Cool stuff I found

[RGProductions]

I recently found 3 diffrent internal microsoft builds of windows server 2003 and a couple of pre-release windows vista disk just want to know what you think.

[manikyath]

pre-release of windows vista is all over youtube, and you're gonna have to find a set of these to impress me:

[RGProductions]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

pre-release of windows vista is all over youtube, and you're gonna have to find a set of these to impress me:

lol yea, the vista ones look like review samples

[glitchmaster0001]

windows vista is basically useless lol. 

[RGProductions]

1 hour ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

windows vista is basically useless lol. 

yeah, totally useless. but the windows server disks are cool

 

 

1 hour ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

windows vista is basically useless lol. 

 

the vista ones are sealed though

 

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, RGProductions said:

yeah, totally useless. but the windows server disks are cool

 

and even more useless because winserv 2003 doesnt support IPv6

[RGProductions]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

and even more useless because winserv 2003 doesnt support IPv6

just thought it was cool that they were all labeled very clearly Microsoft confidential

[manikyath]

4 minutes ago, RGProductions said:

just thought it was cool that they were all labeled very clearly Microsoft confidential

eh. there's more than likely thousands of those out there...

 

finding one of these gems in fully functional state is much more rare:

[iamdarkyoshi]

3 hours ago, manikyath said:

eh. there's more than likely thousands of those out there...

 

finding one of these gems in fully functional state is much more rare:

Oh I had a whole bunch of those, they even had the exact same CPU cooler. Still had an OS

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

@manikyath would this also fit the bill?

[manikyath]

3 hours ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Oh I had a whole bunch of those, they even had the exact same CPU cooler. Still had an OS

i have a stack of original win95 licenses

[S1lent_5am]

I have a un opened copy of Novell Lan WorkPlace 5 not sure why I have it or where I got it but I have it. 

[Bleedingyamato]

9 hours ago, manikyath said:

eh. there's more than likely thousands of those out there...

 

finding one of these gems in fully functional state is much more rare:

What is that?  

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

What is that?  

that, my friend, is a computer from 1995, that to this day works like a charm.

 

it does need some serious capacitor work tho

[Bleedingyamato]

2 hours ago, manikyath said:

i have a stack of original win95 licenses

Where would you get something so old?  Can you even use those anymore?  lol

[Bleedingyamato]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

that, my friend, is a computer from 1995, that to this day works like a charm.

 

it does need some serious capacitor work tho

Cool.  The mess of cables scares me though.  lol

 

Computers have capacitors?    What's wrong with them?

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Cool.  The mess of cables scares me though.  lol

 

Computers have capacitors?    What's wrong with them?

you know... after 20 years they kinda go balloon no matter the quality

 

does kinda crack me up the power supply has two big caps in it, one with "passed quality control" label and one without, and the one that passed QC is the one that leaked first

[Bleedingyamato]

11 minutes ago, manikyath said:

you know... after 20 years they kinda go balloon no matter the quality

 

does kinda crack me up the power supply has two big caps in it, one with "passed quality control" label and one without, and the one that passed QC is the one that leaked first

Is that from being used enough to wear out or just from age sort of like how paper books turn yellow from age?

 

Does that mean a cap thingy was used that failed a qc check?  O_o

 

That's messed up that the qc passed one failed first.  lol

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Is that from being used enough to wear out or just from age sort of like how paper books turn yellow from age?

 

Does that mean a cap thingy was used that failed a qc check?  O_o

 

That's messed up that the qc passed one failed first.  lol

idunno man, it's 1995, dont question it

[Bleedingyamato]

6 minutes ago, manikyath said:

idunno man, it's 1995, dont question it

Sorry. ?

 

It's hard not to question something that was made when I was only 8 years old.  lol

[Bhav]

I took a dig through my emails and found:

 

Win 8 pro key, £29.99.

 

I had purchased it ages ago, but thought I had lost the key as I couldn't find the email before.

 

I had used my Win 7 pro key to install windows 10 on my main PC, gonna use the win 8 pro key for win 10 on my ITX backup PC build tomorrow.

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Sorry. ?

 

It's hard not to question something that was made when I was only 8 years old.  lol

in the 90s computers were very different than they were today. the label on the power supply is actually a generic label for their 200 watt, 250 watt, and 300 watt models, with a manually checked checkbox for what's inside.

 

the guts look like something today's computer community would say "throw that out the window as far as possible" but somehow held up for 20 years, even with one blown capacitor

[CtrlAltELITE]

13 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Is that from being used enough to wear out or just from age sort of like how paper books turn yellow from age?

 

Does that mean a cap thingy was used that failed a qc check?  O_o

 

That's messed up that the qc passed one failed first.  lol

 

Age. Semiconductors expire over time. The amount of time depends on the quality of the cap and frequency of usage. A good quality cap will last 10-15 years with frequent usage.

 

There have been instances in the past (noteably 2006-2008) where badly made capacitors expire in 2-3years. The instance in 06-08 was caused by some large Chinese/Thai conglomerates copying a Japanese formulae from an incomplete recipe and getting it wrong.

[Bleedingyamato]

3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

in the 90s computers were very different than they were today. the label on the power supply is actually a generic label for their 200 watt, 250 watt, and 300 watt models, with a manually checked checkbox for what's inside.

 

the guts look like something today's computer community would say "throw that out the window as far as possible" but somehow held up for 20 years, even with one blown capacitor

I'd be worried to use it with any damage but if it still works that's pretty cool even if it looks like it belongs in a museum.  

 

The oldest computer I have is from around 2008 I think.  It's a broken 17 inch laptop with a damaged motherboard according to what a repair shop told me.  It wasn't cost effective to fix so I ended up getting a Sager 15 inch laptop that I used until last January when I got a new desktop.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Bleedingyamato said:

I'd be worried to use it with any damage but if it still works that's pretty cool even if it looks like it belongs in a museum.  

 

The oldest computer I have is from around 2008 I think.  It's a broken 17 inch laptop with a damaged motherboard according to what a repair shop told me.  It wasn't cost effective to fix so I ended up getting a Sager 15 inch laptop that I used until last January when I got a new desktop.

i'm probably gonna either mod a modern power supply into the old psu's box, or do repairs to this one. i kinda intend to keep using it