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I know it's not specifically PC parts, but it's still retro.

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I've also been using this a bit the last few days, I have it permanently setup on my bench. Ibm pc350 which has a pentium 166mhz, 32mb ram, stuck in a Matrox Millennium pci 2mb graphics card and a 3gb hard disk. It's running Windows 95C for the fat32 support. It's not the matching monitor but it works 😊

 

Also have an old HP Vectra so see if it works, it has a Pentium II 333 in it, but it's missing the hard drive cage so will have to figure something out

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Well the HP posts but I had to swap the video card. Had a Matrox G100 in it that was just giving coloured lines so swapped in a rage 128 and she's good. Rigged up a floppy and hard disk temporarily until I can make a drive cage at the in-laws (lots of metalworking goodies like cnc machines and waterjets).

 

Probably use a sound blaster 128, maybe a live not sure yet. Can't decide what video card to use though, it's only a 333 so last of the 66mhz bus p2s. Debating between a nvidia tnt2 m64, ati radeon ve 32mb, ati rage 128 (have lots of those lol) or a Matrox G450 dual head 32mb. I think I'm leaning towards the tnt2 or the rage as I think I'd like to save the Matrox for something a bit more powerful.

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2005 G4 iBook - full working order too! I just remastered it for sale. Surely someone would have a use for a fifteen year old Mac Book!?

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3 hours ago, Go-Kart said:

Surely someone would have a use for a fifteen year old Mac Book!?

My 22 year old G3 says yes.

 

Finally got it fully as I wanted with triple boot OS 9.2.2 / OSX 10.3.8 / Debian 8 :D

 

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Desktop: i9-13900K, ASUS Z790-E, 64GB DDR5-6000 CL36, RTX3080, 2TB MP600 Pro XT, 2TB SX8200Pro, 2x16TB Ironwolf RAID0, Corsair HX1200, Antec Vortex 360 AIO, Thermaltake Versa H25 TG, Samsung 4K curved 49" TV, 23" secondary, Mountain Everest Max

Mobile SFF rig: i9-9900K, Noctua NH-L9i, Asrock Z390 Phantom ITX-AC, 32GB, GTX1070, 2x1TB SX8200Pro RAID0, 2x5TB 2.5" HDD RAID0, Athena 500W Flex (Noctua fan), Custom 4.7l 3D printed case

 

Asus Zenbook UM325UA, Ryzen 7 5700u, 16GB, 1TB, OLED

 

GPD Win 2

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9 hours ago, Kilrah said:

My 22 year old G3 says yes.

 

Finally got it fully as I wanted with triple boot OS 9.2.2 / OSX 10.3.8 / Debian 8 :D

 

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Debian - you got me. Actually useful; nice.

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13 hours ago, Go-Kart said:

2005 G4 iBook - full working order too! I just remastered it for sale. Surely someone would have a use for a fifteen year old Mac Book!?

 

How do you remove keyboard glue smell?

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On 9/22/2020 at 3:24 PM, Kilrah said:

My 22 year old G3 says yes.

 

Finally got it fully as I wanted with triple boot OS 9.2.2 / OSX 10.3.8 / Debian 8 :D

 

That Macbook is in beautiful shape! I'd love one but man this stuff is getting pricey. Keep perusing craigslist I guess lol prices on ebay are getting silly.

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1 hour ago, BrianTheElectrician said:

That Macbook is in beautiful shape! I'd love one but man this stuff is getting pricey. Keep perusing craigslist I guess lol prices on ebay are getting silly.

You have too many things in your basement already anyway :P

 

Yeah it's pristine, not a scratch, dent or even missing cover. Paid $150 for it with all the accessories and in a bag, posted pics of that earlier, and $20 for an upgraded processor board. RAM and HDD upgrades were done with old stuff I had laying around.

Even the battery works like new :D

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Desktop: i9-13900K, ASUS Z790-E, 64GB DDR5-6000 CL36, RTX3080, 2TB MP600 Pro XT, 2TB SX8200Pro, 2x16TB Ironwolf RAID0, Corsair HX1200, Antec Vortex 360 AIO, Thermaltake Versa H25 TG, Samsung 4K curved 49" TV, 23" secondary, Mountain Everest Max

Mobile SFF rig: i9-9900K, Noctua NH-L9i, Asrock Z390 Phantom ITX-AC, 32GB, GTX1070, 2x1TB SX8200Pro RAID0, 2x5TB 2.5" HDD RAID0, Athena 500W Flex (Noctua fan), Custom 4.7l 3D printed case

 

Asus Zenbook UM325UA, Ryzen 7 5700u, 16GB, 1TB, OLED

 

GPD Win 2

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XFX R7860. Not exactly old, but it's still decently powerful for being an almost decade old card (+ really nice looking).

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MSI 865PE Neo 2-V W/ A Pentium 4 3.20GHz / 1M / 800. I sorta wanna sell this seeing the price it's going for, but at the same time, I'd wanna hang it on a wall. I just love how colorful it is.

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Dell Latitude D360. I really, really love this thing, mostly because my parents had one (or one very similar. Can't remember, and neither can they). I'm missing a battery for it, though, which is extremely unfortunate, because I'd daily carry this thing. Sure, it's not very powerful, but it's still good for stuff like web surfing or text editing. This thing to me, is what the Thinkpad is to many of you.

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I know these aren't exactly old, or retro at all, but I still felt like these belonged here.

In real life, I act like I know less about tech than I actually do.

 

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Yes, I'm aware my CPU is a huge bottleneck. No, I don't really care.

 

Laptop: Asus TUF FX505DT 60Hz 8Gb model

 

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I realized I never posted this here but maybe I should: 
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~New~  BoomBerryPi project !  ~New~


new build log : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/533392-build-log-the-scrap-simulator-x/?p=7078757 (5 screen flight sim for 620$ CAD)LTT Web Challenge is back ! go here  :  http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/448184-ltt-web-challenge-3-v21/#entry601004

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Oh and this.
Will you dare to go higher ?
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~New~  BoomBerryPi project !  ~New~


new build log : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/533392-build-log-the-scrap-simulator-x/?p=7078757 (5 screen flight sim for 620$ CAD)LTT Web Challenge is back ! go here  :  http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/448184-ltt-web-challenge-3-v21/#entry601004

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24 minutes ago, Bad5ector said:

Mined my first BTC on this Raedon 5850.

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I only ever had the Mobility Radeon HD5650 as a properly used Ati dGPU (with a HD4250 for "power saving"). And just how well it was holding up in 2017-2018 even with a 2.2GHz Phenom II x4 and 4GB RAM really made me love the 5000 series.

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The integrated graphics on my laptop are aging out badly, I can't play OpenRA anymore since they made a change that knocked my 1st gen i5 iGPU out of the running. It may REALLY be time to get a new(er) laptop. I'm thinking 4th gen Haswell might be a good value proposition? Worth it to go higher to like 7th or 8th gen mobile? My i5 580m is a bit of a furnace at 35W TDP...

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On 12/19/2013 at 1:26 PM, Lanoi said:

E4500? yum. Currently have DDR2 in my system, so I can't show it off. Don't have anything old because I'm 12.

 

EDIT -- 23-7-14 I do not run my system with DDR2 anymore. I still have a Core 2 Quad Q9500, a E7500, and a E5300.

Hey person, I'm 13, and look at what I've got:

(Just half cuz of the 20mb file limit)

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On 9/25/2020 at 8:06 PM, Doqtori said:

Dell Latitude D630. I really, really love this thing, mostly because my parents had one (or one very similar. Can't remember, and neither can they). I'm missing a battery for it, though, which is extremely unfortunate, because I'd daily carry this thing. Sure, it's not very powerful, but it's still good for stuff like web surfing or text editing. This thing to me, is what the Thinkpad is to many of you.

I have the D830 and D430. They both still work with good battery life left.

 

Also, a palmtop that still sort of works.

 

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On 9/25/2020 at 8:06 PM, Doqtori said:

Dell Latitude D360. I really, really love this thing, mostly because my parents had one (or one very similar. Can't remember, and neither can they). I'm missing a battery for it, though, which is extremely unfortunate, because I'd daily carry this thing. Sure, it's not very powerful, but it's still good for stuff like web surfing or text editing. This thing to me, is what the Thinkpad is to many of you.

 

Look for "Green Cell" and "Green Cell Pro" on Amazon and/or ebay. I use them for after-market laptop batteries and they are the real deal. Sanyo cells inside, and the pack fits perfectly. They also have extended batteries for some models.

Not sure why I didn't notice before, but they sell from their own site too: https://greencell.global/en/189-for-laptops

 

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3 hours ago, TehDwonz said:

Look for "Green Cell" and "Green Cell Pro" on Amazon and/or ebay. I use them for after-market laptop batteries and they are the real deal. Sanyo cells inside, and the pack fits perfectly. They also have extended batteries for some models.

Not sure why I didn't notice before, but they sell from their own site too: https://greencell.global/en/189-for-laptops

 

Can you link to their Amazon products page? I can't seem to find it in the US.... 😞

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