TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[kazz]

That 7900 you had mentioned, was it Gainward one ?

I think it was XFX but I got it without original cooler or any documentation so I really don't know,
But it was fun card - once one of capacitors was failed so bad there was came some smoke out of my pc however after replacement card worked on again.

 

[Robert B]

FRESH!

1. Iomega Zip 100 - Parallel interface.
2. Teac CD-W524E

The Iomega unit was missing the power adapter so I bought a universal one. Power requirements are 5V - 1A / 5V - 1000 mA. Power adapter model NTS 1000 EuP. Be carefull for the polarity of the heads as they can provide + on the inside shaft and - on the outside shell and with a simple rotation they will provide + on the outside shell and - on the inside shaft. See the PICTOGRAMS on the adapter heads and on the electronic unit you want to power.

I'll post more on the Project logs section when I test the units.

gallery: https://postimg.org/gallery/2k5c7r0ea/

 

[biffzinker]

I use to have a Iomega Zip Plus (SCSI/Parallel Ports) drive for my PowerBase 240 (Power Mac clone.) Later switched for a Iomega Jaz Drive using Ultra/Fast SCSI

The Jaz drive Looked like this.

Introduced by Iomega in 1996, the Jaz disk was a removable hard-disk storage system, that initially had a capacity of 1 GB (a 2 GB version was released in 1998). They were formatted for PC or MAC use.

http://www.obsoletemedia.org/iomega-jaz/

 

[Robert B]

I never held a Zip drive in my hand until now , so when I received the Zip 100 I many memories rushed in my mind. Back in the day I just read about them. They were really something when they first appeared.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Oh man, the 8800 GTX is one of my all time favorite video cards!!!! I think I have 3 or 4 of them puppies still.

I think I've got one of them same EVGA cards @Jetster

humpf ... "bumpkin" ... only the 8800 Ultra is worthy to be a favorite .... (joke joke )

i also loved the 8800 GTX back in the days (and the re badged following G92 )

tho ... EVGA ... yuck ... (personal opinion ofc )

Finally found it on the storage room with some pins damaged

Complete with stickers on the back and over the IHS

(the computer was built by a company IIRC) and obvious darkening due to intense overheating (but the CPU never stopped working, however the mobo had exploded caps.
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sorry ... "intense overheating"??? ... i know it's a AMD CPU ... but come on ...

oh btw about ... nostalgic or not ... EVEN 2016 is nostalgic ... when talking about computer hardware ... 6 month later your awesome marvelous piece of tech is ... severely outdated and obsolete (joke again ... to me even 2011 is nostalgic and qualify as it ... i'd say that's my upper limit)

 

[biffzinker]

Back in the day I just read about them. They were really something when they first appeared.

So back then you missed out on the clicking noise of death they were known for? You didn't miss out on to much in the regard.

sorry ... "intense overheating"??? ... i know it's a AMD CPU ... but come on ...

I know my K6-III 450MHz overclocked to 504 MHz was fairly toasty although the voltage bump for the 54 MHz didn't help. Think it was bumped to 2.75 volts over the default 2.4 volts.

 

[GreiverBlade]

I know my K6-III 450MHz overclocked to 504 MHz was fairly toasty although the voltage bump for the 54 MHz didn't help. Think it was bumped to 2.75 volts over the default 2.4 volts.

mmhhh i can't remember the temps of my previous K6-2 and K6-III ... i still have a K6-2 450AFX on my shelf (holly crap it's the same as Derek12 ... sans sticker ) but no super 7 board anymore

... back in the day ... where standard heatsink were .... standard ... oh well i had a Silver ORB from Titan for all my Socket 7 super 7 and A, noisy at full rpm but ... efficient ahaha (i still have it i should say ... but my Thermaltake Silentboost superseded it )

 

[Trekkie4]

@biffzinker @Robert B I absolutely ADORE Iomega ZIP drives! Bought mine back in 2001, and then bought yet another ZIP100 unit few months later (both internal, ATAPI models) and used ZIP diskettes as USB flash drives, before the flash drives were even invented of course The main purpose was to be able to transfer files from one system to another (had two machines, Pentium II & Pentium 4), and/or to backup important stuff. Obviously, it didn't take long for Iomega drives to become obsolete & I barely used them since then. To make things even worse, just after I bought the Iomega drive(s), I also installed ethernet card(s), making the entire file-transfer concept completely unnecessary.

But nowdays, I LOVE these things! I got several Iomega ZIP100 disks, some of which are still sealed up & never used before! So whenever I come across Iomega drive unit, I pick it up & mount it inside an old rig. Got quite a few of them actually, including ZIP250 on several systems but since I don't have any 250 disks, I'm just using them as ZIP100. From what I can count right now, in front of me I got 5 ATAPI ZIP100/250 drives, with additional one inside that Visualize P-Class system which doesn't work and ONE more that was taken out from yet another P-Class system & is currently just sitting on my shelf. So, that's 7 ATAPI units in total, and also got the external one, identical to yours @Robert B. Parallel port, from what I can tell it was never used before, but it was somewhat damaged when I picked it up, so I had to take it apart & glue that top "window" back into the frame. Just curious, does your unit lights up with green LED as soon as you plug in the power supply?

 

[Robert B]

@Trekkie4 - Man your collection is HUGE. Is there anything that you dont have ?

My unit lights up with the green light as soon as I power it up and stays on regardless of the fact that it has a disk or not. Also when it has no disk inside, the orange led lights up briefly.

When I insert a disk the orange led lights up, the unit spins up and then it spins down and only the green led stays on. This happens when the unit is powered without beeing attached to the PC. I'll fully test the unit one of these weeks.

And I'll have to buy some disks. I read that some are still used in CNC machines and some musical keyboards.

 

[Trekkie4]

Something I don't have? Hmm, probably Pentium OverDrive and/or Slot A AMD system I'm sure there's tons more, including 2x86 & 3x86 systems, but these two are the most obvious ones IMHO.

And right, so does mine. I asked mainly because I never had one before, so I assumed it's not working normally. I have it powered up all the time (it's plugged into the outlet just like the monitor & all other hardware components), so I was wondering if that's supposed to happen or not. Mine was complete set, I picked it up for free complete with its own power supply, even the original purple Iomega-branded parallel cable. But to be completely honest, I'm not that much impressed with its performance & would pick ATAPI model over parallel one any time!

Which by the way reminds me... If anyone happens to come across a promotional app (as featured on one of their ZIP diskettes), where it says something like "Iomega making software backup easier than ever" & lets you choose among different icons (which look like ZIP diskettes), followed by drum sound each time you move a mouse cursor over it, can you please share it with me?

 

[Jetster]

I threw my zip drives in the trash in 2003

 

[Trekkie4]

Yikes! I sincerely HOPE you had a good reason to do so?!

 

[Jetster]

Because they are worthless and obsolete with recordable media around

 

[Komshija]

Now THAT'S pure quality! As for the bent pins, see if you can straighten them up. Just grab some tweezers (or small pliers) & take your time!

Yep, they don't make them so good these days, but that's with pretty much everything. It's pure capitalism.

 

[Trekkie4]

New & improved Intel, now with curved edges for that aerodynamic shape & better heat dissipation for advanced computing like you've never seen before!

 

[JunkBear]

Is that What you call Air Bender? I dont know
.. just asking.

 

[Trekkie4]

We were talking about ZIP drives the other day & I totally forgot to mention this one here... Well, what's left of it lol


It was removed from the internal, ATAPI unit which randomly shorted at one point , causing a complete meltdown. It wasn't really that far from starting the fire either, I remember there was a nasty smell coming from the ZIP drive, like burnt plastic. And since I've been hearing so much about the infamous "click of death" & misaligned heads, I've decided to salvage the mechanical deck, along with the beige 3.5" face plate. It's a complete set with all the flex cables, connectors, even the eject spring

Other than that, I've just designed a whole new spec sheet header design, for the RetroMaster series (1000 & 2500). It was originally supposed to be in color, silver-like with dark blue number but my HP stopped working for some reason, cyan ink is completely clogged up & not printing, so it ended up being in black & white instead Bad timing I suppose, not to mention the fact I now have TWO HP units lying around, and neither of them is working properly.


Just a quick teaser of the upcoming project... This is what I call sorry-state capacitors

 

[dorsetknob]

TWO HP units lying around, and neither of them is working properly.

Sounds about right for HP Printers unfortunatly

 

[Trekkie4]

Yeah... The truth is, I kinda loved these things... I started with Photosmart 8250 & (once this one failed & started leaking ink across the entire table) bought the used D7160, which uses the same ink delivery system & ink cartridges "363". But now this other one, D7160 is acting up & can't seem to get cyan any longer, it's just showing streaks & white lines. Tried with cleaning the head (obviously), aligning them (which failed) and then cleaning it yet again but still nothing! *sigh*

 

[biffzinker]

Just a quick teaser of the upcoming project... This is what I call sorry-state capacitors

Those capacitors appear way to tall for being on the backside of the motherboard when all the soldered legs have been sniped to the exact same height. What happened to this particular motherboard? Someones attempt at replacing the caps gone wrong?

 

[Trekkie4]

LOL!! No, no nothing like that. I simply used the mounting holes to place the caps, in order to take a better pic. Just wanted to show the overall state of this thing, I pulled 10, or is it 11 bulged and/or leaking caps like these! Don't know what caused this mess, but seeing what happened, it would probably be a good idea to swap out the power supply.

Edit
But seriously though, now looking back at my post & pics I posted, I totally get it why would you say (and assume) that!

 

[biffzinker]

That's what it looked like though. Thought you got a board from someone else that tried replacing the caps, thought the cap replacement didn't go as planned so they stuck some of them on the back. Was like how heck are you suppose to mount the board with the caps sticking up off the board.

 

[Trekkie4]

That's what it looked like though. Thought you got a board from someone else that tried replacing the caps, thought the cap replacement didn't go as planned so they stuck some of them on the back. Was like how heck are you suppose to mount the board with the caps sticking up off the board.

The idea was to take a close pic of the bulging and leaking caps, without giving too much details at this point (just in case my restoration project doesn't work )

Actually, those caps (the "wrong" ones, on the back) had already been removed from the board when I took the pic, which is why I had to find a place to stick them in, for the sake of taking pic. The only "real" cap was on the 1st pic, right next to the audio output connectors (you can just see the metal housing, on the left)

 

[biffzinker]

Also see a AGP slot next to the PCI slot, and the push pin for the chipset plus the latches on SDRAM? slots. Still couldn't make a guess at the socket/motherboard.

 

[Trekkie4]

Also see a AGP slot next to the PCI slot, and the push pin for the chipset plus the latches on SDRAM? slots. Still couldn't make a guess at the socket/motherboard.

Weelll, you're half-way there... But really though, I will give it a try tomorrow & see if it works, in which case I'll post more pics & technical specs (and future plans for this thing)