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Theres an Atari 800XL somewhere in my moms basement. Yes you read that right. Google it if you want to see what 80s stylePC gaming was like.

 

One of my oldest memories was seeing my dad sitting at a card table in front of the TV after a shift at the factory, with his Atari 800xl with a big mass of cables and disk drives and a big red handled joystick mounted on a square box, playing a game called oils well. The graphics were atrocious by todays standards, and even at the time I don't exactly remember being impressed by them. Then came Nintendo and everything changed.

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A old Nvidia GEForce 5600 FX or something like that (Its dying or something, when using it the montior randomly turns off and does this glitchy thing, like it fades and goes back on)

 

FX 5600 XT or FX 5900 XT I think actually

 

 

That GPU can run Minecraft better than my 2010 laptop can, much suprise.

 

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9550 256mb (Better than the other one apparently)

 

Some DDR and DDR2 Ram (128mb (2 I think), 256mb (possibly) and 512mb (possibly)

 

A 6 GB HDD, a 500MB hard drive or something, a TV Tuner card (I dont consider it retro, its actually use able)

 

A really old celeron or something, had the old intel logo on the box. Its in my dad's old PC.

 

 

Probably more if I looked again.

 

And for software,

 

Office 97

Windows 98 SE

Windows XP Home edition

MS-DOS 6.0 floppies

DooM For Windows 95

 

Il put more of the stuff I have as I remember and find it lol.

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I got a Commodore 64, with 4 cassette games  :D

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Haven't seen one of the old faithfuls in a while. Looks like its in good condition too.

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Haven't seen one of the old faithfuls in a while. Looks like its in good condition too.

Yes, its in very good condition considering i got it from a flea market for €12 

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Today I thought we would do something fun and different. This is a topic about showing of all your old pc parts (or old computers). Feel free to post some pics:) It will be fun:D

 

Here's some of mine:

 

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Kingston Hyperx DDR2 2GB 1066MHz

 

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Intel core 2 duo 2.2 GHz

 

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Intel core 2 duo 2.2 GHz backside

dude im sorry none of that is old compared to the apple II some dude is gonna show off.... xD

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Fine, here's my limited amount of

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laying around.

 

What kind of potato is that?

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The saddest part is that a lot of the parts you guys are showing off are some of the things I'm currently using. Like the 8800gt and the E8400 no joke that's my gaming rig. I'd kill for some of the old dusty stuff you have :)

In a life born so wicked and stricked , I've learned to hold dear truth

The future to always pass quickly  To them and myself I plead   

May the unforeseen powers forgive us  For our mistakes, Sins, and shortcomings.

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The saddest part is that a lot of the parts you guys are showing off are some of the things I'm currently using. Like the 8800gt and the E8400 no joke that's my gaming rig. I'd kill for some of the old dusty stuff you have :)

At least you've been using a Core 2 for a while, until the start of last year the best CPU I'd ever used was a Core Duo 2.16GHz, and before that a P4 3.2GHz. (My core 2 rig got given to me 3 months ago).

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At least you've been using a Core 2 for a while, until the start of last year the best CPU I'd ever used was a Core Duo 2.16GHz, and before that a P4 3.2GHz. (My core 2 rig got given to me 3 months ago).

Yeah I can't really complain. Its just funny that people be using 8800s for coasters and junk :)

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How do I upload a photo? xD

I have a Asus V7700 PRO on my desk.. a 32 MB Graphicscard

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Most of our old stuff is still in use (my sister has my Athlon64 x2 rig and my parents occasionally use their old P4 system), but in terms of stuff that's NOT in use we have:

 

  • 2 other P4s (both 2.8GHz no HT I think)
  • Assortment of DDR sticks lying around
  • Nvidia 6800le (I think - there's a 5xxx card in my parents' P4 rig)
  • Assortment of OEM keyboards and mice
  • 160GB PATA HDD
  • Assortment of floppy disks
  • ZX Spectrum (128K upgrade and the Microdrive cartridges)
  • Compaq P3 era machine
  • Packard Bell P3 era machine (had a cracking 64MB of shared video memory)

Can't think of anything else. My dad took less of an interest in computers at the turn of the century and the Athlon system only happened because I semi-needed my own system and it was a 'fun project' for us both to work on. Then we missed the boat with late DDR2 systems (mmn those Core 2 Duos and Quads) and it was only because the Athlon system was struggling in anything but the least demanding of workloads that I built a new system. Bearing in mind it was built Dec 2013 with early 2012 tech and hasn't really seen an upgrade since.

 

I bet we're not far off people making coasters out of GTX 660s

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Most of our old stuff is still in use (my sister has my Athlon64 x2 rig and my parents occasionally use their old P4 system), but in terms of stuff that's NOT in use we have:

 

  • 2 other P4s (both 2.8GHz no HT I think)
  • Assortment of DDR sticks lying around
  • Nvidia 6800le (I think - there's a 5xxx card in my parents' P4 rig)
  • Assortment of OEM keyboards and mice
  • 160GB PATA HDD
  • Assortment of floppy disks
  • ZX Spectrum (128K upgrade and the Microdrive cartridges)
  • Compaq P3 era machine
  • Packard Bell P3 era machine (had a cracking 64MB of shared video memory)

Can't think of anything else. My dad took less of an interest in computers at the turn of the century and the Athlon system only happened because I semi-needed my own system and it was a 'fun project' for us both to work on. Then we missed the boat with late DDR2 systems (mmn those Core 2 Duos and Quads) and it was only because the Athlon system was struggling in anything but the least demanding of workloads that I built a new system. Bearing in mind it was built Dec 2013 with early 2012 tech and hasn't really seen an upgrade since.

 

I bet we're not far off people making coasters out of GTX 660s

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That matrix, how did you do that? Photoshop?

Thanks for the question, its not Photoshop. I set my monitor wallpaper to the binary image, the image had to be flipped backwards and upside down to be read correctly in the reflection. Set the hdd on my desk and angled my monitor down so that I could see it on the disks reflection. Angled my camera on the disk and set the focus to the monitor so the binary was crisp and everything else blurred.

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Thanks for the question, its not Photoshop. I set my monitor wallpaper to the binary image, the image had to be flipped backwards and upside down to be read correctly in the reflection. Set the hdd on my desk and angled my monitor down so that I could see it on the disks reflection. Angled my camera on the disk and set the focus to the monitor so the binary was crisp and everything else blurred.

Image in question

 

Smart. Could you give me the link of that wallpaper? I love it

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Today my computer teacher was cleaning out stuff to get ready for the custodians to paint the room and we found an old processor card with a processor that had the AMD logo with © INTEL 1982 on it, an old LAN card, and an ancient serial/parallel port controller.

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Today my computer teacher was cleaning out stuff to get ready for the custodians to paint the room and we found an old processor card with a processor that had the AMD logo with © INTEL 1982 on it, an old LAN card, and an ancient serial/parallel port controller.

Did the CPU have 286 on it? Because I happen to have a motherboard with one of those installed on it.

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We do not sell cosmetics. We just blind animals."

 

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Did the CPU have 286 on it? Because I happen to have a motherboard with one of those installed on it.

I'm not sure. It was one of those sockets that needs a screwdriver to pry the thing out.

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yay, PC upgrade boards. probably just a better idea to just buy an AT clone at that point.

Old shit no one cares about but me.

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Took these images on a stupid Windows phone. So ugly.

 

(this board is actually brand new. I never opened it. It is in pristine condition.)

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I have so much more in my storage. Like twenty boards and a couple of CPUs, sound cards, gpus, psus, hard drives and floppy drives. lol

 

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I know this is not really computer related but its retro tech none the less.

 

im a bit into collecting and restoring old vacuum tube radio's, and i love the inside of those radios.

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I'd show you, but all the parts in my really old PC have become dust...of you seen dust, you've seen my old computer.

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My AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 

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And my AMD Radeon x300 (Still works)

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