Post Pics of Old School Hardware "hard to find on the net"

guestxx · Jun 3, 2011

Black Panther said:
http://img.techpowerup.org/110528/P1409_28-05-11.jpg

I wonder what might be the use of the 26 pin connector. My 1mb trident i posted pics of earlier got it too. Could it be a vintage type of SLI interface :rockout:

The name of bios chips is cool - phoebes like in "friends"

Melvis · Jun 3, 2011

_JP_ said:
That looked familiar to me. Here's mine.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=41720&stc=1&d=1303122942
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=41721&stc=1&d=1303123017
Apparently yours is PCB 0322 while mine is PCB 0013. Any ideas on the manufacturer? I've not been able to find it, not that it matters that much.

I have two of those right here up for sale if anyone wants them?

HIS TNT2 64MB

Photo's tomorrow

Doc41 · Jun 3, 2011

Talking about manufacturers, a while ago i installed a Geforce 2MX on a winxp system and ran TechPowerUp GPU-Z and at the sub vendor it showed "Siemens" somethin somethin, try that and maybe you'll get lucky on finding which manufacturer made them

Frick · Jun 3, 2011

Black Panther said:
My guess it's a graphics card dated 1989..

Trident TVGA 8800CS

TRIDENT TVGA (16-BIT)

Category -- Video

Video Types Supported -- XVGA

Video Processor -- TVGA 8800CS

Highest Resolution Supported - 1024 x768

Data Bus Type --- 16-bit ISA

Memory Type --- DRAM

Maximum Onboard Memory - 512KB

http://img.techpowerup.org/110528/P1409_28-05-11.jpg

I once met a guy who said that putting memory in sockets so you could upgrade it (like in this shot) was the future.

Sweet card.

guestxx · Jun 4, 2011

Unfortunately even if they do put chips in sockets, multiplying them will in no way improve the performace of the card since for example the 64mb Ati radeon 7500 - 270mhz core 200mhz DDR memory will have such crappy performance even if it had 1 gigabyte of memory. Due to the obvious lack of key features like pixel shader support. And the more obvious inability of upgrading the 270mhz VGA cpu

Real example is the Nvidia GeForce4 MX series (all mx series of Geforce) looking at their specifications back in 2004 they looked fine but looked closely this card even back then, from day 1 was a crappy thing since it barely had direct 3d and dx 8 support while it's predecessor GeForce 2Ti/3Ti did more 3d mark points with the 64mb or 128mb memory configurations

Thrackan · Jun 7, 2011

guestxx said:
I wonder what might be the use of the 26 pin connector. My 1mb trident i posted pics of earlier got it too. Could it be a vintage type of SLI interface

The name of bios chips is cool - phoebes like in "friends"

I know it's a VESA header, I just don't know when you use one

xBruce88x · Jun 9, 2011

3dfx + ati rage theater

probably not as hard to find, but still awesome.

Zyon · Jun 10, 2011

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/IBM-Desk...636?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item439a461f54

I know it's not really a picture but follow through the link, this is the absolute best hard drive ever and makes nowaday SSD's shit their connector sockets.

H82LUZ73 · Jun 10, 2011

Zyon said:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/IBM-Desk...636?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item439a461f54

I know it's not really a picture but follow through the link, this is the absolute best hard drive ever and makes nowaday SSD's shit their connector sockets.

No not really you do remember the high fail rate of these drives and the eventual lawsuits right.

Red_Machine · Jun 10, 2011

I have one of those. It was the fastest hard drive in the world at the time, and they indeed did shit all over the competition.

That was until they started eating themselves...

twilyth · Jun 10, 2011

300 baud acoustic coupled modem

IBM XT

Timex-Sinclair

TI 99/4A

Zyon · Jun 10, 2011

H82LUZ73 said:
No not really you do remember the high fail rate of these drives and the eventual lawsuits right.

You couldn't tell that I was being sarcastic could you?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/125772-5/the_25_worst_tech_products_of_all_time.html
Ranked 18th.

Peter1986C · Jun 10, 2011

Zyon said:
You couldn't tell that I was being sarcastic could you?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/125772-5/the_25_worst_tech_products_of_all_time.html
Ranked 18th.

Nope, we couldn't tell.

AsRock · Jun 10, 2011

twilyth said:
300 baud acoustic coupled modem

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/300baudmodem-DSC08805.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/300baudmodem2-DSC08806.jpg

IBM XT

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/ibmpcfront-DSC08809.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/IBMpcback-DSC08807.jpg

Timex-Sinclair

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/TimexSinclair2048-DSC08810.jpg

TI 99/4A

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x206/twilyth/TI-99-4A-DSC08811.jpg

Ooh thoise keys on the Sinclair what a nightmare and pain in the butt they were. Never seen a Timex one though. Been some time since i seen 5 1/4 floppys too lol.

de.das.dude · Jun 10, 2011

SONY MHC-G50II 600WRMS of awesomeness

mjkmike · Jun 10, 2011

Old time laptop Hard Drive.

Wile E · Jun 11, 2011

de.das.dude said:
http://img.techpowerup.org/110610/DSCN0414.jpg
SONY MHC-G50II 600WRMS of awesomeness

I hate to inform you, but that is nowhere near 600w. You are lucky if it's 50.

Frick · Jun 11, 2011

Also I'm not sure how that qualify as "old school hardware". -_-

AsRock · Jun 11, 2011

Wile E said:
I hate to inform you, but that is nowhere near 600w. You are lucky if it's 50.

Yeah maybe in PMPO or some thing. 600RMS be pretty brutal to those thin chipboard boxes never mind the speakers.

Frick said:
Also I'm not sure how that qualify as "old school hardware". -_-

Indeed...

DaMulta · Jun 11, 2011

DaMulta said:
The drives
http://img.techpowerup.org/081127/p2 voodoo 008.jpg
I'll open one later.....

One of the sticks of ram is on my desk where I was pulling the info on it.
http://img.techpowerup.org/081127/p2 voodoo 002.jpg

Do I see an old school Voodoo Sli card?

http://img.techpowerup.org/081127/p2 voodoo 005.jpg

The per-set up. I have water blocks on my over to the side just wondering....When I setup there I hook the rad to the A/c unit(o baby). I love that thing. Even in the winter this room gets to cooking from my PC and has to been forced into coldness LOL.

http://img.techpowerup.org/081127/p2 voodoo 001.jpg
I swear I always see the American flag in Fit's pics as well

Need to find my Awe 32 card with the expandable ram. Don't have a clue where to look.....I just need to post a pic of the PILE of boxes that I have/ It's a crazy amount.

Dang I think I needed two cables for the disc rank.....Hmmm or a chain wire. Have too look around during the day for one.

PC used above, everything old school from the motherboard to the old ass SCSI Raid-) system weighing in around 150 pounds(God that thing about broke my back I remember!) lol

JUST TOO ADD TO THIS EPIC WIN THREAD

I did make the 3DFX news fucking with old hardware LOL.

http://www.3dfxzone.it/news/reader.php?objid=9202

After Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT4, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, we're proud to announce that 3dfx hardware is now "Windows Vista Ready". And that's not all: in fact, it's possible to configure a 3dfx VSA-100 based card with latest Windows 7 beta release.

These are a part of the results of SFFT 1.5 driver testing, posted at 3dfxzone.it forums. Two our high skilled testers named DaMulta and Rolo01 got 3dfx hardware "up and running" using a Windows 7 x86 and Windows Vista Ultimate x86 based system respectively.

You can see a screenshot of Windows 7 desktop captured by DaMulta with a 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 videa card here:

de.das.dude · Jun 11, 2011

Wile E said:
I hate to inform you, but that is nowhere near 600w. You are lucky if it's 50.

yes it is. i checked the manual. the big speakers are peak 500WRMS total and small ones are 40 each. you must be confusing it with the g50 or something.

DaMulta · Jun 11, 2011

That is where they peak at. I bet in no way are you really doing that. Pull up a review if you can find one to prove it!

cheesy999 · Jun 11, 2011

won't the impedance affect the wattage?, it could be artificially inflating if the speakers are only 3ohm or something, thats how those 1000w home thertre systems sell

Steevo · Jun 11, 2011

de.das.dude said:
yes it is. i checked the manual. the big speakers are peak 500WRMS total and small ones are 40 each. you must be confusing it with the g50 or something.

I have a set of polks that cost more each than that whole system, and I won't put 600W into the pair.

You have a cheap old sony boom box replacement, make it cool by replacing the caps getting a larger transformer and other basic upgrades, or just burying the guts of a single stage system in it, and placing amps in each speaker as well as putting in better drivers and amaze your friends. Or just buy a nice one and use it.

Frick · Jun 11, 2011

DaMulta said:
http://img.techpowerup.org/110611/3dfxwindows7.jpg

Wait wait 2GB RAM in a slot1 board? Was that even possible on those?

System Name	Night Rider \| Mini LAN PC \| Workhorse
Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D \| Ryzen 1600X \| i7 970
Motherboard	MSi AM4 Pro Carbon \| GA- \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz\| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s)	MSI AMD 6750XT \| 6500XT \| MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage	1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black \| 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 \| WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320
Display(s)	LG 27" 1440P\| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" \| 22" DELL/19"DELL
Case	LIAN LI PC-18 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Atrix C4 9001
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone 850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-750
Mouse	Coolermaster Pro \| Rapoo V900 \| Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard	MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 \| Creative Fatal1ty eluminx \| Some POS Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home

System Name	Lazyman 9000+
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard	X570 Aorus Ultra
Cooling	Arctic LF II 280
Memory	2x8GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Red Devil 5700XT
Storage	Never Enough
Display(s)	ASUS VG248QE+ Dell E2420H
Case	LIAN LI Lancool II Mesh RGB
Audio Device(s)	Sennheiser HD518 / Logitech Z623
Power Supply	FSP AURUM PT 850W
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	All over the bench

System Name	White DJ in Detroit
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston A400 240GB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Line6 UX1 + Sony MDR-10RC, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!

System Name	Acer Aspire V3-771G-53218G75Maii
Processor	Core i5 3210M (2,5-3,1Ghz)
Memory	8GB DDR3 SODIMM
Video Card(s)	Geforce GT650M
Storage	Samsung 830 256GB - 750GB Toshiba drive
Software	Windows 7 x64 Home Premium (non-acer-bloatware)

System Name	Old Gateway
Processor	i5 4440 3.1ghz
Motherboard	Gateway
Cooling	Eh it doesn't thermal throttle
Memory	2x 8GB JEDEC 1600mhz DDR3
Video Card(s)	RX 560D 4GB
Storage	240gb 2.5 SSD
Display(s)	Dell @ 1280*1024 75hz
Case	Gateway
Audio Device(s)	Gateway Diamond Audio EMC2.0-USB 5375U ($15 a long ass time ago)
Power Supply	380w oem
Mouse	Purple Walmart special, 1600dpi. Black desk mat
Keyboard	SteelSeries Apex 100
VR HMD	Lmao
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	It can run Crysis (Original), Doom 2016, and Halo MCC

System Name	Computernamehere/Computernamehere2/Computernamehere3
Processor	i5-2500/Athlon 6000+/C2D Q6700
Motherboard	P67A-UD3R/M2N-SLI Deluxe/P5K-Deluxe
Cooling	Stock/Hyper212+/Unknown Coolermaster
Memory	Patriot PC3-10666 2x2/A-Data PC2-6400 4x1/OCZ PC2-8500 4x1
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX580 Lightning/2x Gigabyte GTS450 OC 1GB/2x HIS HD4870 512MB
Storage	Seagate 1TB/Samsung 500GB/Seagate 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung BX2440
Case	V4 Black/Mystique 631 Silver/Soprano VX
Audio Device(s)	WTF is a sound card?
Power Supply	Corsair HX650/Antec Earthwatts 650W Green/None
Software	Windows 7 Home/Professional/Professional
Benchmark Scores	TBA

System Name	RyZen FX
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite AX V2
Cooling	DeepCool AK400 Zero Dark Plus
Memory	Corsair CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 X2 32gig dual channel
Video Card(s)	ASUS RX 7700XT TUF OC
Storage	x2 Lexar SSD NM710 2TB 2XSeagate 1Terrabyte 1x Seagate 2 Terrabyte
Display(s)	40 Inch Samsung HDTV (monitor)
Case	HAF-X:)
Audio Device(s)	AMD/HDMI to Onkyo HT-R508 Receiver
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G2 Power Supply
Software	Windows 10 Pro X64

System Name	Chachamaru-IV \| Retro Battlestation
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X \| Intel Pentium II 450MHz
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX X570-F Gaming \| MSI MS-6116 (Intel 440BX chipset)
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4
Memory	32GB Corsair DDR4-3000 (16-20-20-38) \| 512MB PC133 SDRAM
Video Card(s)	nVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 FE \| 3dfx Voodoo3 3000
Storage	1TB WD_Black SN850 NVME SSD (OS), Toshiba 3TB (Storage), Toshiba 3TB (Steam)
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G5 27" @ 1440p144 & Dell P2312H @ 1080p60
Case	SilverStone Seta A1 \| Beige box
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 (Speakers), Creative Zen Hybrid headset \| Sound Blaster AWE64
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750 G2 \| 250W ASETEC
Mouse	Roccat Kone Air\| Microsoft Serial Mouse v2.0A
Keyboard	Vortex Race3 \| Dell AT102W
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 Pro \| Microsoft Windows 98SE

System Name	ap201 \| Odroid N2+ \| NUC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 \| Amlogic S922X \| Intel Core i5-7260
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M DS3H \|Odroid N2+ \| NUC Board 7
Cooling	Inter-Tech Argus SU-200, 3x Arctic P12 case fans \| stock heatsink + fan \| stock HSF
Memory	Gskill Aegis DDR4 32GB \| 4 GB DDR4 \| 16 GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 6600 (8GB) \| Arm Mali G52 \| Iris Plus 640
Storage	SK Hynix 240GB, Sam. 840 + 850 EVO (2x (250 GB)\| Samsung 850 Evo 500GB \| WD Green 240 GB
Display(s)	AOC G2260VWQ6 \| LG 24MT57D \|
Case	Asus Prime 201 \| Stock case (black version) \| Stock case
Audio Device(s)	integrated
Power Supply	BeQuiet! Pure Power 11 400W \| 12v barrel jack \| 19V laptop brick (Asus)
Mouse	Logitech G500 \|Steelseries Rival 300 \| no-name ergo mouse
Keyboard	Qpad MK-50 (Cherry MX brown)\| Blaze Keyboard
Software	Windows 10, EndeavourOS \| Gentoo Linux \| EndeavourOS

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| J1nnx took Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| Antec
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

Processor	just a few i7's all AMD's gone to friends
Motherboard	Mother F%#@& am I board
Cooling	It's called Alberta Canada.
Memory	Don't remember.
Video Card(s)	Hope for blckjack
Storage	hurt my toe's when droped
Display(s)	never big enough
Case	I think they call it a lost case
Audio Device(s)	What speek up I'm old.
Power Supply	Good old coffee
Software	when you get this old everything is soft
Benchmark Scores	Always on the bench never on the field.

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

System Name	Work in progress
Processor	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard	MSi GD70
Cooling	OcZ Phase/water
Memory	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card(s)	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Storage	SSD 64GB
Display(s)	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case	Using the desk ATM
Audio Device(s)	Sucky onboard for now :(
Power Supply	1000W TruePower Quattro

System Name	PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 3600
Motherboard	MSI B450 Mortar Max
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC12DX, 3 x NZXT FN 140mm, 1x NZXT FV V2 120mm
Memory	32gb DDR4 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	ASUS R9 290 DCII-OC 4GB
Storage	corsair mp600 1TB
Display(s)	LG 27MB85Z 27" 1440p
Case	NZXT Source 340
Power Supply	Thermaltake 675w
Mouse	Logitech G500S
Keyboard	Logitech G510S
Software	Windows 8.1 64 bit

System Name	Compy 386
Processor	7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus
Cooling	Air for now.....
Memory	64 GB DDR5 6400Mhz
Video Card(s)	7900XTX 310 Merc
Storage	Samsung 990 2TB, 2 SP 2TB SSDs, 24TB Enterprise drives
Display(s)	55" Samsung 4K HDR
Audio Device(s)	ATI HDMI
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Razer
Software	A lot.
Benchmark Scores	Its fast. Enough.

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