Show off your old and retro computer parts

[linuxfan66]

i have one of these things lying around the shed...on that what happened to quantum hard drives?

[dom1310df]

So this is from my first computer ~1998. The motherboard had 2 USB 1.1 ports (since broken off), two serial ports, one parallel port, and took ram that's so old it's not even DDR. The CPU was a Slot 1 Celeron at something like 400MHz. And I think it still works...

[armycombatvet7]

that pentium 2 doe

Here's a small collection of some of my floppy disks, a random IDE cable, and the Pentium 2 cartridge processor out of the first computer I ever got to use.

 

[MatthewEnderle]

if some of these things were "old And Retro" in 2013, it makes me feel kinda old.

[Robin88]

These are my two old GPU's, one is a ATi Rage 128 Pro 32MB and the one with Asus printed on it is a nVidia Geforce 4 420 (I think it is anyway) 32MB.
The nVidia card is from the late 90's, about 1999, and the ATi card is from 1998.
I have no idea if either of them work seeing as I don't have a system with AGP, but even if they don't work, they're still pretty cool to have even if they're not particularly special.

I also have a Athlon 64 X2 4200+ system and I have a working Sega Mega Drive 2 from 1995, and somewhere I have a Celeron M 1.4GHz that still works.

[GigaSnow]

I have some DOS games sitting in front of me. Also have a lead on an old Commodore. 

 

I wish I could play these DOS games, they look like a blast.

[GoldSrc]

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Not sure if this counts, but a 70s pachinko from Japan.

 

I also got a zipdisk, DDR1-2, and some really ol' stuff laying around somewhere.   Who wants to see a SEGA CDX?  NES?  SNES?  Game Gear? Neo Geo Pocket?  Oh, I just found a mid 90s Viewsonic monitor in the back room. 

Sure, would love to see old stuff.

[linuxfan66]

I have some DOS games sitting in front of me. Also have a lead on an old Commodore.

I wish I could play these DOS games, they look like a blast.

Dos box?

[FaZe Booce]

I have an IBM PC 5150 stored away somewhere. I don't think it works anymore though.

[Dabombinable]

I made a mistake. It is a Northwood after all!  :blink:

Good, its better than a P4 Prescott anyway.

[Eylar]

Here is just a couple of the old motherboards that I have lying around. I have alot more but need to buy more plaques before I hang them up on the wall.

 

That is such a cool idea!!!!!!!

[Eylar]

It is a faster version of this:

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a 486 Dx4!! i wonder how many people here had the privilege of using an isa slot haha!

[kipper]

PS2 Slim which i modded...

 

These pics of my console were used for a tutorial elsewhere.

 

 

 

Replacing thermal compound on my PS2 Slim.

 

 

 

TSOP flashed Xecuter 2 bios original XBOX, sitting to the left of it is a Mod chip XBOX with a Xecuter 2.6CE

 

 

 

 

 

Some games that are now rather hard to get..

 

The fully uncut version of Resient Evil with color opening FMV and full uncut video!

 

 

Syphon Filter PS1, Promotional version, it is the full game but for display use only!

 

 

 

 

I have more stuff too but will dig it out another time.

[Gikero]

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Old dual 1GHz Pentium III with 2GB of SDRAM.

[Eylar]

this is some of my old stuff i that i cbf taking out

is that a voodoo 2 in the top right?

[Gikero]

a 486 Dx4!! i wonder how many people here had the privilege of using an isa slot haha!

I am only aware of the AT spec, 486es and such because my original IT instructor was old school and hardcore. So glad you don't have to worry about remembering which RAM SIMM should be in whichslot.

[dom1310df]

a 486 Dx4!! i wonder how many people here had the privilege of using an isa slot haha!

My first computer had three (?) isa slots. Had a modem card in one of them

[Dabombinable]

a 486 Dx4!! i wonder how many people here had the privilege of using an isa slot haha!

How many motherboard photos do you want? I've got all of the CPU's, motherboards and FDD I've ever had in my computers, going right back from the mid to late 80's to the present day.

[flibberdipper]

a 486 Dx4!! i wonder how many people here had the privilege of using an isa slot haha!

Me. SoundBlaster 16 4 LYFE!!!

 

 

Old dual 1GHz Pentium III with 2GB of SDRAM.

 

Hnnnggg, DUAL PENTIUM III'S!!!! :wub:

[Gikero]

http://i.imgur.com/HbWTK0k.jpg

80GB IDE on the left and a 216MB IDE on the right. Both work. =)

 

[flibberdipper]

http://i.imgur.com/HbWTK0k.jpg

80GB IDE on the left and a 216MB IDE on the right. Both work. =)

 

HNNNNGGGGGGG

[Gikero]

HNNNNGGGGGGG

The 216MB was from a AT Pentium 90Mhz DOS 5.0 PC with 4MB RAM. Owner used a word processor in DOS to write his letters and such. We replaced the system and migrated DOS to a 2GB partition on a 80GB HDD. He was happy.

[Dabombinable]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/lYFq7FF.jpg[/img]

Old dual 1GHz Pentium III with 2GB of SDRAM

But does that motherboard work and allow you to overclock the PIII.....

[Gikero]

But does that motherboard work and allow you to overclock the PIII.....

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Was given the system and it wasn't booting properly. Diagnosed and used the onboard LED indicator. Needs a new BIOS chip. I haven't bought one yet, plan on doing it this summer. No idea about overclocking. I just wanted to get it running for fun. Not sure what I could do with a dual P3 system, I just like that it exists.

[Dabombinable]

Was given the system and it wasn't booting properly. Diagnosed and used the onboard LED indicator. Needs a new BIOS chip. I haven't bought one yet, plan on doing it this summer. No idea about overclocking. I just wanted to get it running for fun. Not sure what I could do with a dual P3 system, I just like that it exists.

You could use it as a server or as a spare computer (I'm doing both, a server for my Xbox and as a way to use the internet/create boot disks when my main computer is having problems). Depending on the HDD you use dual Pentium III EB 1000 are fast enough for doing most tasks.