TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[agent_x007]

@Splinterdog Here's a free key : https://benchmarks.ul.com/legacy-benchmarks

EDIT :
Result Browser 2001 SE download : LINK.

 

[stinger608]

@Splinterdog Here's a free key : https://benchmarks.ul.com/legacy-benchmarks

EDIT :
Result Browser 2001 SE download : LINK.

Awesome information @agent_x007 !!!!!!!

Hope you don't mind, but I put that link and a thanks to you on the original post.

 

[agent_x007]

Awesome information @agent_x007 !!!!!!!

Hope you don't mind, but I put that link and a thanks to you on the original post.

No problem
I would put an adnotation about result browser for 3DMark 01 SE, which allows easy comparisons between systems (if results were saved in .3dp file format).
Example :

 

[Ruru]

Alright guys, now I have the Xeon on my X58 rig

Fire Strike compare: https://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/26077596/fs/25949450
Time Spy compare: https://www.3dmark.com/compare/spy/22164041/spy/21676321

Went totally HC with the cooling

Spoiler

Yeah... I should get new hoses as they've had UV from a led-strip and they're crappy as well..

(and yeah, I have four optical drives (three attached) because I don't have any 5.25" blanks )

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yeah... I should get new hoses as they've had UV from a led-strip and they're crappy as well..

I'd recommend the black type. They don't get ugly and they don't degrade. They would also go well with the theme you've got. That's a lot of optical drives though.

 

[Ruru]

I'd recommend the black type. They don't get ugly and they don't degrade. They would also go well with the theme you've got. That's a lot of optical drives though.

Though transparent hoses are easier when getting the air out of the loop as it's easy to see all the bubbles.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Though transparent hoses are easier when getting the air out of the loop as it's easy to see all the bubbles.

Bubbles generally work their way out of a loop anyway.

 

[Ruru]

Bubbles generally work their way out of a loop anyway.

Either my pump (Alphacool DDC) sucks or there's just too much restriction, but I have to turn the PC all around that the bubbles move from the loop to the reservoir.. That usually takes longer that building the loop itself

Anyway, it doesn't matter that much as that case has a solid side panel. Though I'll get a smaller case for it later, though R3E is "Asus EATX" sized, so it didn't fit on that case which I built my AGP rig.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Either my pump (Alphacool DDC) sucks or there's just too much restriction, but I have to turn the PC all around that the bubbles move from the loop to the reservoir.. That usually takes longer that building the loop itself

Anyway, it doesn't matter that much as that case has a solid side panel. Though I'll get a smaller case for it later, though R3E is "Asus EATX" sized, so it didn't fit on that case which I built my AGP rig.

Here's the thing about bubbles in a loop, as long as they're small they do no harm and eventually work their way out, it's just fluid physics.

 

[Ruru]

Here's the thing about bubbles in a loop, as long as they're small they do no harm and eventually work their way out, it's just fluid physics.

I wish they had been, I mean there was many centimetre long air pockets so I had to get them out..

 

[Ahhzz]

Getting ready to toss these, I think heheh.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Getting ready to toss these, I think heheh.

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Hell no! Hold onto those! They are a part of history! At least don't throw them in the rubbish bin.

This is a video that seems to fit in well here:

I'll post part two when MJD uploads the video.​

 

[68Olds]

My wife used to bring one of those Compaqs home from work about thirty years ago. The Compaq name meant Compact, but she always just called it Luggable. lol
It only had 2 floppy drives, no HDD. You would run DOS on one floppy & the word processing program on the other floppy with that 'giant' amber screen. Good times!

 

[lexluthermiester]

but she always just called it Luggable. lol

A lot of people said that. But it was truly portable!

 

[budget_Optiplex]

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It's always nice how back in those days Asus was about the only vendor that mostly used quality Japanese caps on most of their products.....such as this motherboard and video card. All my old P2/P3 era Asus boards still work as new on their original caps.

 

[lexluthermiester]

All my old P2/P3 era Asus boards still work as new on their original caps.

To be fair, even high quality electrolytic caps will fail. You parts will need a recap job someday. It's better to do so sooner rather than later to avoid leakage and corrosion from the electrolyte fluid..

 

[budget_Optiplex]

Not worried about the Nichicons on my old Asus boards, but the ECS K7S5A I recapped for a friend recently for his retro build, now that was some junk caps. Recapped board is probably the most stable I've ever seen a K7S5A work so the G-Luxon caps they came with even new were trash!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Not worried about the Nichicons on my old Asus boards

Nichicon caps die too. I've had to replace them. And with Pentium2/3 boards, they are getting to the tail end of their viability being this old. It's time to start thinking about a recap job in the next few years. Not trying to be a know-it-all here, just trying to remind you of a fact of electronics, you know, pro-your concern and better safe than sorry kind of thing.

 

[Ruru]

And there was the "capacitor plague" in the early 2000s.

 

[F-Zero]

Hey guys, hope you all have a good day. So did you ever ask yourself how does a P4 3.2 Ghz (Prescott core)clocked @ 1.4 Ghz does against a P3 1.4 Ghz (Tualatin core). Well let's see, or how Joe from RETROHARDWARE would say: Let's go for it

PassMark P3 vs P4 @ 1.4 Ghz




SuperPi P3 vs P4 @ 1.4 Ghz



3DMARK03 CPU TEST P3 vs P4 @ 1.4 Ghz



CPU-Z bench P3 vs P4 @ 1.4 GHz

 

[Ruru]

Nice comparison, though P4 is totally bottlenecked with such low FSB

 

[F-Zero]

Nice comparison, though P4 is totally bottlenecked with such low FSB

Yeah I know, would have to get a P4 Willamette @ 1.4 Ghz to try it out. Have to take a look for a socket 423 mobo

 

[Ruru]

Yeah I know, would have to get a P4 Willamette @ 1.4 Ghz to try it out. Have to take a look for a socket 423 mobo

Never even seen a S423 board IRL, just only on the interwebz. Though I had a S478 Willamette (1.7GHz) back in the day, oh boy it was slow.

 

[delshay]

I just found a old floppy drive while going through my old stuff. ..It's a Sony drive Model No MP-f40W-05. but unlike any normal floppy drive this has motorized eject. I can't remember if it can also do motorize insert. It has a very small electrical contact button to eject the floppy, but I know you can send a command to it & eject the floppy. The outer casing has MP-F40W-07 written on it, but the first P/N I think is the correct one. It should be fully working by the way it was wrapped up.

EDIT: There's a toggle switch on the side, I can't remember what this does, but I think it toggle compatibility between different computers. . I should have three of theses drives, but I only know two is fully working.

Manufactured by SONY for IBM..

 

[agent_x007]

Just get 2,8GHz 800MHz FSB Prescott and try again.