TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Trekkie4 · Sep 28, 2018

I'm using a standard, black one inside my Q6600 rig, for the two DVD-RW drives. At first it seemed to be a good idea, but TBH it's way too thick & difficult to manage, lay out throughout the case.

DR4G00N · Sep 28, 2018

A couple more things came in yesterday. A PCPartner mobo with a simple name, 815EPBMS3-T218CA, and an Asus V9520/TD/P/128M FX 5200.
The mobo is a surprisingly solid i815EP board including Tualatin support and a bios with pretty much any options you need sans cpu voltage.

Caring1 · Sep 29, 2018

dorsetknob said:
thats why you could upgrade to these which were an improvement ( they come in UV for those into early case lighting )

I have similar in bright orange.
Unused still.

cornemuse · Sep 29, 2018

Ran across these in the garage recently:

The 386 cpu is no big deal, but also, Cyrix math co-processer and some "SIPP" memory, one meg(!) each and made in USA (SIPP = single inline PIN, , , )

"Scamp" cooling fans made 1984 & 1986, still work 'quietly'

The actual fans have overly large magnet in circumference, power on takes a few seconds to 'come to speed!'
Power down, they spin for ½ a minute before stopping.

Wonder if these fans could be modified for CPU kewling?

Ha!

-c-

Ruru · Oct 1, 2018

Today's dose of hardware porn for you guys

Got an offer from HD 3850 AGP card. F@!K I'm broke atm, I try to make some exchange for my stuff for that dude.

Bungz · Oct 2, 2018

I know the feeling of right item coming up at the wrong time

Rarely stops me however :oops:

I had a bit of a gap from my retro search and it seems prices have shot up through the roof for certain cards, particularly AGP 6800 / 7800 cards. Madness.

Paid very little for these however.

New retail boxed 7600GS, only the DDR2 version but as its 256bit it still is a very quick card for AGP. Works nicely.

9800se AIW. I have had about 4 dead AIW cards, a couple of 9800s and a 9000 certainly. All dead. This however works. Doesn't mod but its a nice enough thing as it is.

Bought this for the cooler as untested. Car was indeed dead. Quick bake in the oven for 10 minutes and I now have another working GTX 470 (both have been cooked

)

Still need a cooler to fit a 460 however.

And a nice purple one

dorsetknob · Oct 2, 2018

Bungz said:
9800se AIW. I have had about 4 dead AIW cards, a couple of 9800s and a 9000 certainly. All dead. This however works. Doesn't mod but its a nice enough thing as it is.

https://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/105
and also use ATItool Softmod (from 4 to 8 pipelines )

This is the Mods that drew lots of people here ( and many became members)

Bungz · Oct 2, 2018

dorsetknob said:
https://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/105
and also use ATItool Softmod (from 4 to 8 pipelines )

This is the Mods that drew lots of people here ( and many became members)

I tried some omega 9800se specific modded drivers and it bluescreened on boot.

Not sure if this would be different.

Trekkie4 · Oct 3, 2018

Yayy, finally got my new ATIs

Still didn't have the time to set them up (also waiting for some of the other parts to arrive), but I'll get to that eventually... I still have to find the appropriate driver(s), and mount it (or them, we'll see) inside the appropriate systems

GreiverBlade · Oct 3, 2018

Trekkie4 said:
Yayy, finally got my new ATIs

Still didn't have the time to set them up (also waiting for some of the other parts to arrive), but I'll get to that eventually... I still have to find the appropriate driver(s), and mount it (or them, we'll see) inside the appropriate systems

IS IT SO HARD... to use TPU image upload ... above 10img i would almost understand ... but under : NO

or at last use something else than postimage that one irks me beyond all ... ton of sh!tcoins and "miracle solution for diabete/tinitus/whatever" adds and ... so funny but one photo triggered my miner script blocker ... h ttps://cryptoloot.pro/lib/worker.wasm (h ttps://postimg.cc/0Mswy0tZ) but that's the only one the 4 other didn't .... not sure if it's not a false positive ... (although the fact that clicking on an image redirect you to another website instead of opening in TPU gallery mode is utterly annoying )

sorry i might be overreacting ... i use Imgur sometime ... but rarely on a forum where we have an excellent image upload function.

some friends did some finds :laugh:

IBM 1501492 ISA Hard Disk Controller for IBM PC XT Systems

and ... SERIOUSLY ASKING ME 400chf for that ....

the only that would interest me would be the PPro (not the one with heatsink tho ... but i would still take it ...the others i probably have them already) and i am sure it would still be 400 if i asked to take only the PPro

and then : dive into a fad

still at the time that was cool ...

Trekkie4 · Oct 3, 2018

GreiverBlade said:
IS IT SO HARD... to use TPU image upload ... above 10img i would almost understand ... but under : NO

or at last use something else than postimage that one irks me beyond all ... ton of sh!tcoins and "miracle solution for diabete/tinitus/whatever" adds and ... so funny but one photo triggered my miner script blocker ... h ttps://cryptoloot.pro/lib/worker.wasm (h ttps://postimg.cc/0Mswy0tZ) but that's the only one the 4 other didn't .... not sure if it's not a false positive ... (although the fact that clicking on an image redirect you to another website instead of opening in TPU gallery mode is utterly annoying )

As a matter of fact, it is... I'm using the same pictures for several different forums actually, sometimes even re-using pictures previously posted to illustrate or explain other, new projects so PostImage makes it easier to work it out. And the only reason I started using PostImage was because some of you guys here complained about Imagebam, which was my original choice ever since the early days of GTAForums.

stinger608 said:
You really should find a different image host @Trekkie4 It takes forever for the images to load.

Trekkie4 said:
I'm sorry Do you have something better to recommend? I've been using ImageBam for quite some time now, so it kinda became a habit...

Which reminds me ... Ever heard of AdBlock?

GreiverBlade · Oct 3, 2018

Trekkie4 said:
As a matter of fact, it is... I'm using the same pictures for several different forums actually, sometimes even re-using pictures previously posted to illustrate or explain other, new projects so PostImage makes it easier to work it out. And the only reason I started using PostImage was because some of you guys here complained about Imagebam, which was my original choice ever since the early days of GTAForums.

Which reminds me ... Ever heard of AdBlock?

going from one bad to a worse :laugh:

none of them are good either way and ... AdBlock meh ... why use something in addition to block addition while it would be easy to use something without addition ... right? :laugh:

never had any issue with imgur (less fishy imho) nor reposting TPU hosted image to other site if needed

oh well i will content myself with the thumbnail ...

(damn i didn't thought my grief would make you skip the goodies :roll:

wrong impact sorry )

Trekkie4 · Oct 4, 2018

Well, darn... It would seem that none of the two Rage XL cards are working inside Pentium 133 system

There's absolutely no feedback from the card, whatsoever! Heck, it doesn't even get warm, meaning there's obviously no voltage to begin with.

And so just as I was going to leave a negative feedback on their website, I came up with the idea to try the cards inside other system. Because why not - right? And to my surprise, they BOTH checked out fine, when mounted on a newer ATX, Socket 370 board. Conclusion? Rage XL is most likely PCI 2.2 compliant, and is not compatible with earlier revisions of PCI slots. Either that or I'm missing something obvious. One way or another, this is now a serious problem as I honestly can't think of a good & proper use for a Rage XL card, on a "newer" ATX system. Especially since they already have AGP slot, and are therefore pretty easy to set up with decent 3D accelerator. Quite often way, WAY more powerful than Rage XL.

GreiverBlade · Oct 4, 2018

Trekkie4 said:
Well, darn... It would seem that none of the two Rage XL cards are working inside Pentium 133 system There's absolutely no feedback from the card, whatsoever! Heck, it doesn't even get warm, meaning there's obviously no voltage to begin with.

And so just as I was going to leave a negative feedback on their website, I came up with the idea to try the cards inside other system. Because why not - right? And to my surprise, they BOTH checked out fine, when mounted on a newer ATX, Socket 370 board. Conclusion? Rage XL is most likely PCI 2.2 compliant, and is not compatible with earlier revisions of PCI slots. Either that or I'm missing something obvious. One way or another, this is now a serious problem as I honestly can't think of a good & proper use for a Rage XL card, on a "newer" ATX system. Especially since they already have AGP slot, and are therefore pretty easy to set up with decent 3D accelerator. Quite often way, WAY more powerful than Rage XL.

hard way to find something ... arf

Trekkie4 · Oct 4, 2018

The main problem is that I can't even work out the issue here. Voltage compatibility? Lack of the contact pins (Rage XL only has essential pins, the ones card is using - all other have been removed), or something else? At least I know the card is working, so it HAS to be compatibility thing, otherwise the card wouldn't work with another board. *shrug*

verycharbroiled · Oct 4, 2018

visited Ye Olde Dungeon recently to bring some old friends home. lotta 80s stuff. heres a quick look at one.. the LNW-80. its a TRS-80 model one (pretty sure) clone.

i have a bunch more stuff.. few macs (original and an SE, plus a mac II, with a mac digitizer and mac hard drive) a full TRS-80 model one system with expansion interface and tape drive plus 4 x 5.25" + 2 x 8" floppies, some early laptops and more misc stuff.

mind the cobwebs. these guys havent seen daylight for 20+ years.

sorry for poor quality pics im rushed. i will post much better pics later.

DR4G00N · Oct 4, 2018

Got these two nice PCI GPU's today, a Jaton 6200 256MB PCI and a Zotac GT 430 512MB PCI.

I'm going to take some time and do some comparisons between these and my AGP cards for something to do, mainly including:
GF2 GTS & Ultra/Quadro, FX 5200 128-bit & 6600 GT.
As well as some older ones if I feel like it.

agent_x007 · Oct 4, 2018

PixelPipes did a video about those. You can check out his result (to see if there are any differences between platforms).

agent_x007 · Oct 6, 2018

MicroSD 2GB to card reader, to Gotek floppy emulator, to Floppy/USB adapter

http://imgur.com/d2YCJ3M

OR a Floppy pendrive in short (with legacy floppy connector support option [disconnect floppy to USB adapter])

E-Bear · Oct 6, 2018

agent_x007 said:
MicroSD 2GB to card reader, to Gotek floppy emulator, to Floppy/USB adapter

http://imgur.com/d2YCJ3M

OR a Floppy pendrive in short (with legacy floppy connector support option [disconnect floppy to USB adapter])

Man it gave me headache just reading and trying to translate it in french.

Ahhzz · Oct 7, 2018

agent_x007 said:
MicroSD 2GB to card reader, to Gotek floppy emulator, to Floppy/USB adapter

http://imgur.com/d2YCJ3M

OR a Floppy pendrive in short (with legacy floppy connector support option [disconnect floppy to USB adapter])

something very wrong with that.... :shadedshu:

Ruru · Oct 7, 2018

Bungz said:
I tried some omega 9800se specific modded drivers and it bluescreened on boot.

Not sure if this would be different.

I had a 9800 SE which unlockened and OC'd beyond friend's XT.

Mr.Scott · Oct 7, 2018

Chloe Price said:
I had a 9800 SE which unlockened and OC'd beyond friend's XT.

Me too.

Trekkie4 · Oct 7, 2018

agent_x007 said:
MicroSD 2GB to card reader, to Gotek floppy emulator, to Floppy/USB adapter

http://imgur.com/d2YCJ3M

OR a Floppy pendrive in short (with legacy floppy connector support option [disconnect floppy to USB adapter])

Kinda resembles this...

8-Track to compact cassette to MP3 conversion

Red_Machine · Oct 7, 2018

I know it's not really "nostalgic", but I'm putting together a late XP-era/early 7-era PC with some parts I have and a few I've ordered from eBay.

Asus M4N98TD EVO motherboard
3.4GHz AMD Phenom II X4 CPU
4GB DDR3 1333 RAM
GeForce 8800 Ultra
2x 160GB Western Digital Velociraptors in RAID0
Sound Blaster Audigy Rx
CoolerMaster WaveMaster case
650w Antec TruePower PSU

System Name	Adison "Open Space" 19
Processor	Intel Pentium II, 350MHz
Motherboard	Chaintech 6BTM, Slot 1
Cooling	SECC Cartridge
Memory	1x 64MB, PC100
Video Card(s)	ATI Rage IIc AGP, Diamond Monster 3DII 12MB
Storage	BTC BCD-40XH, Quantum Fireball 3.5 Series, EX6.4 GB
Display(s)	LG StudioWorks 57M
Case	Adison Midi Tower, ATX
Audio Device(s)	Creative SoundBlaster 128
Power Supply	Codegen 300W
Mouse	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Keyboard	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Software	Microsoft Windows 98

Processor	Ryzen 5 5600 @ 4.65GHz CO -30
Motherboard	AsRock X370 Taichi
Cooling	Asus ROG Strix LC 240
Memory	32GB 4x8 G.SKILL Trident Z 3200 CL14 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PCWINMAX RTX 3060 6GB Laptop GPU (80W)
Storage	1TB Kingston NV2
Display(s)	LG 25UM57-P @ 75Hz OC
Case	Fractal Design Arc XL
Audio Device(s)	ATH-M20x
Power Supply	Evga SuperNova 1300 G2
Mouse	Evga Torq X3
Keyboard	Thermaltake Challenger
Software	Win 11 Pro 64-Bit

System Name	H7 Flow 2024
Processor	AMD 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus X570 Tough Gaming
Cooling	Custom liquid
Memory	32 GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Intel ARC A750
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 2TB.
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Mouse	Lenovo
Keyboard	Eweadn Mechanical
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

System Name	Adison "Open Space" 19
Processor	Intel Pentium II, 350MHz
Motherboard	Chaintech 6BTM, Slot 1
Cooling	SECC Cartridge
Memory	1x 64MB, PC100
Video Card(s)	ATI Rage IIc AGP, Diamond Monster 3DII 12MB
Storage	BTC BCD-40XH, Quantum Fireball 3.5 Series, EX6.4 GB
Display(s)	LG StudioWorks 57M
Case	Adison Midi Tower, ATX
Audio Device(s)	Creative SoundBlaster 128
Power Supply	Codegen 300W
Mouse	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Keyboard	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Software	Microsoft Windows 98

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Trekkie4

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System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb DDR4 3600/8gb DDR3 1600/2gbLPDDR3/8gbLPDDR5x/16gb(10 sys)LPDDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/Radeon 780M 6gb LPDDR5
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/4tb SN850X
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/7" FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	Box
Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI Meg Ace Max 570S
Cooling	Corsair h150i Elite Capellix 360 white
Memory	16 GB Teamforce DDR 4 4500 (2x8) CL18
Video Card(s)	Aorus 1080ti
Storage	NVMe: Samsung 980 Pro 2TB, WD_BLACK SN770 2TB, Crucial P5 Plus 2TB, spinners: 3TB, 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 1080p
Case	Lian Li 011 Dynamic white - fans: 2x140mm, 7x120mm
Audio Device(s)	stock
Power Supply	EVGA G2 850
Mouse	Razor DeathAdder 3.5G
Keyboard	Corsair K68 RGB
VR HMD	Valve Index
Software	Win10 pro
Benchmark Scores	later

System Name	BOX
Processor	Core i7 6950X @ 4,26GHz (1,28V)
Motherboard	X99 SOC Champion (BIOS F23c + bifurcation mod)
Cooling	Thermalright Venomous-X + 2x Delta 38mm PWM (Push-Pull)
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 4000MHz CL16 4x8GB (@3240MHz CL12.12.12.24 CR2T @ 1,48V)
Video Card(s)	Titan V (~1650MHz @ 0.77V, HBM2 1GHz, Forced P2 state [OFF])
Storage	WD SN850X 2TB + Samsung EVO 2TB (SATA) + Seagate Exos X20 20TB (4Kn mode)
Display(s)	LG 27GP950-B
Case	Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL
Audio Device(s)	Motu M4 (audio interface) + ATH-A900Z + Behringer C-1
Power Supply	Seasonic X-760 (760W)
Mouse	Logitech RX-250
Keyboard	HP KB-9970
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	HP Pavilion a6552f
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Motherboard	Asus IPIBL-LB / HP Benicia-GL8E
Cooling	DeepCool Gammaxx 200
Memory	8gigs Kingston 4x2gigs DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Zotac GT630 "Fermi" 2gb DDR3 128bits Synergy Edition
Storage	Western Digital Green 7200rpm 1tb
Display(s)	LG Flatron EW234 Super LED
Case	HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake TR2 430w
Mouse	Razer Abyssus Mirror Special Edition Blue LED
Keyboard	Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Commander Red LED Backlighting Mechanical Keycaps Membrane Gaming Keyboard
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits

System Name	OrangeHaze / Silence
Processor	i7-13700KF / i5-10400 /
Motherboard	ROG STRIX Z690-E / MSI Z490 A-Pro Motherboard
Cooling	Corsair H75 / TT ToughAir 510
Memory	64Gb GSkill Trident Z5 / 32GB Team Dark Za 3600
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 / Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X 4Gb
Storage	Hynix Plat P41 2Tb\Samsung MZVL21 1Tb / Samsung 980 Pro 1Tb
Display(s)	22" Dell Wide/24" Asus
Case	Lian Li PC-101 ATX custom mod / Antec Lanboy Air Black & Blue
Audio Device(s)	SB Audigy 7.1
Power Supply	Corsair Enthusiast TX750
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed Wireless / Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum
Keyboard	K68 RGB — CHERRY® MX Red
Software	Win10 Pro \ RIP:Win 7 Ult 64 bit

System Name	Master
Processor	Pair of Xeon X5675's @ 4.3
Motherboard	SR-2 Classified
Memory	12 GB of Corsair Dominator GT's @ 2000 7-7-7-21
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX680
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750

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