Show off your old and retro computer parts

[Corrupt_Liberty]

1 hour ago, Mel0nMan said:

Great movie. Somewhat related, Apparently one of the actors kept the WOPR prop in his house for quite a while.

I'd love to have a model of the WOPR. 

 

https://www.gadgetify.com/wargames-wopr-pc-case-mod/

[Radium_Angel]

On 10/5/2021 at 6:42 PM, Mel0nMan said:

( I proably will make it run XP)

I used to have one of those, loved it. Watch the drivers for the touch screen tho, IIRC they were custom (not native to XP...) so track down the drivers before you nuke the system.

[SimplyChunk]

2 hours ago, X-System said:

You can see it in the old movie "WarGames" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames )

 

Wargames was awesome

[X-System]

2 hours ago, XGoodGuyFitz said:

that seems like a good movie

Yes, it's a very good movie.

[sub68]

1 hour ago, Radium_Angel said:

I used to have one of those, loved it. Watch the drivers for the touch screen tho, IIRC they were custom (not native to XP...) so track down the drivers before you nuke the system.

Do you have any recommendations on how to get the driver's.

Also I think ltt quote system broke

[Radium_Angel]

2 hours ago, sub68 said:

Do you have any recommendations on how to get the driver's.

Also I think ltt quote system broke

Well, not easily.

Gateway rebranded those Motion Computing tablets but I'm not sure Gateway's driver DBase is still up and running.

IIRC Motion Computing is long gone.

 

If the system boots, look up the drivers in the current OS via the device manager, get the hardware IDs and we can reverse search from there.

The drive in those tablets uses a ZIF socket connection, so you can't drop in a faster drive, best you could do is max out the RAM (2GB IIRC, it's been a while since I had one of those)

The stylus is custom to the tablet as well and requires (again, IIRC) a AAA battery to function.

If it powers up and holds a charge, I'll buy it off you... 

[Kilrah]

2 hours ago, sub68 said:

Do you have any recommendations on how to get the driver's.

If the system runs use double driver to save the drivers, works from XP onwards. I typically make both an archive with the "non-Microsoft" drivers and one with everything just in case.

[sub68]

3 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

I'll buy it off you... 

It's my schools.

4 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

The drive in those tablets uses a ZIF socket connection, so you can't drop in a faster drive

Yeah ipod hard drive.

5 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Bestt you could do is max out the RAM (2GB IIRC, it's been a while since I had one of those)

I could salvage that from a couple of old iMacs

[sub68]

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

If the system runs use double driver to save the drivers, works from XP onwards. I typically make both an archive with the "non-Microsoft" drivers and one with everything just in case.

Thank you

[sub68]

1 hour ago, Kilrah said:

If the system runs use double driver to save the drivers, works from XP onwards. I typically make both an archive with the "non-Microsoft" drivers and one with everything just in case.

 

1 hour ago, Radium_Angel said:

If the system boots, look up the drivers in the current OS via the device manager, get the hardware IDs and we can reverse search from there.

OH MY GOSH

truns out it changed to zebbra ( same guys that make hanheld android barcode scanners)

https://www.zebra.com/us/en/support-downloads/tablets/le1700.html

THE FLIPPING DRIVERs EXIST

 

[SimplyChunk]

1 hour ago, sub68 said:

truns out it changed to zebbra ( same guys that make hanheld android barcode scanners)

we use those bastards at work....they suck ass lol

[sub68]

1 minute ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

we use those bastards at work

cool

1 minute ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

they suck ass lol

I bet (iirc they run like andriod 7)

but the tablet pc is probably a bit better

[SimplyChunk]

Just now, sub68 said:

but the tablet pc is probably a bit better

Oh yeah  I'm sure the PC will be great.  It's just like you said the barcode scanners are running ancient android and are never serviced in anyway so they just slowly get worse and then die.  Luckily though as it is Android the App we use for work is available on the Play Store so one quick download and a store login later and i don't have to use them.  And i don't have to put up with out of date offline navigation either..

[sub68]

8 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

running ancient android and are never serviced in anyway so they just slowly get worse and then die. 

makes sense

8 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

Luckily though as it is Android the App we use for work is available on the Play Store so one quick download and a store login later and i don't have to use them.

thats cool and nice to do

 

[Corrupt_Liberty]

I just picked up a TeleVideo 925 Terminal.  This thing was very nasty. I was able to get apart and cleaned.  Tested voltages and it powered up seemingly with no problems.  Couldn't get the keyboard to respond initially.  I found two bad key switched that were dead short.  After pulling the bad switches I was able to pull up the setup menu and display test characters.  Now I'm waiting on replacement switches and a serial cable so I can attempt to connect to my Imsai 8080 clone.

 

Setup display.  

 

Test Characters

 

Bad Switch, took awhile to find replacements.

 

Very nasty inside.  Sticks like oily graphite.

[da na]

41 minutes ago, Corrupt_Liberty said:

I just picked up a TeleVideo 925 Terminal.  This thing was very nasty. I was able to get apart and cleaned.  Tested voltages and it powered up seemingly with no problems.  Couldn't get the keyboard to respond initially.  I found two bad key switched that were dead short.  After pulling the bad switches I was able to pull up the setup menu and display test characters.  Now I'm waiting on replacement switches and a serial cable so I can attempt to connect to my Imsai 8080 clone.

 

Setup display.  

 

Test Characters

 

Bad Switch, took awhile to find replacements.

 

Very nasty inside.  Sticks like oily graphite.

If not already cleaned I'd recommend soaking the board in isopropyl for a few hours. 

[Corrupt_Liberty]

7 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

If not already cleaned I'd recommend soaking the board in isopropyl for a few hours. 

I didn't soak it but IPA and a soft brush took care of it.  I also pulled all the socketed chips and hit the sockets with contact cleaner.  I had to be very careful because there are a lot of bodge wires on the board.  I wish I could clean the keyboard this thoroughly.  I'd have to desolder all of the key switches to get to the topside of the PCB.  I already removed the two bad switches and I'd rather not do that for the whole batch.

[Guest]

Some of the grip. 

[adarw]

4 hours ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Some of the grip. 

 

 

that ryzen system is retro? lol

 

 

 

anyways what is a Asus Commando lga 775 worth yall?

[da na]

HD 5870 engineering sample!

Looks just like a production card.

only thing is it’s got a freaking butt ton of sensors in gpuz. VRM temp sensors and 3 additional gpu temp probes. I’m guessing that’s not a normal thing.

 

[adarw]

1 minute ago, Mel0nMan said:

HD 8570 engineering sample!

 

snip

dont brick it....  lol

 

i still dont get how engineering samples get out to the public......

[da na]

1 minute ago, adarw said:

dont brick it....  lol

 

i still dont get how engineering samples get out to the public......

In my case, $50 on eBay... 

I have a feeling, being a 12 year old card the NDA isn't as strict as it once was so I feel less illegal owning it. 

[da na]

2 minutes ago, James Evens said:

Did you took it apart to see what debug interface they used back then?

I plan to. First I'll do a YT video on the card before gutting it just in case on the small chance I break one of the sensors

[flibberdipper]

23 minutes ago, adarw said:

dont brick it....  lol

 

i still dont get how engineering samples get out to the public......

I'm not complaining about it. My ES GTX 480 solidified my love for Fermi to the point where spending ungodly money on a pair of 3GB 580's (as well as more 480s and a 590) is a genuine option for me later in life.

[da na]

14 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

I'm not complaining about it. My ES GTX 480 solidified my love for Fermi to the point where spending ungodly money on a pair of 3GB 580's (as well as more 480s and a 590) is a genuine option for me later in life.

I almost bought a 3gb 580 a while back. I know that EVGA made some but are they super rare or something?