Show off your old and retro computer parts

[Kilrah]

3 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Seem to remember a simple jumper cut would cause the region lock-out to stop working on the old NES. 

Was most likely referring to 110/230V.

[sub68]

3 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

What's the Kiss name for the 80D?

your thinking of rebal lineup.

[SimplyChunk]

Just now, Kilrah said:

Was most likely referring to 110/230V.

Yeah i know man.  Just making on-topic convo

[SimplyChunk]

1 minute ago, sub68 said:

your thinking of rebal lineup.

Ah yeah they're Rebel Kiss arent they?  Sorry got my wires crossed a bit.  We only get EOS naming in UK.  Is it different for Japanese models?

[sub68]

1 minute ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Ah yeah they're Rebel Kiss arent they? 

 

2 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Is it different for Japanese models?

kiss in japan, rebal is NA

1 minute ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Sorry got my wires crossed a bit.

its fine I am stupidly tired and cant write things

1 minute ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

We only get EOS naming in UK

I think that goes to EU to iirc

 

[SimplyChunk]

1 minute ago, sub68 said:

kiss in japan, rebal is NA

Yeah i was asking what the Kiss nomenclature was for the 80D.  I'll go look it up don't worry

 

2 minutes ago, sub68 said:

I think that goes to EU to iirc

Yes it does.

 

I only ask as i have an interest in Canon SLRs.  I have a 100D that i'm rebuilding my collection around.  I used to have a 600D when my father and I used to frequent Brands Hatch regular to take pictures of the cars and bikes going round.  I had to sell mine and my dads gear to pay for his funeral when he died a few years back.  I got quite a bit of old 35mm stuff still.  I'll share some pics if anyones interested

[sub68]

Just now, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Yeah i was asking what the Kiss nomenclature was for the 80D.

It doesnt

3 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

I only ask as i have an interest in Canon SLRs.  I have a 100D that i'm rebuilding my collection around.  I used to have a 600D when my father and I used to frequent Brands Hatch regular to take pictures of the cars and bikes going round.

Thats cool

5 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

I had to sell mine and my dads gear to pay for his funeral when he died a few years back.  I got quite a bit of old 35mm stuff still.

I need to stop watch sad anime/ listen emotional anime songs....

I feel sorry for your lost.

7 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

I'll share some pics if anyones interested

Here?

 

[nzgamer41]

I don't know how retro this really is, but I made my first LightScribe disc today with a JPG from the Internet Archive. While it's a bit faint (probably need to dial in the contrast a bit) I reckon it looks way better then the alternative, which is me sloppily scribbling "Windows 2000" on the disk with a permanent marker.

[SimplyChunk]

18 hours ago, sub68 said:

Here?

I ment of the cameras themselves.  But sure, i'll put some pics in the other forum too

[SimplyChunk]

2 hours ago, nzgamer41 said:

I don't know how retro this really is, but I made my first LightScribe disc today with a JPG from the Internet Archive. While it's a bit faint (probably need to dial in the contrast a bit) I reckon it looks way better then the alternative, which is me sloppily scribbling "Windows 2000" on the disk with a permanent marker.

I'm too old to class anything post win95 as retro but i'm sure a few here would

[BrianTheElectrician]

Well, I got my Pentium Pro going! May I present my now complete IBM PC365 with a current configuration of a Pentium Pro 200mhz, 256k L2, 64mb 168pin EDO Ram, 6.4gb Maxtor Hard Disk, ATI Rage II+ 4mb Graphics card, Sound Blaster 16 and an SMC 5030C Network Card. I'm Running Windows 95C on it though if I manage to find a second Ppro 200 256k and the VRM I can setup this system with dual processors and at that point I'd switch to Windows NT4. Even running Windows 95, I can't believe how snappy this system is. Everything loads fast and everything I've run on it so far has been flawless.

 

I may however change the graphics card as this system originally would have come with either a S3 Trio64 2mb or optionally a Matrox Millennium 4mb card. While I have S3 Trio cards it just doesn't feel right to run one on this. I do have one of the Matrox cards in my PC350 which is a P166 machine so I may swap a Trio64 into that and move that Matrox into this machine.

 

In the meantime though the ATI card does work well, I have many of them haha and while the 3D on it may not be great, at least it's something especially as neither the Matrox or the S3 would have any 3D support. Though, if I do swap in the Matrox maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and finally get a voodoo card

 

The Pentium Pro really is a massive chip o.o

[WhitetailAni]

My aunts brought me an "old laptop".

I was imagining Sandy Bridge-era, but nope. It's a C2D laptop that has a 7 Home Premium install (or it did at some point).

The graphics sticker is delightfully retro too.

(Bad) pictures:

Spoiler

It's an ASUS UL80V.

[Bitter]

Toss on Xubuntu or Lubuntu and you've got a fairly functional device as it sits now, install a SSD and max the RAM/CPU on it and it'll be almost modern performance with Kubuntu and look Mac-ish enough to screw with your school-mates.

[Corrupt_Liberty]

9 hours ago, nzgamer41 said:

... I reckon it looks way better then the alternative, which is me sloppily scribbling "Windows 2000" on the disk with a permanent marker.

I recently found another alternative at a random Goodwill.  I figure it was a waste of $8 but might be fun to tinker with.  Much to my surprise not only is the driver easy to find but was updated in 2020. Apparently it was a more popular device in Japan. 

 

I was even more surprised to find ribbons weren't too hard to find at Amazon Japan. 

 

The results are rather nice too! 

[flibberdipper]

3 hours ago, FakeKGB said:

My aunts brought me an "old laptop".

I was imagining Sandy Bridge-era, but nope. It's a C2D laptop that has a 7 Home Premium install (or it did at some point).

The graphics sticker is delightfully retro too.

(Bad) pictures:

It's an ASUS UL80V.

At first glance I thought that was an Eee PC 1005HA and I was just sitting here like

[8tg]

Showing off the micron again.

 

Only losers use virtual machines, you need era hardware for everything you’re doing with old operating systems.

Thats half the fun, I can run Vista in a VM all day but I also own a Thinkpad Z61t and a physical copy of windows vista 32 bit ultimate and that’s way cooler.

 

[SimplyChunk]

5 hours ago, 8tg said:

-snip

Winamp still whipping the llama's a**?

[Kilrah]

1 minute ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Winamp still whipping the llama's a**?

Definitely

 

[BrianTheElectrician]

5 hours ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Winamp still whipping the llama's a**?

I still use winamp on my modern machines for my music as well as my old ones.

[Kilrah]

Same, with ye olde mmd3 skin.

 

[sub68]

11 hours ago, 8tg said:

Only losers use virtual machines, you need era hardware for everything you’re doing with old operating systems.

Thats half the fun, I can run Vista in a VM all day but I also own a Thinkpad Z61t and a physical copy of windows vista 32 bit ultimate and that’s way cooler.

I still keep my old windows 7 build for the same reason.

[luckybob77]

6 hours ago, sub68 said:

I still keep my old windows 7 build for the same reason.

When did that become a thing?  I just finally got to like 7.

[da na]

On 7/11/2021 at 12:51 PM, BrianTheElectrician said:

Well, I got my Pentium Pro going! May I present my now complete IBM PC365 with a current configuration of a Pentium Pro 200mhz, 256k L2, 64mb 168pin EDO Ram, 6.4gb Maxtor Hard Disk, ATI Rage II+ 4mb Graphics card, Sound Blaster 16 and an SMC 5030C Network Card. I'm Running Windows 95C on it though if I manage to find a second Ppro 200 256k and the VRM I can setup this system with dual processors and at that point I'd switch to Windows NT4. Even running Windows 95, I can't believe how snappy this system is. Everything loads fast and everything I've run on it so far has been flawless.

 

I may however change the graphics card as this system originally would have come with either a S3 Trio64 2mb or optionally a Matrox Millennium 4mb card. While I have S3 Trio cards it just doesn't feel right to run one on this. I do have one of the Matrox cards in my PC350 which is a P166 machine so I may swap a Trio64 into that and move that Matrox into this machine.

 

In the meantime though the ATI card does work well, I have many of them haha and while the 3D on it may not be great, at least it's something especially as neither the Matrox or the S3 would have any 3D support. Though, if I do swap in the Matrox maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and finally get a voodoo card

 

The Pentium Pro really is a massive chip o.o

Higher end CPUs of that era were quite big indeed. It never gets old seeing a Socket 7 chip next to a big socket like LGA 2011, they're basically the same size.

[da na]

6 hours ago, BrianTheElectrician said:

I still use winamp on my modern machines for my music as well as my old ones.

Good to know I'm not the only person who uses winamp...

[SimplyChunk]

7 hours ago, Kilrah said:

Same, with ye olde mmd3 skin.

Used to love skinning Winamp.  Well designed ones would download almost instantly even on a 28k Modem