TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Greenslade]

What is the stuff you have on top of the PC? And what are the components of this sleeper PC?

Maybe not the fastest rig for the newest AAA titles, but it's still a sleeper.

 

[GreiverBlade]

What is the stuff you have on top of the PC?

probably a mouse mat with a cushioned wrist rest

 

[The red spirit]

Maybe not the fastest rig for the newest AAA titles, but it's still a sleeper.

If it does have legit Celeron D, well it would be fun... yeah fun...

 

[Psychoholic]

oh, i know how hard it is look at the middle row left side (i have a MSI KT6V just for these )

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Nice collection -- I Spy a couple of cards i owned at one time.
2900XT (Possibly Vanilla 2900) bottom row on the left, I had a 2900 flashed to 2900xt back in the day.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Nice collection -- I Spy a couple of cards i owned at one time.
2900XT (Possibly Vanilla 2900) bottom row on the left, I had a 2900 flashed to 2900xt back in the day.

mmmhh bottom row left, Asus HD4870 above her Sapphire HD3650, HIS HD3870 IceQ 3 above her Sapphire X800GT, Asus 8800 ultra under a Prolimatech MK-26

hidden under (so, bottom bottom row ), 1 Leadtek WinFast A350 FX 5900 (iirc Ultra) 2 9600GT from Dell (oem) 1 9600GT HP (oem) 1 Asus Silent 8600GT one Asus 9800GT Matrix a MSI FX 5600, one i can't remember her ID (probably a 5200 OEM) and ... a LP Radeon 9200SE

2900/2900XT i still seek (not actively tho ... constrained budget recently )

 

[Greenslade]

What does it mean on the temperature -- c? Still have not managed to get a 3.5 drive to work with that adapter. It did show when I put it to *Slave* and tried to get XP on it just wiped the drive the PC came with. It has to be faulty I will send it back.
IDE score.

 

[Valantar]

What does it mean on the temperature -- c?

That it can't read a temperature. I would guess the drive doesn't have a thermal sensor? If it does, you should be able to find it in the SMART data table below (there's a bit of it that isn't visible in the screenshot). But given the lack of a reading in CDI, I'd guess it just doesn't have one.

 

[Greenslade]

That it can't read a temperature. I would guess the drive doesn't have a thermal sensor? If it does, you should be able to find it in the SMART data table below (there's a bit of it that isn't visible in the screenshot). But given the lack of a reading in CDI, I'd guess it just doesn't have one.

Thanks for your answer. The 3.5 drive os working now , There mist be a dodge connection somewhere ,it does not explain why the 2.5 drives work with no problemWeather or not it still works when i fix it in the case is another matter all together.Good ild Snappy DriversShame they don,t do one for earlier systems it would make things easier.

 

[68Olds]

@Greenslade that ribbon cable is not properly seated in the adaptor at the HDD. It's at an angle & only part way down.
Also, the middle connector is the slave (end of ribbon cable is for the master), so the master/slave jumper on the adaptor needs to be switched according to which connector you are using. It's fine with only 1 HDD connected but will be a problem with 2 devices on the ribbon cable.

 

[Psychoholic]

mmmhh bottom row left, Asus HD4870 above her Sapphire HD3650, HIS HD3870 IceQ 3 above her Sapphire X800GT, Asus 8800 ultra under a Prolimatech MK-26

hidden under (so, bottom bottom row ), 1 Leadtek WinFast A350 FX 5900 (iirc Ultra) 2 9600GT from Dell (oem) 1 9600GT HP (oem) 1 Asus Silent 8600GT one Asus 9800GT Matrix a MSI FX 5600, one i can't remember her ID (probably a 5200 OEM) and ... a LP Radeon 9200SE

2900/2900XT i still seek (not actively tho ... constrained budget recently )

Darn, got that one wrong by a couple gens!
The 2900/2900xt imo had one of the best looking reference coolers, red with the flames on it.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Darn, got that one wrong by a couple gens!
The 2900/2900xt imo had one of the best looking reference coolers, red with the flames on it.

i love the Asus design with the "dynasty warrior" vibe and the Sakuras hehehe

alright time to look the "local ebay" Ricardo.ch for some more stuff

managed to find a cable modem/router from 2012 from Cisco that one is 1yr younger than my Thompson cable modem/router i still use ahah (in the IT Dept. dump as always )

 

[framebuffer]

When one is not enough.

20(18 pictured) NOS Western Digital WD1600AAJB Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache IDE / PATA / ATA.

The performance of the WDs is top notch. They are probably single platter and short stroked. Look at that HD Tune graph. Plus 70MB/s for about 75% of the graph. These will fly on a retro system. Tested on a i815EP + Celeron 1000A @1333.

Also 20x NOS Kingston KTH-VL4/64 64MB SIMM 72 60ns. 2x32MB. HP(R) P/N: D4543A

Also 10x NOS Kingston KTH5365/128 128MB PC100 SDRAM. HP(R) P/N: D5367A

This makes me feel like a HW distributor.

Assuming that the price was very low I would have bought them too, one can not simply pass on sealed IDE disks

That said, although the sustained throughput looks good, the "sensation" of speed is pretty much all related to the access time, which is not that great.
Probably would help if you use only the first 30-50GB of the platter (don't think one need more on retro systems anyways) and leave the rest unformatted

 

[Greenslade]

It seems to be working now Speed test and health.I do want to test a drive on the PC i found before i fit it in the case. I don,t know weather it was because i put a bit of packing tape to stop the pins of the Molex cable from shorting.As you can see this is the best speed ,with the ide beng a lot slower.
How Would a CFCard compare say the Sandick extreme 32gb 120mb to this drive?

I tried the PC i found the other week.Internet cable light showing and the light in the case showing and the DVD drive working with light.When turning on there is no beeping as a PC does before seeing stuff on the screen.VGA cable plugged in but the monitor says no connection,Lights. on the PS2. Mouse and Wireless Keyboard.,The PC has a wereing noise .Any ideas?

People take for granted what we have nowdays... Let's be honest, most people wouldn't even consider adding a keyboard or mouse header to their system (nor would they ever need to), but back in a day these things were considered standard.

Unfortunately, this "standard" was prone to loose translation, so just about every single brand used a different one & featured different color scheme. PS/2 mouse port is not an exception, I've seen at least two different versions of color coding, with one of them suggesting that the black wire is +5V while the other one claimed it was yellow. Get these wrong (or other way around) & you're going to fry something for sure!

Those who flipped their USB headers other way around (uhh ... me) know what happens when you mess it up, my WiFi USB adapter literally caught fire.

I have just seen this on eBay

IBM Model M Keyboard PS2 ~ 1391406 ~ BRAND NEW IN BOX ~ Holy Grail Of Keyboards any one interested it £499 make an offer .Shipping £20​

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Is this the same ram as this
DDR Synch Dram PC2700 (333-MHz) Non ECC

DDR1 SDRAM
PC2700 (DDR-333) DDR RAM, 333MHz, DIMM 184-pin i have bought it in auction i was the only bidder starting price was £1.99 my bid £2.00 plus the lowest postal price i have ever seen £1.05? I did not know there was postal price so low.

 

[GreiverBlade]

I have just seen this on eBay

IBM Model M Keyboard PS2 ~ 1391406 ~ BRAND NEW IN BOX ~ Holy Grail Of Keyboards any one interested it £499 make an offer .Shipping £20​

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oh my D.O.G!
do want but 499£ daaaaaaaaaamn

i would rather try to find a Unicomp model M @104$


ah... AAAAAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA


already 3 bid on it .... i doubt i can get it

bloody hell!


i still remember when i paid 7chf for my 3D Prophet 9700 and now everything nostalgic is in the 3 digit price damn

also i paid 2chf for a Powermac G4 Quicksilver (2002), fully functional, plus 20chf shipping
ahah found the post i made here about that one : https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/post-3861078

and that one, also concerning it and the 9800Pro that i have on the shelf

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Gigabyte GA-8TM REV 1.0 !!! :D https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-8TM-rev-1x#ov

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Greenslade]

oh my D.O.G!
do want but 499£ daaaaaaaaaamn

i would rather try to find a Unicomp model M @104$


ah... AAAAAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
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already 3 bid on it .... i doubt i can get it

bloody hell!
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i still remember when i paid 7chf for my 3D Prophet 9700 and now everything nostalgic is in the 3 digit price damn

also i paid 2chf for a Powermac G4 Quicksilver (2002), fully functional, plus 20chf shipping
ahah found the post i made here about that one : https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/post-3861078

and that one, also concerning it and the 9800Pro that i have on the shelf

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Gigabyte GA-8TM REV 1.0 !!! :D https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-8TM-rev-1x#ov

www.techpowerup.com

Will be interesting to see how much he gets for that IBM Keyboard.

 

[GreiverBlade]

will be interesting to see how much he gets for that IBM Keyboard.

165chf, which is an ok price for a used one (still 61chf more than a Unicomp Model M ) but 499£ for a BNIB is just...

 

[Greenslade]

I know this is not Retro but it might as well be. A keyboard silicone cover for a magic keyboard eBay only have the new ones with the touch recognition And if they do have them there about £10 with the exact layout I need for a 2017 iMac s UK Magic Keyboard cover. I thought I would look on Ali express and saw the one below they gave me a voucher and only had to pay £1.06 for free postage.
I did not get one in blue, by the way, The one I got was black, like the fading one I have now.£10 pounds just for a Keyboard cover is madness. After all, I could buy this for just £2 extra Which I have £12 used like new,

Perixx PERIBOARD-409P

 

[MaxiPro800]

i still remember when i paid 7chf for my 3D Prophet 9700 and now everything nostalgic is in the 3 digit price damn

Going by my country's currency, my 3D Prophet 9700 that's residing in the K7N2 build from post number #14,521 was much cheaper, about 2 chf (10 RON) if I remember right. The HSF it currently has was pricier, a Deepcool V50 that set me back about 6 chf (30 RON in my country's currency) but does its job rather well.

 

[Greenslade]

Going by my country's currency, my 3D Prophet 9700 that's residing in the K7N2 build from post number #14,521 was much cheaper, about 2 chf (10 RON) if I remember right. The HSF it currently has was pricier, a Deepcool V50 that set me back about 6 chf (30 RON in my country's currency) but does its job rather well.

Wow that must take some doing ,rebuilding a PSU

 

[GreiverBlade]

Going by my country's currency, my 3D Prophet 9700 that's residing in the K7N2 build from post number #14,521 was much cheaper, about 2 chf (10 RON) if I remember right. The HSF it currently has was pricier, a Deepcool V50 that set me back about 6 chf (30 RON in my country's currency) but does its job rather well.

well, as i mentioned i paid more for the 3D Prophet 9700 (7chf) than i did for the PowerMac G4 Quicksilver (2002) (2chf) if i do not count shipping
the 9700 was BNIB with every accessories/CD and Co

i have a 9800Pro from Asus as i mentioned in the "upgrading the PowerMac" which i never got to do, flashing plus the AGP of a Mac has a special proprietary connector for additional power (who knew, Apple? Proprietary? nooooooo? ) not a molex not a floppy 4pin, a freaking 6 "pin" on the mobo (left side of the AGP)

although i did read that once flashed that particular 9800Pro would work, just the additional power would have to go thru the molex, like in a standard PC (non mac)

why i mention that one? because i was the only bidder on it and it was starting at 0.50chf (hilarious, the seller mentioned free shipping, i still offered him to pay the 9chf, better a 0.50 gain than a 8.50 loss )

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

Adrian Black with another fascinating retro hardware piece:

 

[Audioave10]

LGR's success has given him plenty of new TOYS to play with. Good for him (and us).

 

[bobbybluz]

I found this HIS 4890 while looking for another GPU yesterday. I thought I'd sold all of my HIS GPU's on Ebay a few years ago, looks like I missed one.

 

[Audioave10]

I found this HIS 4890 while looking for another GPU yesterday. I thought I'd sold all of my HIS GPU's on Ebay a few years ago, looks like I missed one.

Nice... I've got a nice HIS 4870.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Nice... I've got a nice HIS 4870.

oohhhh the successor of my HIS 3870 IceQ3 and the sibling of my Asus 4870 "Sakura Dynasty" (my own nickname for that cooler design)

i love HIS cards, my first modern card (although after a TNT1 and a MX400) was a HIS X1600 Pro IceQ, i still have it but not the cooler (sadly )