Show off your old and retro computer parts

[Bitter]

2 hours ago, BrianTheElectrician said:

But I'm not actually in a rush.

 

But then, there's not really much I'm ever in a rush to do

The only time you should say 'no Rush' is when making a road trip playlist or hiring a wedding DJ.

[lboolaka_33]

There's a lot of old tech around my house, figured I'd post some of it here:

PowerBooks/MacBook Pro 17" mid 2006:

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(Top to bottom: Wall Street G3, Pismo G3, MacBook Pro 17" Late 2006: 

I plan on upgrading the Pismo. I'm not allowed to use the Wall Street, but I'm going to try and renegotiate this with my father. All three of these PowerBooks were purchased off of the Bush campaign. I'm planning on picking up a G4 at some point, as well.

Update: Can't open up the G3s at all due to one of them apparently being used by George Bush himself. We don't know which one that is, my father lost track of them. I'll just get a G4, that will do much better for browsing the web due to it not having the low 8MB of VRAM. I can also get Leopard on one. 

Notice how I said three PowerBooks?

Here's another Wall Street in storage. Its screen was smashed in years ago, and my father used the insurance payout towards the MBP. The hinges have given out as well. Until a few days ago, I thought this was our only Wall Street. I was then told that the one that is in better cosmetic condition had broke and was recycled. I then found out that he didn't get rid of any of them, prompting me to try and boot the latter PowerBook. It has fanspin, but the screen stays blank. Oddly, the keyboard was left unsecured before the laptop was stored...

Random old tech:

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120GB external HDD:

Old Maxtor external HDD:

Transparent WD external drive:

Old FireWire Webcam:

A whopping 15 GB external HDD!

Old Dells and game consoles (the XPS 420 that's powered on is my NAS):

Sorry for the low quality photos, a lot of this stuff is in the unfinished part of my basement, which has bad lighting and tight areas.

TRS-80:

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Took it out for a little a few years ago. May try using it again, however this computer is 41 years old and I don't want to kill it.

My D630 "Chromebook". Not really that retro, but here:

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GameBoys:

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There was even more old tech in my house, but a lot of it was eCycled. I really wish my father kept his Mac clone in particular. 

The pictures should  be fixed now. If not: https://imgur.com/gallery/HqwQW3b

[Bitter]

The images aren't working, for me.

[WhitetailAni]

They were working, but they don't any more.

[lboolaka_33]

5 hours ago, Bitter said:

The images aren't working, for me.

 

5 hours ago, FakeKGB said:

They were working, but they don't any more.

Crap...

Here's an alblum that contains all of the pictures in the post. Due to the 20MB file limit, I'd have to spam the thread to make this work right, unless there's a better solution?

 

Edit: I put the link in the OG post. Maybe that will fix it?

Edit 2: Should be fixed once and for all. If not: https://imgur.com/gallery/HqwQW3b 

Edited March 9, 2021 by lboolaka_33
deleted google photos link and stuff

[LaurieEdwards]

On 3/7/2021 at 3:12 AM, 8tg said:

i bought a new (very old) toy

 

ill post more details when it shows up

but tldr its a 166mhz Pentium MMX, 48mb of ram and a 1024x768 XGA display

very similar to my thinkpad 380ED but with a non garbage display panel

 

it's just wow !!!! I am delighted!!

[immaburr]

Still rocking this case. Can't quite find anything newer that has the same cool factor. 

Edit: Forgot to hook up the old Antec Veris in the front too - the old thing still works with windows 10. 

[CarlK]

Libretto 50CT

• 75 MHz Pentium CPU
• 16 MB RAM
• 800 MB IDE hard drive
• FM stereo sound card
• ISA bus
• Does not run Crysis.

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, CarlK said:

Does not run Crysis.

Quite useless, then, unless it runs Doom?

 

More 720K floppies that Windows 10 doesn't like!

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[FakeFBI]

my old tower tat i found in my grandmas basement, i have way too many old pcs from my dad, but here's a special on its so fucking tall and hauling ass with a pentium 3, my gpu is at my grandma's house i forgot to fucking grab it.

 

[FakeFBI]

Just now, FakeFBI said:

my old tower tat i found in my grandmas basement, i have way too many old pcs from my dad, but here's a special on its so fucking tall and hauling ass with a pentium 3, my gpu is at my grandma's house i forgot to fucking grab it.

 

it took me a hour to get the cpu cooler off so enjoy the pics pls

[WhitetailAni]

5 minutes ago, FakeFBI said:

it took me a hour to get the cpu cooler off so enjoy the pics pls

Wait, are those rounded IDE cables?
Fancy - those cost more.

And an AMR slot!
Does it have a 5.25" floppy drive?

[FakeFBI]

6 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Wait, are those rounded IDE cables?
Fancy - those cost more.

And an AMR slot!
Does it have a 5.25" floppy drive?

yes, it hauls FUCKING ASS

EDIT: i might not be at my grandmas in a while so what agp 4x or pci non express card should i get, im eyeing

[CarlK]

32 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Quite useless, then, unless it runs Doom?

 

More 720K floppies that Windows 10 doesn't like!

  Reveal hidden contents

 

Actually, it does run doom. 

It can even run Quake at some level of playability, although aiming with an accupointer is even worse than playing on mobile.

[SpikeSpiegel]

A Windows 98 SE machine for a client of mine. New Intel Motherboard with latest BIOs P21 which allows Pentium III's above 800 MHz.

The D815EEA2 only supports up the P III 1.13 256K The D815EEA2U From intel official says P III 1.2 256K The D815EEA2U with the P21 bios will support the P IIIs 1.4Ghz 512K How to distinguish the the models apart, The silk screen printing for the Mobo model. For the D815EEA2 the silk screen label is the right of the bios battery, The D815EEA2U the label is to the left of the bios battery. Also the Pentium III is the Pentrium III-S (Server CPU) Which is has 512kb of L2 Cache.

 

[Radium_Angel]

54 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Wait, are those rounded IDE cables?
Fancy - those cost more.

Used to make my own, that took a steady hand, cutting a flat 40pin ribbon cable into individual strands, but I got to be pretty good at that. Was handy when cable management in those old cases basically didn't exist.

[SpikeSpiegel]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Used to make my own, that took a steady hand, cutting a flat 40pin ribbon cable into individual strands, but I got to be pretty good at that. Was handy when cable management in those old cases basically didn't exist.

It's best to use Ultra ATA cables

This one in the photo is commercial grade IT rounded ATA cables.  I got stacks of them for builds and repairs.

 

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, CalintzJerevinan said:

It's best to use Ultra ATA cables

Oh I agree, but back then, before I had access to such fancy things, I did it the hard way.

I don't play with retro tech any more, though I greatly enjoy looking at it, so it's a moot point for me.

 

The only thing I really want, is a Compaq Portable III, but the cost to get them functional again really isn't worth it to me.

[SpikeSpiegel]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

Oh I agree, but back then, before I had access to such fancy things, I did it the hard way.

I don't play with retro tech any more, though I greatly enjoy looking at it, so it's a moot point for me.

 

The only thing I really want, is a Compaq Portable III, but the cost to get them functional again really isn't worth it to me.

I love to work on retro machines before XP.  It gives me a challenge to try to mount the coolers.  Also PGA 370 socket coolers are meant to be thumb breakers or jabbing your screw driver into your motherboard.  My thumb still hurts since Saturday night trying to use mounting pressure on that cooler.

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, CalintzJerevinan said:

jabbing your screw driver into your motherboard.

I well recall the fear of seeing how those coolers were supposed to be installed the first time.

I was glad I never wrecked a mobo doing those but doubly glad when an alt mounting system came out.

[Bitter]

20 minutes ago, CalintzJerevinan said:

It's best to use Ultra ATA cables

This one in the photo is commercial grade IT rounded ATA cables.  I got stacks of them for builds and repairs.

 

Rounded cables gave me hard drive errors back in the day, never again lol

[arnavvr]

I don't know if this is considered "retro", but here is my EVGA Classified SR-2. It has two LGA 1366 sockets from 2010, which allows support for up to two X5690 six core Xeons, and this board is special because both of the CPUs are overclockable.

 

These boards are considered collectors' items now, which is why I haven't sold mine. They are worth the same amount that I paid for the board six years ago.

[SpikeSpiegel]

Just now, Bitter said:

Rounded cables gave me hard drive errors back in the day, never again lol

I haven't had that issue with my rounded ATA cables.  I guess it depends who makes it.  We got ours from a IT company that sold off it's entire Rounded Ultra ATA cables by the pallet and we got tons of them and none of them had issues.  But of course we don't use IDE HDD's anymore.  We use CF to IDE adapters or SATA/SSD to IDE adapters.  

[Radium_Angel]

19 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

These boards are considered collectors' items now, which is why I haven't sold mine.

It's funny how some tech depreciates into nothing (zip drives, for example, relative to what they cost to begin with) and others hold their value for reasons that escape me.

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

It's funny how some tech depreciates into nothing (zip drives, for example, relative to what they cost to begin with) and others hold their value for reasons that escape me.

I managed to sell some 750MB USB Zip drives (plus power brick, USB cable, and 1 each of 250MB and 750MB disks) for $50 each.

Had two bundles. Sold within a week.

I've been trying to find a 750MB ATAPI drive, but they're really hard to find. I have a USB one, but I kinda need the USB port it takes up.

Oh yeah, and my "250MB" ATAPI drive thinks it's 100MB.

Spits out 250MB ones, but reads 100MB ones fine.