TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

oobymach · Apr 21, 2022

Took the cd player apart to clean the battery holder and snapped a pic of the internals.

Greenslade · Apr 21, 2022

QuietBob said:
In DOS days *.bin was a type of binary file containing the actual logic of a program. You shouldn't have to open these, unless for some hex editing ("hacking" the code). *.diz was a text file containing a brief description of the accompanying software. It can be viewed with any text editor.

Unless the floppy has been pre-formatted by the manufacturer, you will need to format it in DOS or Windows. As has been pointed out, a standard 3.5" formatted floppy is 1.44 MB.

Windows

Trekkie4 said:
Bin & Cue files are virtual CD/DVD images ... and you should open both with virtual drive and/or burning software. Not sure about DIZ however

I will levBin & Cue files are virtual CD/DVD images ... and you should open both with virtual drive and/or burning software. Not sure about DIZ however

Greenslade said:
Windows

I will levBin & Cue files are virtual CD/DVD images ... and you should open both with virtual drive and/or burning software. Not sure about DIZ however

Thanks for all that

Greenslade said:
Windows

I will levBin & Cue files are virtual CD/DVD images ... and you should open both with virtual drive and/or burning software. Not sure about DIZ however

QuietBob said:
In DOS days *.bin was a type of binary file containing the actual logic of a program. You shouldn't have to open these, unless for some hex editing ("hacking" the code). *.diz was a text file containing a brief description of the accompanying software. It can be viewed with any text editor.

Unless the floppy has been pre-formatted by the manufacturer, you will need to format it in DOS or Windows. As has been pointed out, a standard 3.5" formatted floppy is 1.44 MB.

Thanks for all that info Bob

It was pre-formatted by the manufacturer it is Fat.I will leave games with the Bin files out.

onemanhitsquad · Apr 22, 2022

back in ancient times these fans were the like the Vlad Tepes of radiator and heat sink fans...there were a few other brands but these were well sought after... way back then I found 4 of them on Ebay and got them cheap...kind of pissed off some forum peeps , haha!

....fast forward to 2022 , I am going to butt them up on a Black Ice 240 rad and make some noise , and use it on my X58 revival...BUT!!!!!...I am on the hunt for the 4th one!...somewhere in the bone yard , or in a case , or gone? (gonna tear the place apart)

120mm x 38mm 102cfm 39db and hella static pressure

Courier 6 · Apr 22, 2022

onemanhitsquad said:
back in ancient times these fans were the like the Vlad Tepes of radiator and heat sink fans...there were a few other brands but these were well sought after... way back then I found 4 of them on Ebay and got them cheap...kind of pissed off some forum peeps , haha!

....fast forward to 2022 , I am going to butt them up on a Black Ice 240 rad and make some noise , and use it on my X58 revival...BUT!!!!!...I am on the hunt for the 4th one!...somewhere in the bone yard , or in a case , or gone? (gonna tear the place apart)

120mm x 38mm 102cfm 39db and hella static pressure

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I have one of those, it´s not in use right now, but ready to go, very good fans, I have some others, quality stuff NMB model 3615KL-04W-B59 server fans

MaxiPro800 · Apr 22, 2022

Another neat and great score.

ASUS A7N8X-VM/400 - nForce II + GF4 MX440 integrated (Crush17), an Applebred Duron 1.6GHz (rather surprising to find a Duron in there, of all things.), 2x512MB.

Works just fine, came with a Galaxy FX5200 128M/64bit and ASUS' custom TV output bracket. No I/O shield but I have a few anyways. The GB fan + shroud is my work (not very restrictive IMO) as well as the BIOS was replaced with the latest BIOS for the Chaintech 7NIF2/7NIL2 mobo. Works better than the stock ASUS AMIBIOS (which is pretty barren from what I saw), except for the thermal sensors that are frozen at 100*C all around.

Also, 98SE runs absolutely blazing fast on this mobo. I haven't seen 98 boot that fast (and with most drivers installed) since ever.

stinger608 · Apr 23, 2022

MaxiPro800 said:
Another neat and great score.

Oh man!!!!!! I have one of those exact mobo's. Haven't had it fired up in probably 6 or 7 years. Only issue I had with them was their frigging power supply plug in placement. Horrible spot to put the plug in. LOL

MachineLearning · Apr 23, 2022

stinger608 said:
Oh man!!!!!! I have one of those exact mobo's. Haven't had it fired up in probably 6 or 7 years. Only issue I had with them was their frigging power supply plug in placement. Horrible spot to put the plug in. LOL

ASUS was doing this in 2002 (I assume, based on nForce2), so this is a bit more acceptable imo.

Old habits die hard :rockout:

ca. 2008 lol

MaxiPro800 · Apr 23, 2022

Welp, I have done yet another board. ECS K7VZA with a pretty tricky socket plastic replacement.

Greenslade · Apr 23, 2022

Does anyone watch this guys excellent Retro youtubr channal

it is amazing what different recording systems ,and the like there have been over the years and he seems to have them all

.No mater how oscure they may be.

The guy is up there with LGR Clinr.

another one to watch Prison Tech.

I have been watching his videos for years.His house must br like a miseum with all the Tech he has .

framebuffer · Apr 23, 2022

finally got a GTX 690, I mean, two

and a new Professional Studio Light

onemanhitsquad · Apr 23, 2022

I have about 10 dual gpu cards , most were in my main rig when they came out , but I never grabbed a 690...figure I may need to remedy that soon..."I mean 2" !!!

framebuffer · Apr 24, 2022

onemanhitsquad said:
I have about 10 dual gpu cards , most were in my main rig when they came out , but I never grabbed a 690...figure I may need to remedy that soon..."I mean 2" !!!

I was looking for one at decent price since years and eventually found a good deal for two

Greenslade · Apr 24, 2022

Atnother one of Clints unuseal oddware videos ,and something cheap for a change a Clip-on Joystick .

Not that i could use it ,as my keyboard is one of the smaller ones.

MaxiPro800 · Apr 24, 2022

I had a spare 2GB pendrive from one of those fake USB pendrives, and two dead BIOS chips.

This is the result. For the record, here's the original drive, which now houses the PCB from a old 8GB TDK flash drive I had (a bit slow but highly reliable quality wise.)

lexluthermiester · Apr 24, 2022

MaxiPro800 said:
I had a spare 2GB pendrive from one of those fake USB pendrives, and two dead BIOS chips.

You should solder those legs together. Less chance of them bending and going wonky.

Ruru · Apr 25, 2022

onemanhitsquad said:
I have about 10 dual gpu cards , most were in my main rig when they came out , but I never grabbed a 690...figure I may need to remedy that soon..."I mean 2" !!!

I've had only a HD 3870X2 which I actually bought new. It was on sale and cost only like 130EUR in summer of 2009. Kinda stupid upgrade (I had a HD 3850 512MB already) but I couldn't pass it at that price.. sucks though that I had a NF650i SLI board so no CF support, otherwise I would've had a TriFire setup.

My other multi-GPU setups have been HD 5870 CF, GTX 970 SLI & R9 290 CF.

MaxiPro800 · Apr 25, 2022

lexluthermiester said:
You should solder those legs together. Less chance of them bending and going wonky.

Done already, though they are already bent to look like that :laugh:

onemanhitsquad · Apr 25, 2022

Hope you kept yours Lenne...I used mine for quite awhile

Ruru · Apr 25, 2022

onemanhitsquad said:
Hope you kept yours Lenne...I used mine for quite awhile

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Nah, damn, I already sold it in 2009 and got a HD 4890 :/

Mine was a MSI OC model with this sticker:

Greenslade · Apr 25, 2022

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Lenne said:
Nah, damn, I already sold it in 2009 and got a HD 4890 :/

Mine was a MSI OC model with this sticker:

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They looked so cool back in the day.

Ruru · Apr 25, 2022

Greenslade said:
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They looked so cool back in the day.

Totally agree, I liked those designs way more than modern RGB beasts. Of course those coolers were crappy and noisy, but purely from aesthetic point, I'd have something like that even now on my main setup.

Greenslade · Apr 25, 2022

Here's another one of my fav Retro you tubers.

Has anyone had one of these?

Another Goodwill user.

Ruru · Apr 25, 2022

Greenslade said:
Here's another one of my fav Retro you tubers. Has anyone had one of these?

Watched that yesterday. In fact, iMac G4 was the first all-in-one computer I saw and that was the early 2000s, Michael's video was the second time I've ever even seen that Monorail system (LGR was the first).

Back in the day manufacturers had waaaaaay more innovation! :toast:

Greenslade · Apr 25, 2022

Lenne said:
Watched that yesterday. In fact, iMac G4 was the first all-in-one computer I saw and that was the early 2000s, Michael's video was the second time I've ever even seen that Monorail system (LGR was the first).

Back in the day manufacturers had waaaaaay more innovation!

I might of guest Clint would be the fist to put it on there.I just looked in his channel sure enough he had it on there 2 years ago.Here he is with the worlds smallest Windows PC in 2007.

one can never have to much of his channel.

Wow that is tiny for 2007.

RyzenMaster.sys · Apr 25, 2022

Boxed Pentium E5200. Boxed CPUs this old are not particularly common so I buy them to collect whenever I can, even if it's not a CPU I would otherwise have interest in.

The description read that the CPU was used from 09-13 and then they upgraded to a quad core, so it's set in storage since. Since the box isn't sealed I will probably use it, these apparently are good overclockers.

The cooler has not been used and still has the factory 13 year old paste on it. I wonder how bad that would be now.

System Name	New compy
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5800x3D
Motherboard	MSI MPG x570S EDGE MAX WiFi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S w. FHP141 + Xigmatek AOS XAF-F1451
Memory	32gb G.Skill Ripjaws V Samsung B-Die Dual Rank F4-4000C16D-32GVKA
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF GAMING RTX 4070ti
Storage	17tb (8+4tb WD Black HDD's, 2+2+0.5+0.5tb M.2 SSD Drives) + 16tb WD Red Pro backup drive
Display(s)	Alienware AW2518H 24" 240hz, Sony X85K 43" 4k 120hz HDR TV
Case	Thermaltake Core v71
Audio Device(s)	iFi Nano Idsd Le, Creative T20 + T50, Sennheiser HD6Mix
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 1000w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero custom w. G900 scroll wheel mod, Rival 3 + Rival 3 wireless, JLab Epic Mouse
Keyboard	Corsair K68 RGB + K70 RGB + K57 RGB Wireless + Logitech G613
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://valid.x86.fr/s2y7ny

System Name	Star Platinum
Processor	Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Cooling	EKL
Memory	16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX650 1GB GDDR5
Storage	2x Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB SATA II
Display(s)	Samsung 43 inch
Case	Delux MG760
Audio Device(s)	Realtek High Definition Audio + X-Fi XtremeGamer SB0730
Power Supply	FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse	ASUS RoG Cerberus mouse
Keyboard	Marvo KM400 keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/32 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid Gaming
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Desktop // Laptop
Processor	R9 5900X (VRM-B2) @ 180W/160A/140A \| Mfg Wk03/2022 // i7-13620H 90W-50W \| Mfg Wk25/2024
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro V2 // Dell 006JN2
Cooling	Thermalright PA120 w/ 3x P12, MX-6 // Stock (4x heatpipes, 2x Elepeak radial fans) w/ MX-6 GPU & CPU
Memory	2x16GB Ballistix 8Gbit Rev.E @ 3800C15, 1:1 FCLK // 2x16GB Kingston Fury Impact H16A @ 4800C36
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Red Devil 6600XT @ C2800MHz/M2300MHz (Samsung), 216W, MX-6 TP-3 // RTX 4060 Mobile (70W)
Storage	SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB, TeamGroup MP33 Pro 2TB, Seagate Ironwolf HDD 4TB // Patriot VP4300 Lite 2TB
Display(s)	1x Gigabyte M27Q, 1x MSI Optix G274, 1x Dell E152FPg // Dell AUO30A5
Case	Phanteks P500A (non-digital) w/ 4x 140mm Arctic P14 PWM PST CO fans // Dell Inspiron Plus 7630
Audio Device(s)	FiiO E10K-TC (USB) -> Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro (80ohm)
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W // Lite-On 130W
Mouse	Logitech G203
Keyboard	Kingston HyperX Core RGB
Software	W10 Pro // W11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://hwbot.org/user/machinelearning/ https://hwbot.org/team/warp9_systems/

System Name	Star Platinum
Processor	Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Cooling	EKL
Memory	16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX650 1GB GDDR5
Storage	2x Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB SATA II
Display(s)	Samsung 43 inch
Case	Delux MG760
Audio Device(s)	Realtek High Definition Audio + X-Fi XtremeGamer SB0730
Power Supply	FSP Bluestorm II 500W
Mouse	ASUS RoG Cerberus mouse
Keyboard	Marvo KM400 keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809

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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

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	AsRock B550M Pro4
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 34 Esports One
Memory	32GB (4x8) Team Group DDR4 3600 CL18
Video Card(s)	ELSA RX5700XT w/ 2x Arctic P12 MAX fans
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1tb NVME 3.0
Display(s)	Dual Monitors: 27in Sceptre 1440p 165hz IPS (Main) + 27in MSI 1080p 144hz (Left) on monitor arms
Case	I don't want to talk about it
Audio Device(s)	Logitech X530 5.1 Spearkers + Sennheiser HD58X Jubilee
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i 80+ Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Leopold FC750R Cherry MX Brown
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Professional x64

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