TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Komshija]

I never paid much attention to the origin of the PC hardware, but what I /can/ tell you is that I've had loads of issues with these Hungarian IBM hard drives. I remember one, from couple of years ago ... one of the IDE interface pins broke loose & fell off the PCB. Just when I was about to scrap the drive, I realized that the pin was just the IDE activity LED feedback, so I pulled off the rest of it (to prevent short across rest of the contacts) & kept using the HDD as it was, except it wasn't lighting up the HDD activity LED on the case. Anyhow, to fast forward the story, couple of months later, I've noticed random errors & problems with some of the files... Which turned out to be bad sectors, so I did the entire disk surface check & repair, hoping it would solve the problem. Soon after, the entire thing started clunking & squealing, and it was completely shot! So yeah, that was one - the other drive was also Hungarian IBM I believe and it was completely dead, I couldn't get it to spin up and/or identify itself! But you know what they say, 3rd time's a charm! This one is supposed to be in working condition, but considering their reputation I wouldn't want to jump ahead of myself

Could be a very bad luck or previous owner's inproper care if you got them second hand.

 

[Trekkie4]

Most of the hardware is 2nd hand, except for two systems (actually more like system and a half) from back in a day, which belonged to me since the 1st day. It's a slot-1 based Pentium 2 350 with 64MB of RAM and Quantum Fireball hard drive, one of the best HDD I've seen & used over the years. The other half is part of the Pentium 4 system which I used to have back in a day, but sold the mobo, RAM memory & CPU all bundled together (around 2004, 2005). What's left are Matrox Millenium G450 AGP card, Hauppauge WinTV analog tuner card, SoundBlaster 128, NEC DVD-ROM, TEAC CD-RW & Iomega ZIP100 drives

As for the IBM drive, I guess there's only one way to find out if it works or not

 

[debs3759]

Bought another nice TSENG Labs graphics card today. This time an ET2000 rev 1C, another rarity.

 

[Komshija]

Bought another nice TSENG Labs graphics card today. This time an ET2000 rev 1C, another rarity.

It has some similarities with Bitchin' Fast 3D 2000.

 

[buzzi]

@debs3759 looks like you have the longest (card ) here!

 

[Trekkie4]

@debs3759 looks like you have the longest (card ) here!

That's what she said

 

[debs3759]

@debs3759 looks like you have the longest (card ) here!

LOL. Without checking all 187 pages, I probably have the two oldest cards here

 

[biffzinker]

Would a BFG Tech GeForce GTS 250 qualify for vintage/retro hardware now? Still have it in a box with other hardware I haven't sold/tossed.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143191
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gts250

 

[GreiverBlade]

Would a BFG Tech GeForce GTS 250 qualify for vintage/retro hardware now? Still have it in a box with other hardware I haven't sold/tossed.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143191
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gts250

for me it does ... only if it's a G92B

GeForce GTS 250 G92B Mar 2009 PCIe 2.0 x16 1024 MB, GDDR3, 256 bit 702 MHz 1000 MHz 128 / 64 / 16
since based on the 9XXXGT/GS/GSO/GX/GTX/GX2... etc, etc, etc series (2009 for the 250 and early 2008 for 1st G92 iteration ) and a Tesla 1.0

and not a GT215
GeForce GTS 250M GT215 Jun 2009 PCIe 2.0 x16 1024 MB, GDDR5, 128 bit 500 MHz 800 MHz 96 / 32 / 8
which is a Tesla 2.0

 

[debs3759]

For me (for my collection) I call first generation unified shaders and earlier cards vintage, but it's always fun seeing what cards give others good memories. I'm currently buying NVidia NV1 based cards (don't have one yet), Pre Rage ATI cards and just about anything else (with Tseng Labs and 3dfx cards plus VLB cards being top of my list).

 

[emissary42]

Quantum Bigfoot CY2160AT

 

[verycharbroiled]

here are my 1st couple items.

US Robotics Sportster modem from the BBS days.

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Seagate ST 225. 20 megabyte MFM drive, ran it on a RLL controller to get 30 megabytes.

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got more stuff that i will be posting as i go through my basement.

 

[dorsetknob]

Seagate ST 225. 20 megabyte MFM drive, ran it on a RLL controller to get 30 megabytes.

Neat trick for those that knew that back in the day
my 1st HD Drive was also a 20 Megabyte MFM Drive i also ran it RLL for the improved Capacity ! ( on a Tandon 80286 )

 

[Trekkie4]

For me (for my collection) I call first generation unified shaders and earlier cards vintage, but it's always fun seeing what cards give others good memories. I'm currently buying NVidia NV1 based cards (don't have one yet), Pre Rage ATI cards and just about anything else (with Tseng Labs and 3dfx cards plus VLB cards being top of my list).

I have ATI Mach64 in one of my older builds, might take a pic or two next time I open it up. That is, if you were talking about Mach series to begin with.

 

[verycharbroiled]

Neat trick for those that knew that back in the day
my 1st HD Drive was also a 20 Megabyte MFM Drive i also ran it RLL for the improved Capacity ! ( on a Tandon 80286 )

i remember they took like a whole minute to spin down after shutting the power down via that huge red paddle switch. also you could hear the thing switching tracks during a seek as the actuator for the arm was so slow.

 

[GreiverBlade]

I have ATI Mach64 in one of my older builds, might take a pic or two next time I open it up. That is, if you were talking about Mach series to begin with.

i have one ... sitting in a drawer just near my right leg (can't be too precise tho ... i wonder what's hiding in that drawer beside that Mach64, although i did some pics for the thread .... but that should be in the 1st batch i did for the most awesome thread of all TPU )

we need a "i love TPU Nostalgic Hardware" emoticon ...

 

[Trekkie4]

i have one ... sitting in a drawer just near my right leg (can't be too precise tho ... i wonder what's hiding in that drawer beside that Mach64, although i did some pics for the thread .... but that should be in the 1st batch i did for the most awesome thread of all TPU )

we need a "i love TPU Nostalgic Hardware" emoticon ...

 

[GreiverBlade]

argh ... i tried to thanks more than 1 time ... give take give take give take .... DRAAAAAAAAT oh well now we need a cumulative thanks option

although it reads "TPU love Nostalgic Hardware" ... which is sadly not true for all the users ... (only the best does eh? ahahahaha )

 

[Trekkie4]

argh ... i tried to thanks more than 1 time ... give take give take give take .... DRAAAAAAAAT oh well now we need a cumulative thanks option

although it reads "TPU love Nostalgic Hardware" ... which is sadly not true for all the users ... (only the best does eh? ahahahaha )

Heh, thanks I figured it might sound "weird", but I wanted to preserve the existing configuration. Having a single heart on top of the sign with nothing but text down below would seem unusual for emoticon IMHO, which is why I decided to keep the heart in middle & text around it. What the sign is actually saying is "love Nostalgic Hardware, at TPU". At least that's the way I see it

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[GreiverBlade]

Heh, thanks I figured it might sound "weird", but I wanted to preserve the existing configuration. Having a single heart on top of the sign with nothing but text down below would seem unusual for emoticon IMHO, which is why I decided to keep the heart in middle & text around it. What the sign is actually saying is "love Nostalgic Hardware, at TPU". At least that's the way I see it

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BUCH METTER! thanks bro'stalG33k

 

[Trekkie4]

BUCH METTER! thanks bro'stalG33k

Thanks Oh and by the way ... this pic was entirely made in Microsoft Picture it! 99, therefore VERY nostalgic and old software designed for even more nostalgic & older systems (seriously!)

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Converted it into PNG, so now it's officially emoticon & can be used in text through this link HERE

 

[debs3759]

I have ATI Mach64 in one of my older builds, might take a pic or two next time I open it up. That is, if you were talking about Mach series to begin with.

Yeah, basically Mach 64 and earlier, although the chips for the first rage cards are Mach 64.

 

[biffzinker]

 

[GreiverBlade]

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G92 baby!

(New favorite emote )

 

[Trekkie4]

G92 baby!

(New favorite emote )

I'm glad to hear that, thanks!