TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

hat · Mar 13, 2021

Now there's an idea. I wonder if we could see such a thing for modern CPUs.

Retrorockit · Mar 13, 2021

Stop me (JUST TRY) if you've heard this before. John Titor comes back from 2036 to get an IBM 5100 computer.

I'll even start the debunking myself. The first portable computer was the Olivetti Programma 101 in 1964.

Caring1 · Mar 13, 2021

Retrorockit said:
Stop me (JUST TRY) if you've heard this before. John Titor comes back from 2036 to get an IBM 5100 computer.

I'll even start the debunking myself. The first portable computer was the Olivetti Programma 101 in 1964.

That belongs in General nonsense.
Sure his name isn't John Connor?

Ruru · Mar 13, 2021

hat said:
Now there's an idea. I wonder if we could see such a thing for modern CPUs.

I doubt as they're so hardlocked that I'm pretty sure there's nothing like that would be possible.

debs3759 · Mar 13, 2021

There are people on Vogons making new Goldfinger devices as well, and they look like they are much closer to having working devices ready, after just months of work by a few members.

Mr.Scott · Mar 13, 2021

debs3759 said:
There are people on Vogons making new Goldfinger devices as well, and they look like they are much closer to having working devices ready, after just months of work by a few members.

The prototype I was sent works.

Just testing every single combination first before I give my stamp of approval.

debs3759 · Mar 14, 2021

Mr.Scott said:
The prototype I was sent works.
Just testing every single combination first before I give my stamp of approval.

Cool - it's only taken 4 years

Mr.Scott · Mar 14, 2021

debs3759 said:
Cool - it's only taken 4 years

I know. Definitely was not on the front burner for sure.

Ruru · Mar 14, 2021

Heh, RGinHD reviewed a GF 6800 XT, loved the title.

Retrorockit · Mar 14, 2021

Caring1 said:
That belongs in General nonsense.
Sure his name isn't John Connor?

Since none of the calamities he predicted have come to pass, the mission was obviously a complete success! You can thank him later.

framebuffer · Mar 14, 2021

Should anyone need to use secured Samba on Windows 98 I wrote a short guide how to enable and activate NTLM2 and mount a share from a modern Samba Server
link: https://framebuffer.io/blog/win98-smb

Note: when I started getting some documentation about NTLM2 and Windows 98 I ended up finding this document published by the CIA :eek:

...

Trekkie4 · Mar 15, 2021

2nd (and some of the panels from the 4th, smaller) Adison tower(s) are back, and looking better than ever!

More pics & information coming up tomorrow, as soon as I unwrap everything & put it back together :peace:

stinger608 · Mar 15, 2021

Well this really sucks!!!

I've got my ole MSI K8T Master2-FAR and was getting it ready to do a dual processor Windows 2000 pro build and found one of the CPU cooler brackets has broke!!!

I have been searching all over the net and have not come up with anything as a stock replacement.

I ended up having to order two AM2/940 stock cooler brackets. Man, I hope them fit.

Of course I'm going to have to replace the coolers due to the mounting design, but I've got a pair of Rosewill Z1 coolers that I got here from @bogmali 3 or 4 years ago.

Now I just have to hope that both of them coolers will fit since the sockets are fairly close to each other. And that the stock socket 940 mounts will fit.

Unlike the 939's that use a single mounting screw, the 940's use dual screws at each end.

If anyone has an idea where to get an original mount, I'd certainly appreciate it!!!!

F-Zero · Mar 15, 2021

Sapphire X1900 XTX

framebuffer · Mar 15, 2021

stinger608 said:
Well this really sucks!!!

I've got my ole MSI K8T Master2-FAR and was getting it ready to do a dual processor Windows 2000 pro build and found one of the CPU cooler brackets has broke!!!

View attachment 192555

I have been searching all over the net and have not come up with anything as a stock replacement.

I ended up having to order two AM2/940 stock cooler brackets. Man, I hope them fit.

Of course I'm going to have to replace the coolers due to the mounting design, but I've got a pair of Rosewill Z1 coolers that I got here from @bogmali 3 or 4 years ago.

Now I just have to hope that both of them coolers will fit since the sockets are fairly close to each other. And that the stock socket 940 mounts will fit.

Unlike the 939's that use a single mounting screw, the 940's use dual screws at each end.

If anyone has an idea where to get an original mount, I'd certainly appreciate it!!!!

Man that board is fantastic! :eek:

Don't get too mad for the bracket, today I received a MSI Neo 2 Platinum, a board I was looking for since years because it's one of the best Socket 939 / AGP combinations ever existed and also because it meant a lot for me back in 2004... and nothing, it's dead, no video output with 2 different CPUs (New Castle, Venice), 3 different video cards, including a PCI one and various RAM modules tried in all the slots :`(
Things can be much worse than a broken bracket

F-Zero said:
Sapphire X1900 XTX

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A W E S O M E :cool:

Valantar · Mar 15, 2021

stinger608 said:
Well this really sucks!!!

I've got my ole MSI K8T Master2-FAR and was getting it ready to do a dual processor Windows 2000 pro build and found one of the CPU cooler brackets has broke!!!

View attachment 192555

I have been searching all over the net and have not come up with anything as a stock replacement.

I ended up having to order two AM2/940 stock cooler brackets. Man, I hope them fit.

Of course I'm going to have to replace the coolers due to the mounting design, but I've got a pair of Rosewill Z1 coolers that I got here from @bogmali 3 or 4 years ago.

Now I just have to hope that both of them coolers will fit since the sockets are fairly close to each other. And that the stock socket 940 mounts will fit.

Unlike the 939's that use a single mounting screw, the 940's use dual screws at each end.

If anyone has an idea where to get an original mount, I'd certainly appreciate it!!!!

I have to ask: does that board let you choose between one x16 slot or two x8 slots by flipping over a little SODIMM-like PCB between the two? If so: that is BRILLIANT. :respect:

Mr.Scott · Mar 15, 2021

stinger608 said:
Well this really sucks!!!

I've got my ole MSI K8T Master2-FAR and was getting it ready to do a dual processor Windows 2000 pro build and found one of the CPU cooler brackets has broke!!!

View attachment 192555

I have been searching all over the net and have not come up with anything as a stock replacement.

I ended up having to order two AM2/940 stock cooler brackets. Man, I hope them fit.

Of course I'm going to have to replace the coolers due to the mounting design, but I've got a pair of Rosewill Z1 coolers that I got here from @bogmali 3 or 4 years ago.

Now I just have to hope that both of them coolers will fit since the sockets are fairly close to each other. And that the stock socket 940 mounts will fit.

Unlike the 939's that use a single mounting screw, the 940's use dual screws at each end.

If anyone has an idea where to get an original mount, I'd certainly appreciate it!!!!

Pentium 4 and Thermalright XP-90/XP120 use that same type of mount. Just tossing you a different avenue to explore. GL

Ruru · Mar 16, 2021

Valantar said:
I have to ask: does that board let you choose between one x16 slot or two x8 slots by flipping over a little SODIMM-like PCB between the two? If so: that is BRILLIANT.

Those older SLI supporting boards couldn't detect automatically what's there. So yeah, you had to do it manually.

...and that IS a physical SODIMM slot as I remember having a similar thing on my nF650i SLI board, even the slot said "2.5V" :laugh:

Caring1 · Mar 16, 2021

Chloe Price said:
Those older SLI supporting boards couldn't detect automatically what's there. So yeah, you had to do it manually.

...and that IS a physical SODIMM slot as I remember having a similar thing on my nF650i SLI board, even the slot said "2.5V"

Had an old MSI board with one of those, I was tempted to frame the Motherboard it was that nice.
Ended up binning it after years of storage and it not working.

Ruru · Mar 16, 2021

Caring1 said:
Had an old MSI board with one of those, I was tempted to frame the Motherboard it was that nice.
Ended up binning it after years of storage and it not working.

Yeah, mine broke too, mine was a P6N SLI Platinum. I was pretty pissed as the board broke when I just had bought GTA IV back then and was going to install it.

stinger608 · Mar 16, 2021

Valantar said:
I have to ask: does that board let you choose between one x16 slot or two x8 slots by flipping over a little SODIMM-like PCB between the two? If so: that is BRILLIANT.

Yep, I believe that's correct. It is SLi on one side and single graphics card on the other. DFI had a similar setup only they had jumpers that did the same thing.

Mr.Scott said:
Pentium 4 and Thermalright XP-90/XP120 use that same type of mount. Just tossing you a different avenue to explore. GL

Oh hell, that is good to know for sure man!!!!! I'll look into that as well.

framebuffer · Mar 18, 2021

GeForce2 Ultra - GeForce 8800 Ultra

Ruru · Mar 18, 2021

framebuffer said:
GeForce2 Ultra - GeForce 8800 Ultra

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The pic is missing 6800 Ultra with its sexy Nalu the mermaid stock cooler

framebuffer · Mar 18, 2021

Chloe Price said:
The pic is missing 6800 Ultra with its sexy Nalu the mermaid stock cooler

I don't have one :cry:

It's on my most wanted list since a while, but anyway this picture has a specific point, let's see if someone can guess it (it's very easy actually)

silentbogo · Mar 18, 2021

I'll just re-post this, cause it's cool as hell, and makes me excited like a little kid on Christmas.
Got this in mail today. Already took it apart for some rework, and installed my rig in it.
Previous owner already started some mods, I'm just gonna take over from where he stopped working on his pet project.
HDD rack is already removed (which I'm not a big fan of, but it'll do for now), front panel half-ready for a bunch of fans or 480mm rad, top has an extra hole for a grand total of 3 fans(2x140 + 1x120), or 280mm rad. Side panels are near-perfect, legs and arms are firmly attached, but one screw is missing. Front panel has all mesh inserts, except for one where ODD was previously installed.
Top panel has a cutout with mesh insert (left it drying in the office, after attaching that part with epoxy). I'll add some fan grills tomorrow, and start working on a custom PCB to replace some front panel I/O. Just want to remove eSATA and Firewire, and replace with a pair of USB3.0 ports (or maybe a pair of 3.0 and one extra Type-C, if I can fit it all on one tiny board).
I'm gonna leave it as-is in semi-assembled state for awhile, until I get some parts ready and buy new fans for my AIO.

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

System Name	BTXTREME
Processor	QX6800 SLACP Core2 Extreme
Motherboard	Dell 0WG864 LGA775 BTX
Cooling	Dell T9303 heatpipe cooler, Delta GFB1212VHG 2 motor fan.
Memory	8GB Dell DDR2@800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Dual BIOS R9-285 ITX O/C 2GB DDR5
Storage	Crucial M500 240GB SSD
Display(s)	Dell 22" LCD
Case	Dell Dimension E 520 MT
Audio Device(s)	onboard sound with Logitech Z523 speakers
Power Supply	EVGA B2 750W semi modular
Mouse	Logitech wireless (two installed)
Keyboard	Logitech wireless backlit
Software	Win7-64, Throttlestop 6.00 overclock
Benchmark Scores	3DMark 11 P7644 (52% )In Win7 64, Firestrike 6892 ( 58% ) http://valid.x86.fr/l2j5p1

System Name	Lenovo ThinkCentre
Processor	AMD 5650GE
Motherboard	Lenovo
Memory	32 GB DDR4
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Mouse	Lenovo
Keyboard	Lenovo
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @ PBO +200 -20CO
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50, EKWB Vector TUF
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB
Storage	A pack of SSDs totaling 3.2TB + 3TB HDDs
Display(s)	27" 4K120 IPS + 32" 4K60 IPS + 24" 1080p60
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless / Corsair HS35
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 + Asus ROG Strix Edge Nordic
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis

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

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Caring1

Ruru

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Mr.Scott

debs3759

Mr.Scott

Ruru

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Retrorockit

framebuffer

Trekkie4

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

F-Zero

framebuffer

Valantar

Mr.Scott

Ruru

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Caring1

Ruru

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stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

framebuffer

Ruru

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framebuffer

silentbogo

Moderator

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

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

Processor	Intel Pentium III-S 1.4 Ghz
Motherboard	Asus TUSL2-C
Cooling	CoolerMaster Sckt.370
Memory	Kingston 2x256Mb SDR 133 Mhz
Video Card(s)	3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 AGP 64Mb
Storage	Crucial BX500 240GB
Display(s)	Fujitsu B19-5 ECO
Case	Antec PlusView 1000 AMG
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-FI XtremeGamer
Power Supply	XFX TS 550W Bronze
Mouse	Glorious MODEL O-
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB MK.2
Software	Windows XP
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK00-4905, 3DMARK01SE-2168

System Name	Hotbox
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6),
Motherboard	ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax
Cooling	LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14
Memory	32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W
Storage	2TB Adata SX8200 Pro
Display(s)	Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	WS#1337
Processor	Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard	ASUS X570-PLUS TUF Gaming
Cooling	Xigmatek Scylla 240mm AIO
Memory	4x8GB Samsung DDR4 ECC UDIMM
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
Storage	ADATA Legend 2TB + ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung U24E590D (4K/UHD)
Case	ghetto CM Cosmos RC-1000
Audio Device(s)	ALC1220
Power Supply	SeaSonic SSR-550FX (80+ GOLD)
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Modecom Volcano Blade (Kailh choc LP)
VR HMD	Google dreamview headset(aka fancy cardboard)
Software	Windows 11, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS