Show off your old and retro computer parts

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On 10/8/2019 at 7:32 PM, Ryzenuser19 said:

I got this sound card which is an x-fi xtreme 1100 or something back when I was in school and discovered my amp would function properly from the pc via optical cables, this ati gpu have saved me from being unable to use windows when my gpus have died from excessive ocs  sadly the sound card is dead gpu works like perfect still. I also have my old xp laptop that uses a nvidia 320go or something. along with the games I used to play on it.

 

 

 

 

foud one of these at a college surplus for 5 bucks

[joeyhawkins76]

On 10/12/2019 at 10:24 AM, Schnoz said:

What's the jar in the bottom left of the first pic?

it contains SODIMM RAM

[Jessica.Fawkes]

I'm so happy that people are proud to show off their old, obsolete tech and parts; it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

I was born into the "newer" generation but prefer the tech from the "older" generation.

[joeyhawkins76]

16 hours ago, Jessica.Fox said:

I'm so happy that people are proud to show off their old, obsolete tech and parts; it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

I was born into the "newer" generation but prefer the tech from the "older" generation.

I'm from the newer generation

[MrFixitBlankFace]

16 hours ago, Jessica.Fox said:

I'm so happy that people are proud to show off their old, obsolete tech and parts; it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

I was born into the "newer" generation but prefer the tech from the "older" generation.

Yeah, same here.  Although, brand new tech is pretty fascinating as well.

[Corrupt_Liberty]

5 minutes ago, joeyhawkins76 said:

I'm from the newer generation

 

1 minute ago, MrFixitBlankFace said:

Yeah, same here.  Although, brand new tech is pretty fascinating as well.

I'm just an old fart that misses my floppy disks and the glorious sounds of a 2400 baud modem.  

 

GET OFF MY LAWN!  

[MrFixitBlankFace]

1 hour ago, Corrupt_Liberty said:

 

I'm just an old fart that misses my floppy disks and the glorious sounds of a 2400 baud modem.  

 

GET OFF MY LAWN!  

What if I told you.....   I COLLECT FLOPPY DISKS!

[Corrupt_Liberty]

4 minutes ago, MrFixitBlankFace said:

What if I told you.....   I COLLECT FLOPPY DISKS!

I'd say you're a fart smeller....  I MEAN a Smart Feller. 

[Kilrah]

Epson PX-16 from 1989

 

 

[DragonFireTech2]

I must say, there is a lot of good stuff on here.  However, I could just take a picture of my entire closet and blow everything out of the water.  I collect computer parts, and many of them are pre-2010.  My current pc is mostly 2007 hardware, other than the fact that I am going to upgrade CPU to an i5 that I already have, as well as new mobo to match.  I'll post some mo my oldest stuff at another time from my main account.

[MrFixitBlankFace]

8 hours ago, DragonFireTech2 said:

I must say, there is a lot of good stuff on here.  However, I could just take a picture of my entire closet and blow everything out of the water.  I collect computer parts, and many of them are pre-2010.  My current pc is mostly 2007 hardware, other than the fact that I am going to upgrade CPU to an i5 that I already have, as well as new mobo to match.  I'll post some mo my oldest stuff at another time from my main account.

Ah... but we must see.

[Crunchy Dragon]

9 hours ago, DragonFireTech2 said:

I must say, there is a lot of good stuff on here.  However, I could just take a picture of my entire closet and blow everything out of the water.  I collect computer parts, and many of them are pre-2010.  My current pc is mostly 2007 hardware, other than the fact that I am going to upgrade CPU to an i5 that I already have, as well as new mobo to match.  I'll post some mo my oldest stuff at another time from my main account.

Pictures or they don't count.

[Corrupt_Liberty]

14 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Pictures or they don't count.

I vaguely recall hearing this before.  Seems it may have been in relation to a conversation about how long six inches really was...

[SimplyChunk]

10 minutes ago, Corrupt_Liberty said:

I vaguely recall hearing this before.  Seems it may have been in relation to a conversation about how long six inches really was...

Six inches is a shade over fifteen centimeters.  Where's the confusion?

[Bitter]

21 minutes ago, Corrupt_Liberty said:

I vaguely recall hearing this before.  Seems it may have been in relation to a conversation about how long six inches really was...

 

9 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Six inches is a shade over fifteen centimeters.  Where's the confusion?

It's called a floppy disk and a hard drive for a reason.

[D.U.F.F.]

Two pieces of firewire cables. 4-pin to 4-pin and 6-pin to 6-pin come with 4-pin adapters. Unused, unopened packages.

 

[seagate_surfer]

On 10/17/2019 at 1:42 AM, Kilrah said:

Epson PX-16 from 1989

 

 

WOW! Look at that! 

[X-System]

 

I played a lot this game with my joystick Logitech. It's good

 

And my others floppies.

 

[TualatinMan]

 This is probably the oldest piece of computer hardware in my junk DVDrom

[TualatinMan]

Wireless data terminal. People born after 2005 May not have seen it. Plug in a SIM card and use 3g networks to connect computers to the Internet. China popularized 4g signals in 2008 and is now popularizing 5g signals. So very few people use it. Now the device is used almost exclusively in remote areas such as no man's land.

[TualatinMan]

Built into the laptop!

[TualatinMan]

The printer server cost about $45, but I thought it was expensive, so I threw together a set of computers specifically for LAN printers.

Computer case: $8.

Motherboard Foxconn n15235: $7.

CPU: Intel e2140 $1.20.

Memory chip Kingston ddr3 1333 4g $7.

Fan and power: $13

Use Microsoft RD Client LAN remote desktop

[TualatinMan]

43 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Nice! I don't think that's widely used in the US, actually. Imagine how awesome it would be if you could use your laptop anywhere without having to hook it up to a cellular hotspot.

 

25 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Nice! Just curious, do you have any old computers that you'd like to post pics of? We love seeing the insides of those.

Among Chinese computer enthusiasts, there is a saying: no matter how powerful the computer, it will only be used to play minesweeper. So I only configured the right computer for use. My major is embedded development. In the future, I will access a simple smart home on this computer, which will cost much less than some commercial businesses.

[Kilrah]

8 hours ago, TualatinMan said:

Wireless data terminal. People born after 2005 May not have seen it. Plug in a SIM card and use 3g networks to connect computers to the Internet. China popularized 4g signals in 2008 and is now popularizing 5g signals. So very few people use it. Now the device is used almost exclusively in remote areas such as no man's land.

10 years ago I had a neat little Fujitsu P1620 convertible laptop and it had space for a mini-pci WWAN card inside, but if you hadn't ordered it with WWAN from the factory not only the card wasn't present, but the connector wasn't populated. Had bought it second hand without it, so I bought a USB one that had suitable dimensions and hacked it in.

 

 

[Some guy on the forums]

17 hours ago, Schnoz said:

That is the best quote I've heard in a long time. I like it!

 

A lot of people don't actually require the computing power they desire. For example, Minecraft can run at 1080p even on a 2006-ish rig.

as a guy who play minecraft in a 2006 rig, i can confirm this