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[droopyRO]

That UltraPRO(old Romanian PC shop, now exctinc) logo takes me back. From them and Flamingo i bought a lot of stuff back in the day. But i can't remember what though, 20 years is a looong time, wish i have kept my receipts

 

[JIWIL]

Loved browsing this thread, takes me back. Thanks!

Grew up using Macs [IIcx IIsi Quadra660 LC475/476 Powermac9500] (Dad was in design/marketing), but my brother and I pooled our money and built our first PC in the mid 90's:

200mhz Pentium Pro i think, in a massive super tower. Pretty sure it had a Hercules video card in it or similar? Then a Voodoo2. Also have a Matrox Millenium or something like that, it was in this build at some point.

Next was a 500mhz P3 with a first gen Geforce256 (non-ddr because I couldn't find any and was totally jones'n to play some action quake).

Third PC went completely different direction: Thunderbird 1GHZ (?) with an ATI Radeon 9800.

Switched back to Intel with a P4 2.8GHZ, then on to a C2D E8400. These two had a whole bunch of GPU's in them, can't even remember them all. In no particular order because I'll surely get it wrong:
Geforce 6800GT(?), HD 4870, HD 5870, 8800GTX, probably something else I'm forgetting atm.

I saw the 6000 series Geforce a couple pages back and totally recognized that mermaid... nostalgia tweaked, thanks again.

[EDIT: Just spent about two hours perusing thread and only got through a few pages. You are a madman, this stuff is insane.]

 

[phill]

How is it going folks?

I miss the time when I had TIME to spare. I didn't post something for such a long time ...

I am still doing what I know to do best and that is finding and restoring relics of time gone by but never forgotten.

The number of parts that have entered my "collection" are too many to count and I also started offering complete systems that are made according with my client's requests.

The ATI episode is in the works.

More later.

I'm all jelly..... Wow man, you never disappoint whatsoever!! Anything less than 10's of thousands you shouldn't be parting with!! They look perfect!!

 

[Mussels]

Hey Rob B, what do you do to restore the yellowed Beige cases? Ran into that myself and figured you'd have a strategy for it

 

[Courier 6]

Hey Rob B, what do you do to restore the yellowed Beige cases? Ran into that myself and figured you'd have a strategy for it

search for retrobright and you will find the answer

 

[lexluthermiester]

Hey Rob B, what do you do to restore the yellowed Beige cases? Ran into that myself and figured you'd have a strategy for it

Immersion UV retro-brighting usually work very well. Avoid creams, the results are often splotchy.

 

[micropage7]

That bloody card looks like the 750Ti i found where the backplate had started turning blue from heat or electrical current - was crazy to see
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I got accused of faking it with a blowtorch on social media, that was interesting
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I'm thoroughly impressed by your ability to clean blood out of DVI ports, i'll contact you if I ever need help removing evidence...
(And the repairs in general, few people can successfully achieve that sort of repair)

that's racing color
just, is it rust below the DVI?

 

[Robert B]

Hey Rob B, what do you do to restore the yellowed Beige cases? Ran into that myself and figured you'd have a strategy for it

In regard to Retrobright I just did it on small stuff with cream peroxide products but as lex pointed out for big parts with intricate designs immersion in liquid on a bright summer sunny day is way better.

I do not use UV lamps or other means except sunlight.

With cream type products I got the dreaded marble stone effect on some mice.

Also, personally, I think that Retrobrighting is not a final answer to yellowing and it is better to accept it as a part of retro computing as in many cases after this procedure the yellowing might come back worse than before. YMMV.

I prefer painting or other methods like vinyl wrapping that are more reliable in the long term.

 

[lexluthermiester]

With cream type products I got the dreaded marble stone effect on some mice.

Sunlight or UV treatments will fix that.

Also, personally, I think that Retrobrighting is not a final answer to yellowing and it is better to accept it as a part of retro computing as in many cases after this procedure the yellowing might come back worse than before. YMMV.

On this point, I must respectfully disagree. To me, restoring yellowed items to as close to their originally intended color is essential to proper restoration efforts. That's just my perspective though, far be it for me to tell people what to do with their own property.

 

[Robert B]

I have a couple of PC cases which were quite white. I stored them for about a year in a drawer and when I got them out guess what. They were so yellow I just could believe it. I didn't Retrobright them. This gave me food for thought and made me think twice about doing any Retrobtighting to a part that I do not intend to use regularly.

In other turn of events. The star of the next episode got a really nice bubble bath.

 

[lexluthermiester]

In other turn of events. The star of the next episode got a really nice bubble bath.

I'm guessing Radeon or FirePro of some flavor?

 

[Robert B]

OG 7990 6GB