TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[QuietBob]

I'm trying to install a browser on XP, and I've tried a few with no luck (UC Browser, Baidu, & Firefox 52.9). Can anyone point me to a working download link. I tried to get these from page 1 of this thread.

There you go, Firefox 52.9.0 ESR 32-bit Last version supporting XP.

 

[68Olds]

There you go, Firefox 52.9.0 ESR 32-bit Last version supporting XP.

Multi-quote never works for me. Thanks Mr.Scott, I'll give that one a try. Gone for a few days though, but I'll give it a go when I get home.

Bob, I tried that one & it wouldn't install. I could see it running on the Task Manager Process list, but that's it. It is also the one I would most like to get going because I'm used to FF on my daily driver.
edit: I wonder if I downloaded an installer instead of the full version. We'll see...
I'm running XP SP3, but all updates are turned off.

 

[Mr.Scott]

The Opera link I posted will go without issue.

 

[lexluthermiester]

@68Olds
There's also Basilisk, which was last updated in Nov 2020;

http://archive.palemoon.org/basilisk/basilisk-20201125140449.win32.installer.exe

or the portable version(extract to where you want it to run and run it):

http://archive.palemoon.org/basilisk/basilisk-20201125140449.win32.7z

It's a fork of Palemoon which is itself a fork of Firefox.

 

[68Olds]

Thanks Lex. The installer version did not work for me, but maybe I'll have better luck with the full version dl.
I really just wanna make it easier to post benchmark screenshots. If I gotta upload jpegs from a different PC I'll do it if I have no other option.

 

[QuietBob]

I tried that one & it wouldn't install. I could see it running on the Task Manager Process list, but that's it. ... I'm running XP SP3, but all updates are turned off.

Might be related to some missing updates. Can you connect to the internet? Have you tried installing them manually?

 

[Audioave10]

A hardware collector from Czech republic. "Retro Hardware" has some old cases again.

also Adrian has something different

 

[bobbybluz]

A hardware collector from Czech republic. "Retro Hardware" has some old cases again.

There's been one of those cases on the local Craigslist for a couple of months now (no affiliation with the seller): https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/sop/d/milwaukee-thermaltake-xaser-iii/7504702507.html

 

[Robert B]

NOS!

Asrock K7Upgrade-600/ ASUS A7N8X-X / MSI K8N Diamond Plus / ASUS P5N32-E SLI is in the P4 box / MSI K8T Neo-V

The MSI K8N Diamond Plus is a beast!

Also the SLI Memory is LOL.

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

A hardware collector from Czech republic. "Retro Hardware" has some old cases again.

also Adrian has something different

Well, cases certainly were made differently back then. Not implying better, just different.

 

[Valantar]

A hardware collector from Czech republic. "Retro Hardware" has some old cases again.

also Adrian has something different

Hey, that's my first case (for the first PC that was all mine, that is). Or one of its close siblings at least At 13 years old I thought it was the coolest thing ever, but man, it was a pretty terrible case overall.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Hey, that's my first case (for the first PC that was all mine, that is). Or one of its close siblings at least At 13 years old I thought it was the coolest thing ever, but man, it was a pretty terrible case overall.

Those were very good, solid cases. Which colour did you have?

 

[Valantar]

Those were very good, solid cases. Which colour did you have?

Silver and red, without a window. The case worked okay, but all the attempts at toolless mounting were unusable, and it was quite a hassle to build in. But that cast/extruded aluminium front door was really something else. Possibly the thickest piece of metal on any product I've ever owned!

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

I thought it was the coolest thing ever, but man, it was a pretty terrible case overall.

Me, except in college and with this one:

It WAS cool... until I realized I need to get familiar with power tools to even fit Scythe Ninja mini to cut out blocking aluminium bars... except HDD then started vibrating, because that bar was now hanging from one side... so I McGyvered a mini "pillar" from removed metal to support it and glued it with epoxy resin.

Also cut out openings for air flow for CPU and GPU in plexi and mounted air filters.

I still have it as scrap somewhere in basement.

 

[Valantar]

A hardware collector from Czech republic. "Retro Hardware" has some old cases again.

Oh man, I had forgotten about that side panel fan holder. I think I can reformulate my view of that case: the front panel was amazing, the case metalwork was ... fine (the frame was decent, the side panels were incredibly flimsy and impossible to both install and remove properly), the plastics were terrible. The "special features" - that panel, and the "toolless" PCIe retention thingy - were absolutely and completely useless, and interfered with literally anything you might attempt to install in the case. I still really liked it, but I'm very happy cases have moved on since then!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Silver and red, without a window. The case worked okay, but all the attempts at toolless mounting were unusable, and it was quite a hassle to build in. But that cast/extruded aluminium front door was really something else. Possibly the thickest piece of metal on any product I've ever owned!

Weird. I never had problems with it.

 

[onemanhitsquad]

Me, except in college and with this one:

It WAS cool... until I realized I need to get familiar with power tools to even fit Scythe Ninja mini to cut out blocking aluminium bars... except HDD then started vibrating, because that bar was now hanging from one side... so I McGyvered a mini "pillar" from removed metal to support it and glued it with epoxy resin.

Also cut out openings for air flow for CPU and GPU in plexi and mounted air filters.

I still have it as scrap somewhere in basement.

I had one of those...forgot about that one , sold it to my sister...wonder if I have any pictures

 

[stinger608]

There's been one of those cases on the local Craigslist for a couple of months now (no affiliation with the seller): https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/sop/d/milwaukee-thermaltake-xaser-iii/7504702507.html

Hell, at $60 you should grab it man!!!

 

[bobbybluz]

Hell, at $60 you should grab it man!!!

I already have enough vintage cases (more than enough according to my better half). I think the Cooler Master Wave Master I paid $5 for off Craigslist 10-12 years ago is even more rare plus it's part of a currently fully functional rig that's sitting collecting dust. I may use it for a retro-mod build one day. Those early 2000's cases with the top mounted PSU's didn't work well as far as cooling goes even with circa-2010 hardware. I love the sildeout mobo tray and all aluminum construction though.

 

[Apocalypsee]

I bought this one on local online platform for about USD23, I don't ask for its spec but its listed to use Athlon 64 3000+, 1.5GB of DDR memory and 80GB storage and weirdly using Windows 10.

As I waited for it to arrive lets all take a guess on what hardware did it uses? The motherboard color looks like Gigabyte motherboard and from the placement of the graphics card its probably a PCIe card, but will it be s754 or s939? The graphics card could be X700 or low end X800SE or X1300/1600 as it don't have PCIe power connector

The rear IO panel looks good though, with coax SPDIF and Firewire on PCI bracket. That soundcard looks like its from SB Live! family. That switch on top of graphics card is interesting.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I bought this one on local online platform for about USD23, I don't ask for its spec but its listed to use Athlon 64 3000+, 1.5GB of DDR memory and 80GB storage and weirdly using Windows 10.

As I waited for it to arrive lets all take a guess on what hardware did it uses? The motherboard color looks like Gigabyte motherboard and from the placement of the graphics card its probably a PCIe card, but will it be s754 or s939? The graphics card could be X700 or low end X800SE or X1300/1600 as it don't have PCIe power connector

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The rear IO panel looks good though, with coax SPDIF and Firewire on PCI bracket. That soundcard looks like its from SB Live! family. That switch on top of graphics card is interesting.
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The mystery awaits!!

 

[Mr.Scott]

Lone switch is probably fan speed.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Lone switch is probably fan speed.

Very likely.

 

[RyzenMaster.sys]

I bought an EeePC 900A. Intel Atom N270, 1gb ddr2 ram, 4gb storage

I really didn't have much interest in this machine, but when I saw it was complete with original box and accessories I had to buy it. I offered and got it for just $15.

It took some cleaning up but it is in excellent condition. There is a small crack in the palmrest and some light scratches on the lid, but it is in very good shape in general.

It works fine and has the original Linux distro on it. Not sure how long the battery will hold a charge, it is original.

Only so much can be done with 4gb storage. I took off the upgrade hatch on the bottom and it is just a standard looking msata drive so I will look into upgrading it.

 

[Valantar]

I bought an EeePC 900A. Intel Atom N270, 1gb ddr2 ram, 4gb storage

I really didn't have much interest in this machine, but when I saw it was complete with original box and accessories I had to buy it. I offered and got it for just $15.

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It took some cleaning up but it is in excellent condition. There is a small crack in the palmrest and some light scratches on the lid, but it is in very good shape in general.

It works fine and has the original Linux distro on it. Not sure how long the battery will hold a charge, it is original.
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Only so much can be done with 4gb storage. I took off the upgrade hatch on the bottom and it is just a standard looking msata drive so I will look into upgrading it.

Wow, I remember selling those (and the slightly less terrible versions that came after). Truly horrible pieces of tech in so many ways, but they did spawn a wave of accessible, cheap, portable computers that was ultimately a really good thing.