TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Trekkie4]

So guys, with this being my 1000th post I just wanted to make a toast, to the finest nostalgia crew in the fleet Here's to hopefully thousand more!

Good points. I'm not sure that the HL1 engine was ahead of Q2 though. That would be an interesting analysis..

Now, to answer your question ... yes, it runs Crysis! Uhh, I mean Quake2


It also runs Tomb Raider 3 Gold (aka The Lost Artifact)


Viper Racing


...and Test Drive 5

I got this Duron 1800 CPU, but the board it came with does not have an AGP slot...it does have onboard...but that won't do...anyone recommend a decent but cost effective board for it? Will eventually be a WinXP retro build to go along with my Win98. SE machine I built not long ago.

Funny you asked that... Because I just spent the entire afternoon hunting down for reasonably-priced PCI video card(s). And came up empty, of course. But then I tried my luck with AliExpress, and found gold ... literally!
Check this out, a brand new nVidia FX5500 PCI for approx. $35 . Which would be perfectly fine for my application, if it wasn't for the fact I need several of those.

So then I've done even more searching & came up with this, a brand NEW ATI Rage XL, 8MB PCI card for as low as $16,80. Think I'll buy at least two of three of these, I'm anxious to see just how good these things really are ... in the retro fashion, of course. According to a guy on YouTube, it's powerful enough to run Half-Life, therefore it provides a decent 3D acceleration. Which is ALL I need for systems such as Pentium 133 & similar!

 

[dorsetknob]

got sat in the cupboard a riva128 pci (4meg) i keep in case i need it for flash recovery of pcix cards

 

[Mr.Scott]

I got this Duron 1800 CPU, but the board it came with does not have an AGP slot...it does have onboard...but that won't do...anyone recommend a decent but cost effective board for it? Will eventually be a WinXP retro build to go along with my Win98. SE machine I built not long ago.

Abit NF7-S or Abit AN7

 

[Trekkie4]

I'm trying to come up with solid answer, but can't seem to find anything... Is the USB bracket extension the SAME as USB 2.0 one? As in, does the 2x 5pin USB 2.0 plug corresponds to USB 1.1 connection on the motherboard?

 

[dorsetknob]

does the 2x 5pin USB 2.0 plug corresponds to USB 1.1 connection on the motherboard?

There should be no difference in pinout

 

[Trekkie4]

Thanks!

That Pentium 133 board has the onboard USB feature apparently (at least it says so in BIOS), but it's missing the USB bracket/header. So I was wondering if I could just use the 2.0 one...

 

[dorsetknob]

Only time i found a Board with a non standard pin out was yup you guessed it DELL ( pin out was physicaly the same but wired different Typical DELL )

 

[Trekkie4]

Only time i found a Board with a non standard pin out was yup you guessed it DELL ( pin out was physicaly the same but wired different Typical DELL )

Right, got that. But this is a standard Socket 7 motherboard, A-Trend ATC-1020, so I don't expect it to use proprietary connection.

 

[Ruru]

What pisses me?!

That nose rings are in fashion. I've had mine since 2010 long before it was a cool thing!

 

[Mr.Scott]

What pisses me?!

That nose rings are in fashion. I've had mine since 2010 long before it was a cool thing!

You are a trendsetter.

 

[Dinnercore]

I decided to step up my mobile computer experience and got this bad boy from my granddad:

Oh yeaaaa. Who needs a laptop when you can have this? Equipped with all you would ever need on the go, operating on dual AA batteries. If I find a way to grab txt files from this thing, I´ll make this my university companion. It´s more capable then all the fellow students with their laptops I got anyway. Srsly, ask any of the guys in my computer science lecture about a length unit conversion and they wouldn´t even get the idea to google it. It was cringe worthy when the tutor had to tell some bloke that the macbook in front of him could actually magically help him...

Working just fine. That 8086 gives me chills. What a number.

Comes with some really handy tools. Calculator, Database with the worlds telephone area codes (at the time this was made ofc.), an organizer (who would have thought?), disk manager, an actually useful conversion list for money (not so useful today) and units of measurement.

What I like the most tho is the DOS Version on this. If I find some more memory and a way to use the data-port, I can try to run some programs.

 

[Ruru]

You are a trendsetter.

What you'd do when your friend buys Shadow of the Tomb Raider to you? I just smile!

 

[lexluthermiester]

I decided to step up my mobile computer experience and got this bad boy from my granddad:

Oh yeaaaa. Who needs a laptop when you can have this? Equipped with all you would ever need on the go, operating on dual AA batteries. If I find a way to grab txt files from this thing, I´ll make this my university companion. It´s more capable then all the fellow students with their laptops I got anyway. Srsly, ask any of the guys in my computer science lecture about a length unit conversion and they wouldn´t even get the idea to google it. It was cringe worthy when the tutor had to tell some bloke that the macbook in front of him could actually magically help him...

Working just fine. That 8086 gives me chills. What a number.

Comes with some really handy tools. Calculator, Database with the worlds telephone area codes (at the time this was made ofc.), an organizer (who would have thought?), disk manager, an actually useful conversion list for money (not so useful today) and units of measurement.

What I like the most tho is the DOS Version on this. If I find some more memory and a way to use the data-port, I can try to run some programs.

That was a damn cool little device. It would have been better of the sceen had filled the entire front panel or a least been centered.

 

[debs3759]

Hey come on, who has FDDs or DVD drives lying in closets anymore..

I have enough FDD/CDROM/CDRW and DVDRW for several retro builds. Not in the closet though, I have crates full of parts mostly waiting for me to get a shed (so I will have room to set everything up)

 

[Trekkie4]

*ahem*

 

[Ruru]

*ahem*

Get FF X and X-2 for me..

 

[Caring1]

I decided to step up my mobile computer experience and got this bad boy from my granddad:

Oh yeaaaa. Who needs a laptop when you can have this? Equipped with all you would ever need on the go, operating on dual AA batteries. If I find a way to grab txt files from this thing, I´ll make this my university companion. It´s more capable then all the fellow students with their laptops I got anyway. Srsly, ask any of the guys in my computer science lecture about a length unit conversion and they wouldn´t even get the idea to google it. It was cringe worthy when the tutor had to tell some bloke that the macbook in front of him could actually magically help him...

Working just fine. That 8086 gives me chills. What a number.

Comes with some really handy tools. Calculator, Database with the worlds telephone area codes (at the time this was made ofc.), an organizer (who would have thought?), disk manager, an actually useful conversion list for money (not so useful today) and units of measurement.

What I like the most tho is the DOS Version on this. If I find some more memory and a way to use the data-port, I can try to run some programs.

I still have an original CD copy of Microsoft Works software, it was good for it's time, and I had one of those devices in my hands a while back, but it didn't work.

 

[Trekkie4]

Get FF X and X-2 for me..

Would you believe I never played Final Fantasy game(s), not even a single one in the entire franchise? As for the X-2, I almost ended up having a copy due to Rockstar printing out the wrong activation code on GTA V manual. Somehow, the activation code ended up being for Steam (instead of retail, physical copy which I bought at the store, not to mention for the wrong game entirely) so when I entered the code, it confirmed my purchase of "X-2" & immediately began downloading it lol.

Long story short, I got in touch with Rockstar & asked them to make things right, unfortunately (even though Rockstar told me to keep X-2, because they don't care what happens to it), Steam immediately revoked my activation code & removed it from my game library.

 

[dorsetknob]

(even though Rockstar told me to keep X-2, because they don't care what happens to it), Steam immediately revoked my activation code & removed it from my game library.

that's a Hairy B*mm*r

 

[Ruru]

Would you believe I never played Final Fantasy game(s), not even a single one in the entire franchise? As for the X-2, I almost ended up having a copy due to Rockstar printing out the wrong activation code on GTA V manual. Somehow, the activation code ended up being for Steam (instead of retail, physical copy which I bought at the store, not to mention for the wrong game entirely) so when I entered the code, it confirmed my purchase of "X-2" & immediately began downloading it lol.

Long story short, I got in touch with Rockstar & asked them to make things right, unfortunately (even though Rockstar told me to keep X-2, because they don't care what happens to it), Steam immediately revoked my activation code & removed it from my game library.

Am I a horrible person if I say that FF X-2 is better than GTA V?

 

[Trekkie4]

Am I a horrible person if I say that FF X-2 is better than GTA V?

It's a matter of personal choice... Personally, I always preferred driving simulator(s), ever since the first days of Carmageddon, Grand Theft Auto (1) and/or Need for Speed

 

[GreiverBlade]

Am I a horrible person if I say that FF X-2 is better than GTA V?

!!!!! DAMN RIGHT!

edit ... DAMN RIGHT! that FF X-2 is better than GTA V ... (just in case if @Trekkie4 did read it the other way )

also .... Star wars > Star Trek !!! (/ joke )

 

[Trekkie4]

I did ... as a matter of fact!

 

[Ruru]

Got some parts and I give my old adress... damn..

 

[GreiverBlade]

I did ... as a matter of fact!

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Forge.....

Got some parts and I give my old adress... damn..

well ... one of my recent purchase ended in Ukraine ... luckily it was a small plastic box for my IEM ... still showing in transit which mean it's probably going back to China and then ... maybe ... toward my address ...