Show off your old and retro computer parts

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, BrianTheElectrician said:

"Blame" or "Thank" lol. Great stuff to have if your interested in old systems.

I am.

I put together a WIndows 98 Pentium III (500 Mhz, Slot 1) system from parts from a computer store (they had a whole room full, it was amazing) and, since I had some laying around, stuck it in.

Got an AGP card in the mail somewhere.

[BrianTheElectrician]

2 hours ago, ragnarok0273 said:

I am.

I put together a WIndows 98 Pentium III (500 Mhz, Slot 1) system from parts from a computer store (they had a whole room full, it was amazing) and, since I had some laying around, stuck it in.

Got an AGP card in the mail somewhere.

Nice, you wouldn't happen to have pictures to show off would you? ...and more specs? That store sounds amazing! There was (might still be) a small shop not far from me that had some old hardware laying around and it was always neat to explore. Otherwise, what I can't score from the recycler, I have to drive about 45 minutes to an hour to the Hackery which has a whole warehouse full of vintage computers and parts. I love it there lol

[Kaleb Janzen]

I would pull out my of from 1998 but it is 1am here

[Valentyn]

8 hours ago, BrianTheElectrician said:

Now THAT is a sound card! Those are worth a lot now, and I need to add one to my collection one day. Oh man, original manuals and disks too and card looks to be in fantastic shape! 4mb 30 pin ram is pretty rare in and of itself as well.

It’s a gem alright! Usually people only have the cards in varying condition, but I’m really happy I found it entirely complete. 
 

It’s one of those things where the longer you wait to get it, more the prices increase. Don’t wait too long.

[X-System]

8 hours ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Raise your hand if you have all of the following types of memory (capacity does not matter):

72-pin SIMM

DDR1 DIMM

DDR2 DIMM

DDR2 SODIMM

DDR3 DIMM
DDR3 SODIMM
DDR4 DIMM

 

I have 4 of each (except for the DDR3 SODIMMs, only two. They are in my Mac Mini 2011.)

I don't have all. I have only :

 

30-pin SIMM

EDO SODIMM

SDR DIMM

SDR SODIMM

Rambus

DDR1 DIMM

DDR2 FB-DIMM

DDR2 SODIMM

DDR3 DIMM

DDR3L DIMM

DDR3L SODIMM

 

And DDR4 & DDR4 ECC reg are in my 2 PC.

[charlie_root]

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[Eylar]

On 11/9/2020 at 7:09 AM, broccoli27 said:

Running that Mobo in my XP machine. its got a xeon quad core.

 

[foldingNoob]

i have a massive 19inch CRT. It must be about 80cm deep. I made my mum keep it in her closer for lols. Its been there for over a decade after a I moved out.

[Dabombinable]

They arrived. This Sempron 2800+ is just a Thoroughbred Athlon XP rated against Prescott Celeron instead of Northwood P4.

Radeon 9200 will be fun to compare with my 128MB; FX 5600XT, FX 5700LE and 256MB FX 5500. And I can now play Midtown Madness without driver bugs.

My new cooler only handles up to an Athlon XP 3000+, however it should allow some good overclocking when I compare these 3 (Duron also being run a second time on an KT133 based board with SDRAM).
https://www.cpu-world.com/Compare_CPUs/AMD_AXDA1800DUT3C,AMD_DHD1000AMT1B,AMD_SDA2800DUT3D/?
 

 

Edit:
The Sempron 2800+ is nearly a rebadged Athlon XP 2600+ (12.5x vs 12x multiplier)

[Valentyn]

9 hours ago, jsf said:

Here's my DEC AlphaStation 250 4/266 connected to a VT220 with DEC LK402-AA keyboard, running OpenBSD/alpha. I use it daily for work (mainly just to SSH into work machines or remotely test connectivity to stuff) and for fun with C development, web browsing with lynx, and some console games. 

 

 

That's a real Beaut!

[made zos ion]

So I managed to get windows xp plus to work on windows 7, and OH  GOD ITS CURSED! 

[made zos ion]

41 minutes ago, made zos ion said:

So I managed to get windows xp plus to work on windows 7, and OH  GOD ITS CURSED! 

here's proof 

 VID_20201113_113659.mp4

 

Attachments area

 

 

 

[Valentyn]

Some more lovely 3dfx cards.

5500 PCI with copper Vantec heatsink/fans. Just a shame they need external power.
 

The Little Voodoo Velocity 100


A modded V3 3000 - Running the 3500 BIOS, and clocked at 200Mhz

 

 

[Dabombinable]

42 minutes ago, Valentyn said:

Some more lovely 3dfx cards.

5500 PCI with copper Vantec heatsink/fans. Just a shame they need external power.

Just be glad it doesn't require the Voodoo Volts. That'd make it a PITA to get working (if you don't somehow have one).

Edit: Or were you talking about the fans?

[Valentyn]

15 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

Just be glad it doesn't require the Voodoo Volts. That'd make it a PITA to get working (if you don't somehow have one).

Edit: Or were you talking about the fans?

As for Voodoo volts, a friend of mine is refurbishing it for me.

At the moment for the V5 6000, I got a this little cable mod
Been too lazy for the internal mod; and this is my crown jewel and is usually burried away for safety.
 

 

[charlie_root]

8 hours ago, Valentyn said:

 

That's a real Beaut!

Thanks! It's a real pleasure to use and the smooth scrolling never gets old.

[Dabombinable]

4 minutes ago, Valentyn said:

As for Voodoo volts, a friend of mine is refurbishing it for me.

At the moment for the V5 6000, I got a this little cable mod
Been too lazy for the internal mod; and this is my crown jewel and is usually burried away for safety.
 

 

Same VSA100 wasn't 2 years earlier.

[Valentyn]

15 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

Same VSA100 wasn't 2 years earlier.

It had potential.

The V4 4500 AGP, even had x4GP support, clearly Napalm, and then Rampage were going to get there.
They just never had that chance sadly.

 

[Wojciech S]

Maybe not retro, but old.

 

MSI Z170A G45-GAMING and I7 6700, with Arctic CPU cooler. I had built my first custom PC in 2016 with this motherboard and i7 6700k, then I sold the i7 6700k and bought Ryzen 7 3700X. Month ago I bought i7 6700 for my Mother's PC. She will use it only as an office computer.

[HanZie82]

3 hours ago, WojciechSasky said:

Maybe not retro, but old.

Thats not even old imho...

[Qaeo]

Pretty old parts I found in my uncles old gaming pc, the graphics card was manufactured on birthday (15 years ago) and still works! Try searching up www.corsairmemory.com

[comqld]

Something a little different a ETI 660 DIY home kit from the 80s in Australia. 

[Wheresmehammer]

 

 

Original Modbo 5.0 modchip for Playstation 2.

[charlie_root]

5 hours ago, comqld said:

Something a little different a ETI 660 DIY home kit from the 80s in Australia.

That is absolutely beautiful.

[Valentyn]

Replaced the fan stickers on my V5 5500 AGP, and V4 4500 AGP, and PCI.
I do like the sea green PCBs on the V4's.