TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club - Page 18

popswala · Jun 6, 2012, 01:56 AM

Thanks. I'm slowly working on bringing her back to life. Just trying to chase down some random cpu coolers for that one and a few others. Not much luck there though.

Thanks for adding me sting.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jun 6, 2012, 02:12 AM

I have a A7vpro in my win 98se build.

Pops, how many socket A coolers do you need? I have a few (lot) What cpus are you cooling?

I have a metric ton of socket A crap here.

stinger608 · Jun 6, 2012, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by popswala

Thanks. I'm slowly working on bringing her back to life. Just trying to chase down some random cpu coolers for that one and a few others. Not much luck there though.

Thanks for adding me sting.

Your welcome Pops.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThE_MaD_ShOt

I have a A7vpro in my win 98se build.

Pops, how many socket A coolers do you need? I have a few (lot) What cpus are you cooling?

I have a metric ton of socket A crap here.

He tells the truth man, he has a shit pot full of Socket A parts.
What an awesome era though. Was soooooooo damn much fun!

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jun 6, 2012, 03:15 AM

Yes it was a great era. Socket A's where the creme of the crop back then. I still keep some of the special stuff from that era locked away.

Like for example my first socket a board. My mighty Abit KT7A Raid. That board has been through some stuff and still ticks along. Right now it is running a proc ( Axp 2400+) people back in the day said would never run in it. But me being who I am, I had to try it anyway and succeeded in proving them wrong. It is still running that proc at full speed.

Black Panther · Jun 11, 2012, 01:45 PM

TRIDENT TVGA (16-BIT) 8800CS 16-bit ISA 512KB DRAM dated 1989:

Sound Blaster card by Creative Labs dated 1990:

Random Murderer · Jun 11, 2012, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Panther

TRIDENT TVGA (16-BIT) 8800CS 16-bit ISA 512KB DRAM dated 1989:
http://i.imgur.com/fDQBu.jpg

Sound Blaster card by Creative Labs dated 1990:
http://img.techpowerup.org/120611/SoundBlaster1990.jpg

i bet those made DOOM play great!

dorsetknob · Jun 11, 2012, 04:50 PM

Just googled the sound card
looks like its a Sound Blaster CT-1320c (Sound Blaster 1.5)
8 bit ISA Card

Animalpak · Jun 11, 2012, 05:19 PM

That thing is OOOOLD !

mastrdrver · Jun 12, 2012, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dorsetknob

Just googled the sound card
looks like its a Sound Blaster CT-1320c (Sound Blaster 1.5)
8 bit ISA Card

Looks like a PCI card to me. The slot interface is not long enough for ISA.

Jstn7477 · Jun 12, 2012, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mastrdrver

Looks like a PCI card to me. The slot interface is not long enough for ISA.

PCI didn't exist until 1993, silly.

The video card is 16bit ISA, the Sound Blaster is 8 bit. The shorter connector provides the extra 8 bits while the longer connector is the main 8 bit connector used by every ISA card.

mastrdrver · Jun 12, 2012, 05:03 AM

Makes sense. Having an ISA Sound Blaster, I'd never seen one with the shorter connector on ISA though I really didn't start to get in to computers until the mid 90s.

Jstn7477 · Jun 12, 2012, 05:08 AM

Yeah, I think all the newer Sound Blasters (SB16 and above) used 16bit ISA. My 2 SB16 cards and an AWE64 were all 16bit ISA.

Athlonite · Jun 12, 2012, 05:49 AM

ooo ooo can I join this club please

something I have just hanging round

An Quantum Plus Hardcard II 105XL HDD (100MB)

and this just show how big these were ( vs HP 17" laptop)

Chevalr1c · Jun 12, 2012, 07:46 AM

Is that an early mechanical HD or some kind of solid state memory solution?

dorsetknob · Jun 12, 2012, 09:16 AM

I'm Old enough to remember Hardcards
ah the (not so) good old days
Back in the Day Nearly all motherboards only had one (1) IDE Connector (for 2 Hard disks only as CD ROM had not been invented/introduced)
the hard card was a way of adding storage space for your computer ie a 3rd hard drive
some came with a drive fitted others required you to add your own hard disk
I could not afford to buy one would have loved to have owned one I had the spare hard drives and as i run my Pc's on an open case policy i used to cold swap/boot hard drives as i needed the programs/date on my spare drives

Wilkie here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcard

Athlonite · Jun 12, 2012, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chevalr1c

Is that an early mechanical HD or some kind of solid state memory solution?

Early mechanical HDD it's circa 1990 16bit ISA

made by Plus Development corp (which later became part of Quantum) and get this it still works although it's a bitch to get running on win 95 or 98 it does work I also have an old Seagate 545MB HDD aswell that also works perfectly aswell noisy as all hell but works none the less (it has win95 osr2 on it to run the Plus Hardcard)

stinger608 · Jun 13, 2012, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Panther

TRIDENT TVGA (16-BIT) 8800CS 16-bit ISA 512KB DRAM dated 1989:
http://i.imgur.com/fDQBu.jpg

Sound Blaster card by Creative Labs dated 1990:
http://img.techpowerup.org/120611/SoundBlaster1990.jpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Athlonite

ooo ooo can I join this club please

something I have just hanging round

An Quantum Plus Hardcard II 105XL HDD (100MB)

https://public.sn2.livefilestore.com...031.jpg?psid=1

and this just show how big these were ( vs HP 17" laptop)
https://public.sn2.livefilestore.com...032.jpg?psid=1

Very awesome video cards BP!!!!!!

Wow, that is a very unique piece of hardware your showing us Athlonite

Adding Athlonite to the original post.

Athlonite · Jun 13, 2012, 03:54 AM

thanks stinger608 and yes I spose it is, back in the day they were sorta common (if you had a butt load of cash) but now I don't think I've actually seen another one in the flesh so speak for a very long time... I'll see what else I can dig out of the archive pretty sure I might have an old socket 3 or 5 mobo sitting round gathering

catnipkiller · Jun 22, 2012, 03:49 AM

Came in at work and looked old.

Athlonite · Jun 22, 2012, 05:09 AM

That looks like an socket 478 mobo from an GX series Dell or an HP maybe

_JP_ · Jun 22, 2012, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by catnipkiller

Came in at work and looked old.
http://img.techpowerup.org/120621/IMG246.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/120621/IMG248.jpg

Oh boy! Recapping time!!
Uhm, why are the RAM slots sideways?

That looks odd...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Athlonite

That looks like an socket 478 mobo from an GX series Dell or an HP maybe

Says "Compaq" on the motherboard. So it's more likely to be HP (or Compaq).

dorsetknob · Jun 22, 2012, 10:27 AM

Probably the trace layout on the board determined the positing of the ram slots i do agree the angle looks odd and i have not seen one with offset ram slots like the above picture

conclusion
" Poor Design/layout"
Says "Compaq" on the motherboard. So it's more likely to be HP (or Compaq).
That explains it all

Athlonite · Jun 22, 2012, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _JP_

Oh boy! Recapping time!!
Uhm, why are the RAM slots sideways?

That looks odd...

Says "Compaq" on the motherboard. So it's more likely to be HP (or Compaq).

actually IF it says compaq on it then for it's age it probably is a compaq PC it came out of remember HP didn't buy compaq until only a few years ago

and fun times recapping it I've done a few over the years just make sure you've got a good soldering iron that puts out plenty of heat

_JP_ · Jun 22, 2012, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Athlonite

actually IF it says compaq on it then for it's age it probably is a compaq PC it came out of remember HP didn't buy compaq until only a few years ago

HP bought Compaq in 2002. Socket 478 was launched in the same year. So I don't know.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Athlonite

and fun times recapping it I've done a few over the years just make sure you've got a good soldering iron that puts out plenty of heat

And the right caps.

(low/matching ESR and all that)

Chevalr1c · Jun 22, 2012, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _JP_

Oh boy! Recapping time!!
Uhm, why are the RAM slots sideways?

That looks odd...

Says "Compaq" on the motherboard. So it's more likely to be HP (or Compaq).

Quote:

Originally Posted by catnipkiller

Came in at work and looked old.
http://img.techpowerup.org/120621/IMG246.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/120621/IMG248.jpg

It is a mobo of the Compaq Presario 5xxx series, most likely. My dad had one. Socket 478 Pentium 4 and originally 256 MiB of SDRAM.

Jun 6, 2012, 01:56 AM	#426
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Jun 6, 2012, 02:12 AM	#427
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Jun 6, 2012, 03:15 AM	#429
ThE_MaD_ShOt Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hi! I'm from the Internet Posts: 3,753 (6.93/day) Thanks: 2,546 Thanked 2,450 Times in 1,474 Posts System Specs	Yes it was a great era. Socket A's where the creme of the crop back then. I still keep some of the special stuff from that era locked away. Like for example my first socket a board. My mighty Abit KT7A Raid. That board has been through some stuff and still ticks along. Right now it is running a proc ( Axp 2400+) people back in the day said would never run in it. But me being who I am, I had to try it anyway and succeeded in proving them wrong. It is still running that proc at full speed. __________________ Crunchers : Phenom II x6 1090t / 2x Phenom II x6 1055t / Phenom II x4 970BE / “I always succed in my mission tho. Beer just delays it!” -ChaoticAtmosphere “TPU is very mild, and I love to tell people I love them when they are being retarded, it makes me feel special in my special places. What was the point of this thread again? Oh well, I love all of you.” -Steevo

Jun 11, 2012, 01:45 PM	#430
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Jun 11, 2012, 04:50 PM	#432
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Jun 11, 2012, 05:19 PM	#433
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Jun 12, 2012, 05:03 AM	#436
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Jun 12, 2012, 05:08 AM	#437
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Jun 12, 2012, 05:49 AM	#438
Athlonite Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Napier, New Zealand Posts: 1,386 (1.15/day) Thanks: 283 Thanked 441 Times in 345 Posts System Specs	ooo ooo can I join this club please something I have just hanging round An Quantum Plus Hardcard II 105XL HDD (100MB) and this just show how big these were ( vs HP 17" laptop) __________________ Last edited by Athlonite; Jul 14, 2012 at 05:26 AM.

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Jun 12, 2012, 07:46 AM	#439
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Jun 12, 2012, 09:16 AM	#440
dorsetknob Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dorset where else eh? Posts: 195 (0.07/day) Thanks: 72 Thanked 134 Times in 71 Posts	I'm Old enough to remember Hardcards ah the (not so) good old days Back in the Day Nearly all motherboards only had one (1) IDE Connector (for 2 Hard disks only as CD ROM had not been invented/introduced) the hard card was a way of adding storage space for your computer ie a 3rd hard drive some came with a drive fitted others required you to add your own hard disk I could not afford to buy one would have loved to have owned one I had the spare hard drives and as i run my Pc's on an open case policy i used to cold swap/boot hard drives as i needed the programs/date on my spare drives Wilkie here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcard __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=76493 its a new account so i have no Feedback

Jun 13, 2012, 03:54 AM	#443
Athlonite Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Napier, New Zealand Posts: 1,386 (1.15/day) Thanks: 283 Thanked 441 Times in 345 Posts System Specs	thanks stinger608 and yes I spose it is, back in the day they were sorta common (if you had a butt load of cash) but now I don't think I've actually seen another one in the flesh so speak for a very long time... I'll see what else I can dig out of the archive pretty sure I might have an old socket 3 or 5 mobo sitting round gathering __________________

Jun 22, 2012, 03:49 AM	#444
catnipkiller Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: canada Posts: 1,059 (0.93/day) Thanks: 340 Thanked 473 Times in 326 Posts System Specs	Came in at work and looked old. __________________ MyHeatWare My FS/FT Last edited by catnipkiller; Jun 22, 2012 at 04:18 AM.

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Jun 22, 2012, 05:09 AM	#445
Athlonite Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Napier, New Zealand Posts: 1,386 (1.15/day) Thanks: 283 Thanked 441 Times in 345 Posts System Specs	That looks like an socket 478 mobo from an GX series Dell or an HP maybe __________________

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CRT/LCD Model:	LG Flatron W2361V 23'' 1080p
Case:	Cooler Master Elite 330 Black
Sound Card:	On-board VIA VT1705 (2.0 speakers)
PSU:	XFX Core Ed. PRO 550W
Software:	Windows 7 x86-64
Benchmarks:	Linpack: 18.5GFlops (Avg)

Jun 22, 2012, 10:27 AM	#447
dorsetknob Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dorset where else eh? Posts: 195 (0.07/day) Thanks: 72 Thanked 134 Times in 71 Posts	Probably the trace layout on the board determined the positing of the ram slots i do agree the angle looks odd and i have not seen one with offset ram slots like the above picture conclusion " Poor Design/layout" Says "Compaq" on the motherboard. So it's more likely to be HP (or Compaq). That explains it all __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=76493 its a new account so i have no Feedback

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