old water heater, which finally got replaced by its modern counterpart! Yup guys, 32 years old .... that's older than ME and it was STILL in working condition by the time it was removed! Oh and sorry for the mess, this pic was actually taken last year, just after I moved into to a new apt (so there was a lot of renovation & construction jobs going on, all at the same time).



Having said that, I can only hope that the replacement unit will last for at least 5 years, since the official warranty only covers 2

 

[cornemuse]

Some 'good ole stuff':

Before W 95, there was Chicago. fourteen 1.8 meg floppies:

How 'bout a 1,2 gig, 5 1/4" ide hdd (8 gig thumb drv & 6" rule:

Another 5 1/4" hdd, only 8 megs. motors made in Japan, drive made in Longmont Colorado: Not ide, it plugged into a card plugged into the mobo.

Both drives are (?) functional, well, they were. Floppies, most are corrupted.

Anywayz, , ,

-c-

 

[Retrorockit]

I'm gathering parts for another Dell BTX build. T3400 workstation. It's 9 years old. I know that's kind of new for this thread but nobody on the newer threads "get's it" about old computer parts. It's going to be another locked BIOS overclocking project. First thing I got was 3- 120GB SSDs to run in RAID0. This makes SATA2 50% faster than SATA3. 320GB laptop HDD for backup.The CPU will be LGA775 QX9650. These have been confirmed at 4.16GHz in these machines. I'm going to try for more. Memory is listed as 16GB DDR2-800. The chipset supports DDR2-1066, the BIOS doesn't. We'll have to see about that. X38 chipset also has hidden support for 400fsb. The BIOS disagrees. I'll try a BSEL pinmod and see what the PLL chip thinks about it.. CrossfireX is supported. I have a pair of HD6970s to start with, but an HD6990 may join the party later for 3 way Xfire. There are a lot of single cards now that can match 2-HD6970s, 3 of those GPUs not so much.

 

[Trekkie4]

Wow, I didn't even realize how much time has gone by, and yet I've been meaning to post an update on those AMD CPUs but kept finding myself busy & occupied with other stuff & problems. Mostly just real-life stuff, but that's a whole other story.

So, first of all big thanks to @Mr.Scott for being so kind to ship me couple of his AMD CPUs, he even paid for postage which in the end turned out to be even more expensive than the package value, itself. After fiddling with minor difficulties and other bits & pieces, I've plugged this Duron into my Socket A board!



Unfortunately, due to several interruptions & focusing on other priorities, I never got around to finish this build here, which means I'm not done yet. I'm hoping to finish it some time soon, but until then you guys will just have to be patient & wait for further updates

On a side note, I'm not planning any more retro builds for this year (or at all, I guess you could say that I'm going to "retire"), but I've decided to devote my time & money into collecting old software, literature & magazine CDs. You know, the kind that you usually get with your computer magazine, featuring Demo games, shareware programs & screensavers. Obviously I'm talking about retro stuff, mainly from early 1997 up to 2001, 2002. I'm also on the lookout for Voodoo cards, especially the cheap ones It would be nice to have few of those "extra", just in case something ever goes wrong in one of my builds.

 

[Mr.Scott]

lol. It wasn't that much. You're most welcome. I would do it again in a second.
Enjoy.

 

[Trekkie4]

Nevertheless, it was very kind of you to do so.

 

[stinger608]

Here is an awesome find!!!

Got this for the price of shipping!

Spoiler: Opteron 275

And the amazing part is, its never been opened and brand new in retail box! Total cost was $11.25 USD.

LOL, just couldn't pass that up.

 

[Trekkie4]

While you guys are waiting for Duron grand finale, it's time for something slightly different...

Can any of you help me identify these CDs, here? Office 2000 looks pretty much straightforward, although I'm guessing it's some kind of beta? Then again, that CD key is valid for both beta AND final version, so IDK.


The label says Windows ME Beta 2 & 3. But the print quality (and design, overall) is telling me that these CDs had been printed at home & most likely copied from the real thing. Are Beta 2 & 3 legit, did MS ever release something like this before?!


Win2k Evaluation & Development kit ... whatever that means. Seems authentic, and it comes with "Corporate Preview Program"


Free Inet service!

 

[GreiverBlade]

incoming surprise ... i only have that pics and i know that at last judging by the pics (since the description was OPTERON DC and QC )the 4 on the right (left previously ... wtf i still mixup my left and my right ... no wonder i have no driver's license ...) are Skt 940 Opteron (let's hope for 270 dual core to replace my single core 246, 248 and 250 the rest seems to be 4 Skt F and probably 2 Skt Fr2


damned be the digital cam that shot a soo bad image!

also let's hope my SupeMicro H8DCE be compatible to 270 if it is what i think it is ...

oh well at 10chf + 9chf shipping it could be whatever it will be ... still a worthy addition for my CPU collection.

also the description precised 10 instead of 11 (hence why i say 4+2+2+2 )

 

[Recon-UK]

Not nostalgic per say... but it's an entry.

First gen DX 11 GeForce SLi.
2500k @ 5ghz.

Still looks the bomb lol literally, that 1KW PSU is loaded to around 900 watts with both GPU's banging 900mhz core clocks

 

[Recon-UK]

I'm actually having far more fun going with older hardware than newer parts, this is mostly because the speed increases from intel are not ground breaking, in almost every aspect my XEON out performs my 2500K, not in pure gaming grunt, the XEON powers through video editing and encoding where my 2500k come a bit unstuck with it's limited 4 cores.

Old does not always mean worse.

That entire Sandy build i sold for a very pretty penny, it was heavily tuned and was taking the piss out of supposedly faster hardware at the time.
Due to money issues it had to go and since i have been on the used market and found it more fun

Case/ PSU i kept obviously.

 

[Recon-UK]

Original XBOX software sat aside my MSI 790FX-GD70 with a Phenom II dual core 555 BE unlocked and rocking 1.475v 4.1ghz

 

[dieselcat18]

Original XBOX software sat aside my MSI 790FX-GD70 with a Phenom II dual core 555 BE unlocked and rocking 1.475v 4.1ghz

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I still have my original Xbox (Halo limited edition) and a ton of original Xbox games (like yourself)...loved Armed and Dangerous
Thxxx for sharing....well done.

 

[Recon-UK]

I still have my original Xbox (Halo limited edition) and a ton of original Xbox games (like yourself)...loved Armed and Dangerous
Thxxx for sharing....well done.

My XBOX's, both custom.

 

[stinger608]

Not nostalgic per say... but it's an entry.

First gen DX 11 GeForce SLi.
2500k @ 5ghz.

Its almost sad to say, but the ole 2500K and 2600K are almost getting to be "nostalgic"

Both, along with the 2700K's, were some awesome chips but few overclocked as good as the 2500K's did.

 

[Recon-UK]

Its almost sad to say, but the ole 2500K and 2600K are almost getting to be "nostalgic"

Both, along with the 2700K's, were some awesome chips but few overclocked as good as the 2500K's did.

Crazy to think it's been like 6 years already...

 

[dieselcat18]

Its almost sad to say, but the ole 2500K and 2600K are almost getting to be "nostalgic"

Both, along with the 2700K's, were some awesome chips but few overclocked as good as the 2500K's did.

I still have a Sandybridge i5 2500K new, sealed in the box....have kicked around using it for a HTPC but never got to it.