TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Ruru]

FPS gun from 8600 era
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Yo I remember that one! Is it good?

 

[MaxiPro800]

Finally replaced the CR2032 holder on my P2B and equipped it. P2 400, 256MB PC133. Not sure if a Geforce 2 Pro is worth it but eh, why not.

 

[Ruru]

Finally replaced the CR2032 holder on my P2B and equipped it. P2 400, 256MB PC133. Not sure if a Geforce 2 Pro is worth it but eh, why not.

P2B!

Instant love :3

 

[lexluthermiester]

but given the extreme unreliability of ODDs

Wait, what? What are you talking about?(Sorry I missed this earlier)

Not sure if a Geforce 2 Pro is worth it but eh, why not.

Sure it is. I'd stick a Geforce 3 or 4 into it honestly.

 

[Ruru]

Sure it is. I'd stick a Geforce 3 or 4 into it honestly.

I'd love to have any GF2, even a MX would be okay. Tho Ti or Ultra would be the shit And also I'd love to have any GF4 Ti card..

I guess you remember that I have a GF3 Ti 200

 

[Athlonite]

Was just rummaging around in a old box of jank when a I came across my old Albatron skt 754 mobo it needs a recap if I'm going to use it though

And a good clean and new cmos battery still has the two x 1GB Geil dimms in it too and if I remeber properly it also has an Athlon64 x2 4800+ in the socket aswell

 

[MaxiPro800]

Was just rummaging around in a old box of jank when a I came across my old Albatron skt 754 mobo it needs a recap if I'm going to use it though
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And a good clean and new cmos battery still has the two x 1GB Geil dimms in it too and if I remeber properly it also has an Athlon64 x2 4800+ in the socket aswell

How about a DFI Infinity NF4 SLi?


Mine had about 3 bad caps which I replaced. In theory I should recap the whole CPU side but I don't have the right caps to do so right now.

 

[Athlonite]

Nice DFI thats a skt 939 mobo isn't it I have a skt 939 mobo here somewhere it's an Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe

I'm probably going to recap all of the caps as they're all old as shit and the mobo hasn't been in use for probably over a decade now so they'll all need replacing but it should only take an hour or so once I buy the list of caps I need from Jaycar (electronics hobbyist/enthusiast store)

 

[MaxiPro800]

Just recap the CPU side, more specifically the bigger ones near the CPU socket. It's by far the only sensible part on it considering the caps I see in there, and the smaller ones shouldn't pose any issue.

 

[Athlonite]

Just recap the CPU side, more specifically the bigger ones near the CPU socket. It's by far the only sensible part on it considering the caps I see in there, and the smaller ones shouldn't pose any issue.

Meh it's just as easy to do the lot and have no doubts about any of them than do a few and something is still not right

 

[Ruru]

Man I love boards from that era, such clean looks and no any RGB bullshit or any "cool" heatsink designs. Just simple and clean design.

 

[QuietBob]

Ah I just wanna be able to play Aquanox and Decent I and II (I know they're available but Aquanox isn't) I enjoyed the shiz outta those two games

Both Aquanox games are available on a number of digital distribution platforms, along with their predecessor and successor. Might wanna check them out now.

 

[Ruru]

Both Aquanox games are available on a number of digital distribution platforms, along with their predecessor and successor. Might wanna check them out now.

Wasn't Aquamark3 based on those

 

[micropage7]

Yo I remember that one! Is it good?

i dunno, i have small table so the last time i just test it and works then back to its box until now

 

[Valantar]

Man I love boards from that era, such clean looks and no any RGB bullshit or any "cool" heatsink designs. Just simple and clean design.

I particularly love the mix-and-match socket/connector housing colors. Designing for clarity and ease of use ("these connectors are different, so they have different colors" or "let's differentiate the IDE ports by color") rather than aesthetics can lead to some nice results.

Wait, what? What are you talking about?(Sorry I missed this earlier)

Given how people here have been sharing war stories of various dramatic ODD failures I kind of assumed this was a common experience. I know some brands were better than others, but as I said, I haven't had a single (non-slim, but then those have seen very little use) ODD that hasn't died on me - most of them rather inexplicably and undramatically by just not working properly or by developing some nasty grinding noises. And that's across quite a few brands (no idea about the ODMs behind them though); Samsung, LiteON, and at least a couple of others that I can't quite remember. The last one I had installed (back in my old CM Stacker 830, so pre-2014) went unused for long periods, and at one point when I needed it just ... didn't work. It had worked the last time I used it, so my guess is that it died of boredom in the intervening period. Since then I haven't installed an ODD in a single build, though I haven't made any retro builds either. But as I said, if I did I would much rather use some sort of adapter for a more up-to-date storage medium for easier transfers and reliability.

Edit: I looked up the receipts for the PC build I did back in 2008, which must be the last time I bought an ODD, and it had a Samsung SH-S223F/BEBN drive, which according to a quick image search was a Toshiba Samsung design.

 

[QuietBob]

Wasn't Aquamark3 based on those

Yeah, AquaMark 2 is based on AquaNox, and AquaMark 3 is based on AquaNox 2. And to add to the confusion, AquaMark (1) has never been released

 

[Ruru]

Got those yesterday, I can have one of these, the better overclocker as the seller said that test those and have the better one, paid 10EUR

Sorry for the shitty pic, 2x 955 BE

Tho probably I pay for the another one to him as well later on.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Was just rummaging around in a old box of jank when a I came across my old Albatron skt 754 mobo it needs a recap if I'm going to use it though
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And a good clean and new cmos battery still has the two x 1GB Geil dimms in it too and if I remeber properly it also has an Athlon64 x2 4800+ in the socket aswell

Albatron! They made such wonderful boards!

 

[Ruru]

Albatron! They made such wonderful boards!

Albatron is something which is hardly known here in Finland, I remember the brand though. Never had any of their products though.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Given how people here have been sharing war stories of various dramatic ODD failures I kind of assumed this was a common experience.

No for me. I swear by them! Have only twice seen a disc go bad without some identifiable reason. However, I suspect the discs were recorded at their max speed, which is ok for quick and dirty burns you don't care about. But anytime I make a backup, I burn at the slowest speed the drive offers to ensure maximum stable burn for longevity. I still have CD's recorded in 1997 that are perfect.

Like anything else in life, using common sense and understanding the technology is what ensures long lasting usefulness..

Edit: I looked up the receipts for the PC build I did back in 2008, which must be the last time I bought an ODD, and it had a Samsung SH-S223F/BEBN drive, which according to a quick image search was a Toshiba Samsung design.

Out of curiosity, how did you install stuff back then? ODDs were still essential at that time..

Albatron is something which is hardly known here in Finland, I remember the brand though. Never had any of their products though.

They barely had a presence stateside either and they didn't last long. I still don't understand why as everything they made was great!

 

[Ruru]

They barely had a presence stateside either and they didn't last long. I still don't understand why as everything they made was great!

Nothing to complain of their old box art, I miss these sexy chicks of boxes

 

[The red spirit]

Was just rummaging around in a old box of jank when a I came across my old Albatron skt 754 mobo it needs a recap if I'm going to use it though
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And a good clean and new cmos battery still has the two x 1GB Geil dimms in it too and if I remeber properly it also has an Athlon64 x2 4800+ in the socket aswell

It's not socket 754 if it has Athlon 4800+. It's either socket 939 with Athlon 4800+ or socket 754 with some lesser Athlon 64.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Nothing to complain of their old box art, I miss these sexy chicks of boxes

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Heck yeah!

 

[Trekkie4]

Arrr matey....

I couldn't care less what right holders think. Their rights end where user right begin.


That hasn't change. Backup's are still perfectly lawful.

I'm Guybrush Threepwood, a mighty pirate!

Joke aside, you're probably right. The real problem however is proving so, when (and if) things get serious. Not saying of course they would or will ... most of those software companies couldn't care less about older games BUT there's always that 1-2% among 99%

Strange - I've never had a 5 ¼“ ODD that hasn't failed. Some after a few years, some after a few months. Some after nearly no use at all, just being installed in a system. In the end I entirely gave up buying them from the combination of rarely needing them and seeing them fail constantly. Oddly enough, no mobile/slim ODD has ever failed on me, including the two I have lying around currently (at least they both worked the last time I checked).

There are CF/SD to IDE adapters if you want that, or SD-based floppy emulators if that's more your thing (including for really vintage non-PC systems). The emulators are no doubt a lot more expensive than an old ODD, but the convenience factor would more than make up for that IMO. The SD adapters are dirt cheap even.

Right, I know. LGR even covered this subject in one of his earlier videos. But I hope you understand, CF/SD to IDE adapters are not really reliable & have more potential to fail than ODD or even a real thing, an old HDD.

It's because of the Read/Write cycles ... substituting CF or SD card for SSD is generally a bad idea because the system keeps reading & writing onto the card which obviously wasn't designed for intensive application such as this one, in the first place. You could theoretically hook up the real thing, SSD through SATA to P/ATA converter but this is going to affect the access/transfer speed. Again, speaking from personal experience ... I once tried using 80GB SATA drive through the converter & could feel the performance drop when accessing large amounts of data.

 

[Ruru]

Heck yeah!

Asus had as well