TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Robert B]

Sneak peek! Socket 4 preview

I still have work to do but I'm confident I'll be able to wake up THE BEAST!!! I've tried poking it with a stick but I got no reaction I guess for now it is content to play dead and tries to ignore me!



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Stromae - Je cours

More later.

 

[Nostalgic Hardware]

Just started my Voodoo 5 Build. Using the best possible motherboard that can support AGP2X which is the Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra. Might use the case I have below, or a Thermaltake XaserII

I began upgrading the factory north bridge cooler with a deep cool unit. The factory soyo heatsink didn't even have any thermal paste lol. I now need to find some mosfet heatsinks!

 

[Mr.Scott]

Pretty board, but the Asus A7V333 would be the go to for an overclocker.

 

[Nostalgic Hardware]

Pretty board, but the Asus A7V333 would be the go to for an overclocker.

I also have one, went with the dragon as all the caps are brand new and replaced

 

[Trekkie4]

I'm looking at your Voodoo5 build with that 5.25 Audigy unit and just realized that it would be awesome to maybe build a retro system some day, but only for converting music from the external sources, such as tape decks & turntables After all, AT LP120's specs are being very clear (when it comes to USB connectivity), stating that it only needs USB 1.1 interface with Windows 98 (and above) which is exactly what I'm talking about

By the way, is that MaCase you're using?

 

[Nostalgic Hardware]

I'm looking at your Voodoo5 build with that 5.25 Audigy unit and just realized that it would be awesome to maybe build a retro system some day, but only for converting music from the external sources, such as tape decks & turntables After all, AT LP120's specs are being very clear (when it comes to USB connectivity), stating that it only needs USB 1.1 interface with Windows 98 (and above) which is exactly what I'm talking about

By the way, is that MaCase you're using?

A lot more recent soundblasters have the front panel still. I've used my audigy to capture sound/music from N64/Gamecube games before, it works great.

I'm not sure who makes the case, I can't find any details on it.

 

[Final_Fighter]

some old hardware i got when working at a dialysis clinic.















the board is a socket 3 btw.

 

[Bungz]

Liking the Voodoo 5

Wonder how that would compare to a P4?

The suitable P4 boards I have will not clock though so think the KT333 will win out.

Maybe if I get time in the new year we can have a bench off ;D

I picked up a early Rev1 BX6 which is nice but doesn't support the later chips natively which is a bit of a shame.

The Voodoo 3 was spotted in a local jumble, was presented to me in a carrier bag with about 30 other cards, tough things Voodoos!

 

[Trekkie4]

A lot more recent soundblasters have the front panel still. I've used my audigy to capture sound/music from N64/Gamecube games before, it works great.

I'm not sure who makes the case, I can't find any details on it.

Right, personally I would probably go with Live series, since it's fairly affordable & easy to find. Not so sure about the actual 5.25 panel unit though, haven't seen a single one of those!

@Bungz I can hear that Abit board screaming & yelling "Pair me up with Pentium II and Voodoo3" Just make sure that all the caps are fine, as Abit is well-known for capacitor issues.

 

[DR4G00N]

Pulled out the old PII 300MHz, Abit BH6 & Savage 4 Xtreme 166MHz for a little bit of 3DMark99 Max.
>2000 pts whoo!!

 

[MaxiPro800]

Just did some plans for some retro P4 and Socket A builds. This is what I come up with:

Rig1:

Torent Computers LC-B400ATX 400W
JNC RJA-52 case (painted black)
Gigabyte GA-7N400E-L
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
512MB RAM
Geforce FX5500 256MB
Windows XP Home SP3
40GB Maxtor 6E040L0
TEAC 52x CD-RW

Rig2:

Allied/Apex AL-A400ATX 400W 120mm
JNC 4JA-8652T case w/ thermal sensors
MSI 865PE Neo2-LS
Pentium 4 HT 2.8GHz Northwood
1GB RAM
MSI Geforce FX5600 128MB
Windows XP Pro SP3
80GB Maxtor 6Y080L0
HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM

Rig3:
Leadman LP-7700 400W
JNC RJA-FQ-70
ASUS P4P800/GD
P4 2.6 HT Northwood
1GB RAM
Radeon HD3450 512MB AGP
XP SP3
80GB WDC WD800JB
Liteon LTD-168

 

[Robert B]

In the works the episode: THREE UGLY SISTERS!!!

I'm still debating if I should restore these cards....they are really UGLY....I might give them back their shine only because I CAN and no cause is lost until I SAY SO!!!

Truth be told I only have ONE ISA modem in my stash...decisions decisions...

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[Bungz]

Innovision used to make mobos, who knew

It appears to be a rebagged Soltek SL-75DRV4 with a black PCB, id imagine quite rare.

Works but needs a recap.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Innovision used to make mobos, who knew

XFX did too. They were actually Azza MBs.
EVGA's boards were nVidia reference boards if my memory serves me right.
Sapphire's boards were PCPartner/Octek and newer boards were Jetway.

 

[Trekkie4]

So did Creative... I was amazed to see a Creative-branded (Slot-1) board on sale, it was a genuine shock to say at least Not sure who's the name behind "Creative" though, but it seemed pretty solid. (will see if I can dig it up later today)

Edit
Behold ... the BlasterBoard!

 

[Mr.Scott]

Pretty rare board. Wish I had one.

 

[Trekkie4]

Couldn't agree more @Mr.Scott

You know, with all the holiday stuff & XMAS going on, I can clearly visualize this board among some of the more expensive XMAS wishes back in a day! '98/1999 probably...

If I ever find one of these, I would make a full Creative system featuring Creative 3D Blaster Voodoo2 in SLI, Creative 3D Blaster (Riva TNT, AGP), Creative DVD encoder (Encore? Or whatever the name was), Creative CD/DVD drive and/or Creative Dial-Up modem. No point in adding SoundBlaster since it already has a Live chip built into the mobo itself. "CreativeMaster", it actually sounds pretty good

 

[Bungz]

Its little oddities like that that keep you looking trawling through the rubbish

There will be one out there somewhere (prob on eBay for the price of a Kidney).

 

[Trekkie4]

Remembering old hardware...

I really like Carey (even used to be subscribed to his channel), but I can't believe he's going to throw all this stuff for recycling... I mean, SERIOUSLY?! What makes this (somewhat) better is that he at least destroyed S478 rigs, which are not really that rare I suppose, there's loads of them still around & for sale. I do feel bad for Sony VHS though, that unit was one of their top models

 

[Trekkie4]

Few last tests & tweaks to my old Akai ATT022U running Audio Technica AT-3600L cart & stylus before I put it up for sale. Well, technically it already is (for sale), but I'm planning to store it somewhere safe until I either give it away or actually sell it


The best of both worlds...


I also took the opportunity to set up & test (for the first time in over 10yrs) this lovely Shure M94E cart. As a general rule of HiFi, anything older than 10yrs shouldn't be used on a turntable, but this one still sounds superb, just the way I remember it from back in a day The headshell came from Akai since they both share standard "SME" type headshells, but now that I know it actually works & sounds OK, I might spend few more $$ and buy a dedicated, standard headshell for LP120. The original AT-95E that's mounted on HS10 headshell (and originally came with LP120) will remain as it is, as a replacement (or alternative) to Shure, so I might stick it inside that headshell mounting hole, behind the counterweight.

 

[MaxiPro800]

I seriously need to find a proper S-Video adapter for all these Radeon cards.

At least let's see the bright side - I got a DVD with NT4,2000, XP and 2003 from the Internet Archive. Never knew how useful it was. There's a second DVD with ME,98,95, NT 3.51,3.5 and 3.1. And they have all the editions. (Adv. Server and Workstation etc.). This explains why I went with Home Edition Retail. SP3 was installed separately though - all XP editions are SP1.

 

[Trekkie4]

Think I'm shamelessly going to re-use my pics from the last year Happy New 2018 guys!







Also, tomorrow marks exactly 3 years since I joined TPU... Wow!! Guess I'll become a senior member now

 

[stinger608]

That is pretty cool display @Trekkie4

 

[Trekkie4]

That is pretty cool display @Trekkie4

Thanks! TBH, I was going to do a new one, was aiming for doing the same but with RAM modules, until I ended up being sick Coughing, sneezing and similar, so i ended up re-posted the old content instead Maybe next year?

 

[dorsetknob]

Maybe next year?

There's always Chinese New year