Show off your old and retro computer parts

[PMizuki]

Samsung SyncMaster 740N and 943NWX (unfortunately broken) monitor from 2006 and 2008 respectively

[thekingofmonks]

On 12/21/2013 at 9:12 PM, zsdegawe said:

http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag32/DEcobra11/LTT%20pics/P211213_1408_zpsc2087d8c.jpg

No description needed...

Seriously though, was this homemade craft or an actual product sold in stores?

[Kilrah]

@thekingofmonksthat's an 8-year old post from someone who hasn't been on the forum since 2016...

[da na]

9 hours ago, PMizuki said:

Samsung SyncMaster 740N and 943NWX (unfortunately broken) monitor from 2006 and 2008 respectively

 

 

My second monitor is a Vizio tv from 2006-ish

[pho3nix_]

A ViewSonic square monitor. IDK which year its from, but I know its pretty old. (picture coming soon)

[Kilrah]

This thread is for pictures!

[pupo_cro]

I have this for a some time now. Unfortunatelly I dont know how to check if it working.

 

 

Guess manufacturer and model?

[sub68]

1 minute ago, pupo_cro said:

Guess manufacturer and model?

Logitech and something 1

[CerealExperimentsLain]

3 minutes ago, pupo_cro said:

I have this for a some time now. Unfortunatelly I dont know how to check if it working.

 

 

Guess manufacturer and model?

...You literally just hid the word 'Logitech' but left the Logitech logo there... That's like blurring out the word 'McDonalds' but leaving the big yellow arches and saying 'Guess the restaurant'. o.O

It's a Trackman Portable.

[thekingofmonks]

15 hours ago, Kilrah said:

@thekingofmonksthat's an 8-year old post from someone who hasn't been on the forum since 2016...

huh

[da na]

Found this website that literally only sells mid 2000s computer upgrade/repair parts.

https://www.kahlon.com/

Not sure if it's still in business but I'll attempt to order a $7 128mb DDR SODIMM shortly, I need one for my Presario laptop.

[da na]

Found this on ebay and ordered it... It's a wireless Microsoft mouse. The receiver (connected to the ps/2 cable) apparently has to be within 2 feet away for it to work at all, and apparently it goes through batteries pretty fast, but still a cool piece of old hardware

[Rex Hite]

My main W98 PC. This one runs 24/7. It's a P4 1.4GHz, 512 MB ram and an NVIDIA Geforce 6200 and a 64 GB SSD (2.5" adapted to 3.5" IDE)

 

It's an upside-down case orientation. I have no idea why but I guess it's a thing. It's a quite nice Lian Li all-aluminium case.

 

 Some 14 gauge electrical wire holds the heatsink and fan because I don't have a proper bracket. It doesn't show in the photo but the red wires go through the motherboard mounting holes and back up, clamping the entire assembly tightly.

 

 

 

If you ever need to run Windows 98 natively, get an SSD if you can because it makes all the difference. You won't get all the advantages, but enough to make it worthwhile

 

 

[flibberdipper]

10 minutes ago, Rex Hite said:

My main W98 PC. This one runs 24/7. It's a P4 1.4GHz, 512 MB ram and an NVIDIA Geforce 6200 and a 64 GB SSD (2.5" adapted to 3.5" IDE)

 

If you ever need to run Windows 98 natively, get an SSD if you can because it makes all the difference. You won't get all the advantages, but enough to make it worthwhile

Two things:

1. Why exactly do you leave it running 24/7, out of curiosity?

2. Honestly even just a hard drive made post-Y2K can make 98/ME/2000 rip and tear absolute ass, let alone giving it a fast one. My PII 400 laptop has a 5400RPM? TravelStar in it and it's honestly way too snappy for its age and hardware.

[Rex Hite]

16 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

Two things:

1. Why exactly do you leave it running 24/7, out of curiosity?

2. Honestly even just a hard drive made post-Y2K can make 98/ME/2000 rip and tear absolute ass, let alone giving it a fast one. My PII 400 laptop has a 5400RPM? TravelStar in it and it's honestly way too snappy for its age and hardware.

It runs the cash register software for my business. There's a regular overnight backup so it needs remain on for that. It actually runs on DOS 6.2 inside of Win98. I don't have the software anymore and I've migrated that system from an AMD K6 to a PIII to a P4 and across a variety of hard drives. It has 23 years worth of records. I could replace it but I just like that it hangs on. I respect its tenacity.

[YeaTheMen]

Do yall remember this relic of the past? An early revision AMD Wraith Max (non addressable). Things ancient

[RanchTheHay005]

a samsung pleomax keyboard from 2001....this is a membrane keyboard..but gave a mechanical keyboard vibe and lasted for 19 years

 

a dell CD drive from idk which year....all i know is that this came with a dell latitude which had a core 2 duo

 

a cassette handicam from 2005....this is the typical handicam used in the game OUTLAST...has nightmode and similar UI to the one in OUTLAST

 

 

[RanchTheHay005]

A MINOLTA CAMERA WHICH USES THOSE ROLLS FOR TAKING PICS...THE FIRST PIC WAS TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1997

 

a samsung CRT monitor from the year 2000...worked for 19 years after which it started to give of some weird spark noises

i have many cassetts and CDs like these hanging around

 

i have a casette player + radio from 1987 and 2 SONY MHC from 1999 and 2006 resp. which i dont have the pics for RN...

 

there is a lot of retro tech hidden in my house...which i have to search

 

btw all these are working

[Rex Hite]

These are three functional W98 back-up systems I keep on hand because old stuff can just up and die.

One of them still uses an ISA slot. The systems have to have two parallel printer ports.

There's also an ATI Rage II, a Radeon 9200 (PCI), and a Matrox Millenium .

 

 

 

 

 

[da na]

Installing Windows 98 from the boot disk and the install CD!

and one question: Setup couldn’t recognize the drive in c: but there clearly is a drive there:

I’m guessing I need to run a format command? The setup program returns the error ‘no hard drive’.

[Rex Hite]

You need to run 'fdisk" after booting from the floppy.

Just select "Start Computer Without CDROM Support"

Enter FDISK in the command line.

It's not very intuitive I'm afraid.

 

[da na]

4 minutes ago, Rex Hite said:

You need to run 'fdisk" after booting from the floppy.

Just select "Start Computer Without CDROM Support"

Enter FDISK in the command line.

It's not very intuitive I'm afraid.

 

Ah, thank you! Will try.

[Rex Hite]

You should be able to access the same startup procedures from the Install CD as well as from the floppy.

[da na]

I was looking at the bag my boot floppy came in, realized it’s no longer in the original packaging but the disk was still factory sealed. (No longer is, but kinda interesting. Makes you wonder why someone would take it out of the box but not use the disk…)

[da na]

1 hour ago, Rex Hite said:

You need to run 'fdisk" after booting from the floppy.

Just select "Start Computer Without CDROM Support"

Enter FDISK in the command line.

It's not very intuitive I'm afraid.

 

fdisk returned "No fixed disks present" error. Booted up the computer disassembled with my hand on the HDD and couldn't feel much vibration, my best guess is that the cable slipped loose from the controller during shipping (still attached to the drive). I need to replace the CMOS battery anyway so I'll investigate that in a few days. Thanks for the help!