Post Pics of Old School Hardware "hard to find on the net"

[theonedub]

Im going to have to dig a little, I might be able to find my Pentium 100

My first comp was an XT w/ monochrome screen and all. Adventure and Chess, lol. I think I tossed all my 486 and 386 comps long ago.

 

[A Cheese Danish]

When I get a chance, I'll have to upload pics of my old hardware. Although, it really isn't that old

 

[BroBQ]

Old Cyrix ...

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4512/dos1.jpg

 

[TechnicalFreak]

Doesn't anyone have a Commodore PET? That was the first computer I ever used (was very young then), if I remember it all correct that system came out before the Vic20 and C64.

I have some old programming books for the C64 somewhere in my room, when I find them I must take a picture and post. I remember that it was BASIC and you could do smaller games program... and make music!

 

[solofly]

Year 1983, (I was a teenager then) my first home computer ever...
Ti 99/4A


Year 1984, my first IBM compatible computer ever...
Tandy 1000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhEZhK9byfs&NR=1

Year 1985, my first computer with a hard drive ever...
Tandy 1200HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpjoUy2-zeg

And and the story goes on...

The only physical hardware I have from 80's is an ISA Copy 2 PC board that was used to copy copy-protected floppies...

 

[MoonPig]

 

[AddSub]

Aside from a PCI based Diamond Voodoo Banshee card I got somewhere in the basement in storage (got it back in 1998), I cleaned out my "old stuff" 4-5 years ago, and by cleaned out I mean I threw it away since it was taking up too much space. Most of it was early-to-mid 1990s era PC stuff.

 

[Maban]

Still has the thermal paste.

 

[mlee49]

Surely this thread cant die

I know someone has something to contribute.

 

[sneekypeet]

Someone must have been really bored this afternoon, well played necro card my friend

 

[MRCL]

Surely this thread cant die

I know someone has something to contribute.

Yes, my rig with the Voodo3 and Matrox card, PII and a really old DFI board is not in this thread. I'll post in a few hours, when I'm back home again.

 

[MRCL]

 

[mastrdrver]

 

[cdawall]

lol 3dfx i miss them

 

[mastrdrver]

Sad part was I didn't know they went bankrupt until late 2005. I've got a 5500 but its in a system my sister's boyfriend has that my dad put together for him. Going to try and remember to drag a newer one back I've got that will be more useful to him.

Mostly I just want the card back.

I still have a slight hate for nVidia no matter how big or small of a role they had to play in it.

 

[guestxx]

Old 80386 AMD 40mhz embedded CPU, PC workstation, Unichip 386WB Baby AT Mobo, 3712kb system memory installed, 30pin memory. max 500mb hdd, floppy and HDD controller on ISA slot card 512kb 8/16bit ISA card. ISA LAN BNC only. Unable to handle CD-rom. 200W JNC PSU (replaced) The original is Super Power Computer SP200PT 200W

I've removed the CMOS original battery 3.6v 60mah Ni-Cd after the photos since it was beginning to leak, and soldered connectors to attach external one instead.

 

[Funtoss]

computers are so advanced now!

 

[AsRock]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/old pc stuff/DSC00180.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/old pc stuff/DSC00190.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/old pc stuff/DSC00198.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/old pc stuff/DSC00181.jpg

Ooh i so remember that Matrox card were you could add memory to it

 

[Doc41]

This Thread is awesome , the one i have is not as old as most ones here, but is old enough
specs are:
Gigabyte GA-5AX Mobo
AMD K6-2 450 CPU
640MB Of Mixed SDRAM
3DFX VooDoo2 & an 8mb S3 Savage 3D VGA Card
and a Creative Sound Card

I think my dads first one was a Sinclair ZX81

 

[Derek12]

Sorry that cannot post pictures but my first computer (1999) was an AMD K6-2 450 MHz (the same as Doc41 LOL), I don't remember the model of the motherboard but it was a DFI, Samsung 8 GB Hard disk, Nvidia Riva TNT -->Voodoo (don't remeber what model exactly ), 64 MB RAM -->128 MB , Creative sound blaster sound card, and Windows 98 --> ME --> 2000.

That computer was thrown 'cause the motherboard died and CPU overheated

One question that I realized now: What is that two-row of pins in some old expansion card? In my GFX card of my old PC had those but nothing connected on them

Many thanks

 

[entropy13]

My joystick is from the 90s, does that count? Only problem is that I can't seem to find it now LOL (I'm still sure it's in the house though)

 

[Thrackan]

Sorry that cannot post pictures but my first computer (1999) was an AMD K6-2 450 MHz (the same as Doc41 LOL), I don't remember the model of the motherboard but it was a DFI, Samsung 8 GB Hard disk, Nvidia Riva TNT -->Voodoo (don't remeber what model exactly ), 64 MB RAM -->128 MB , Creative sound blaster sound card, and Windows 98 --> ME --> 2000.

That computer was thrown 'cause the motherboard died and CPU overheated

One question that I realized now: What is that two-row of pins in some old expansion card? In my GFX card of my old PC had those but nothing connected on them

Many thanks

Like the one posted above you? Most likely a VESA header

 

[Deleted member 24505]

The earliest pc i had was a pentium 166 (no mmx) 2gb hdd 32mb ram unknown video card, cost me £1899 in 199x i think. was a beast at the time, my mate lee wet himself when he saw it.

 

[mastrdrver]

Ooh i so remember that Matrox card were you could add memory to it

Do what? That's news to me.

 

[AsRock]

Do what? That's news to me.

The chips between the all those pins are ram chips and you used a addon board. And if i remember right it was the same deal with the AWE card too in the second pic and the 3rd pic the older version had clip in ram chips ( if it's the card i am thinking of..

Addon memory was great not like now.