TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[agent_x007]

New toy

 

[Apocalypsee]

Now, now... Haven't you heard the news? The size doesn't matter

Speaking of old hardware, check this guy out ... now THIS is the way games are meant to be played!

That EF2000 game. Damn I used to watch my dad play those A LOT back in the day. That and TFX.

 

[Trekkie4]

That EF2000 game. Damn I used to watch my dad play those A LOT back in the day. That and TFX.

I don't remember playing EF2000 (I DO remember Gunship, GS2000 however, but that was a whole other story) but yes, I do remember TFX. Same thing, my dad used to play it on our 4x86 DX2 for hours ... and crashed every single time

Good times, but as of his death I've been avoiding TFX & Flight Simulator 98

 

[Apocalypsee]

I don't remember playing EF2000 (I DO remember Gunship, GS2000 however, but that was a whole other story) but yes, I do remember TFX. Same thing, my dad used to play it on our 4x86 DX2 for hours ... and crashed every single time

Good times, but as of his death I've been avoiding TFX & Flight Simulator 98

My dad is a licence aircraft engineer so he knows how things works. He took me to local A320 simulator few years back. Even with a lot of time playing 3D games the simulator visual is very different and made my head dizzy

I'm sorry to hear about your dad

 

[erek]

I took a gamble on the bulging capacitors and booted her up!

 

[MaxiPro800]

I took a gamble on the bulging capacitors and booted her up!

Worth a recap then!

But I also think you should replace the heatsinks with Vantec Iceberq 4 Pros. Unless you can bear their sound

 

[Trekkie4]

My dad is a licence aircraft engineer so he knows how things works. He took me to local A320 simulator few years back. Even with a lot of time playing 3D games the simulator visual is very different and made my head dizzy

I'm sorry to hear about your dad

It's OK, thanks

You mean the real thing, training simulator used for training real pilots? That's pretty cool! My dad wasn't a pilot, he simply enjoyed playing these games. But like I said, he would crash the plane most of the time lol, to the point where he gave up on flight simulators altogether. I remember giving him the latest FS 2000, and he gave it a try once or twice, but eventually gave up & switched to other games.

On the other hand, I was never really that much into flight simulators, until I discovered Flight Unlimited III, which was a really cool game. I found it to be very realistic & accurate (at the time), and since you could land on water it made flying a lot more easier than Flight Simulator series, from Microsoft. But TBH, I was never really crazy for flying & would always pick Need For Speed 3 and/or Carmageddon II over any flying game

 

[erek]

Worth a recap then!

But I also think you should replace the heatsinks with Vantec Iceberq 4 Pros. Unless you can bear their sound

it's a lot more bearable and pleasant than the FX 5800 Ultra:

 

[AlwaysHope]

So where's the line between nostalgic & not?
Got me 1156 build going atm. Not sure where to post on this one..

 

[GreiverBlade]

So where's the line between nostalgic & not?
Got me 1156 build going atm. Not sure where to post on this one..

Please do...

for me it's from 1981 (my birth year, maybe a little before too ) to 2012, 1156 and 1366 were discontinued in 2012 (iirc i did post a 1366 a few years back)


old saying "you can be nostalgic about yesterday"


edit ... my first 1366 mention post was from 2014
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/post-2985234

 

[DR4G00N]

Anyone know where to find replacement sockets for 478? The socket on my P4C800-E broke a little while ago and I haven't been able to come up with much.
I'd much rather not buy another board since they're not very cheap anymore.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Anyone know where to find replacement sockets for 478? The socket on my P4C800-E broke a little while ago and I haven't been able to come up with much.
I'd much rather not buy another board since they're not very cheap anymore.

Good luck.
I've gone through 7 of these boards in my benching career. They are more difficult to find and definitely more expensive now.
Yes, they are fragile boards for sure.

 

[erek]

@Mr.Scott @Fouquin

Opinion? Totally and completely worthless for collection, or is there some interesting parts to it?

nVidia GF106-950-A1 Engineer Sample Video Card for Collection

 

[MaxiPro800]

Went through a few modifications of my "workstation" and this is what I ended up with.

The VCR pictured in there is the one I've told y'all I'm going to get - it's a Grundig GV729M. It looks pretty nice, and I bought it along with 4 tapes.

I think the RF side is partially gone though - I can only get picture but no traces of sound.

As for the machine above - that's my K6-2 500 rig.
I just finished replacing the old Tayeh caps on it (with 07' black/white Rubies to keep the theme - it looks lovely with them now!!!) and replaced the sound blaster with a very nice
Yamaha YMF719/ OPL3 SAx ISA soundcard, which IS PnP as opposed to my old SB16 Value CT2770. (and I bought a practically BRAND NEW card, as it didn't even have a speck of dust.)

Taped a few gameplays of NFS2, NFS5 and Abe's Oddysee already! Hope to fix TV tuner issues with my PC (Composite output doesn't work anymore, only RF) and record all the tapes' contents to my PC.

 

[DR4G00N]

Good luck.
I've gone through 7 of these boards in my benching career. They are more difficult to find and definitely more expensive now.
Yes, they are fragile boards for sure.

Ha, of course as soon as I post that I find some on aliexpress @ <$1 a piece. Just had to search for exactly "mPGA478B" in order for it to show up.
Ordered a few. Bad socket is already removed so just simply a matter of sticking the new one on.

 

[Fouquin]

@Mr.Scott @Fouquin

Opinion? Totally and completely worthless for collection, or is there some interesting parts to it?

nVidia GF106-950-A1 Engineer Sample Video Card for Collection

Did you buy it? Looks like it could be a Quadro 2000M, which means it should work in a few different workstation laptops.

 

[erek]

Did you buy it? Looks like it could be a Quadro 2000M, which means it should work in a few different workstation laptops.

Did i buy it? perhaps

any comments regarding being worth collecting?

 

[Mr.Scott]

Worth it is a matter of one's own opinion.
While interesting, it's not my cup of tea.

 

[erek]

Worth it is a matter of one's own opinion.
While interesting, it's not my cup of tea.

interesting is at least a positive start, but i wonder if i am reaching in terms of wanting to collect and or have it validated and vindicated as worthy of collecting too much?

 

[Mr.Scott]

interesting is at least a positive start, but i wonder if i am reaching in terms of wanting to collect and or have it validated and vindicated as worthy of collecting too much?

All engineering samples are interesting, so there is merit there.

 

[Red_Machine]

As for the machine above - that's my K6-2 500 rig.

A 500MHz single-core running Windows 7?

 

[MaxiPro800]

A 500MHz single-core running Windows 7?

LOL no, it's running 98SE. The one on the monitor is my daily machine, a Xeon X5450. The K6-2 is hooked up to the VCR through a S-Video to Composite adapter I made myself.

 

[AlwaysHope]

Please do...

for me it's from 1981 (my birth year, maybe a little before too ) to 2012, 1156 and 1366 were discontinued in 2012 (iirc i did post a 1366 a few years back)


old saying "you can be nostalgic about yesterday"


edit ... my first 1366 mention post was from 2014
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/post-2985234

Will do, but for me to do it from my birth year?... well, let's just say it could be a tad embarrassing...

Waiting for win10 to update itself then pics...

 

[GreiverBlade]

Will do, but for me to do it from my birth year?... well, let's just say it could be a tad embarrassing...

Waiting for win10 to update itself then pics...

well my birth year is not embarassing for me ... i was born the same year as the first IBM PC (obviously computer are older than that but i meant it like "as we know them"... otherwise i would have written "same year as the Osborn 1" ... but well, not a fan of CP/M or the Epson HX-20 but his codename, "Geneva" ... is not my teacup...) more precisely exactly 5 month later...

me: 12 December 1981
IBM PC: 12 August 1981

ergo: i was born with it

edit: oohhh funny... it was the model number 5150 and one of my retro rig is a Dell Dimension 5150 (2005 ), talk about coincidence ...

Spoiler: 5150 and 5150

 

[erek]

Just received the FX 5800 Ultra Engineering Sample (Left) back from the repair shop. Waiting on thermal pads to arrive before finalizing the reassembly
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10106678757922639&set=gm.2271158376244649&type=3&ifg=1