TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[stinger608]

Just a quick heads up, for all of you guys here who kindly offered to help me with my Adison project on one way or another.

Earlier today I received probably the most terrible news in my entire life. A senior family member who contracted Covid 19 was rushed into the hospital & the situation is critical, without the long-term prognosis. She is 89 years old, so there's hardly any room for miracles I'm afraid. We are talking days, hours or maybe even minutes.

Meanwhile, at the same time. My very dear & close friend , my soulmate was rushed into the intensive care after suffering from severe chemo therapy side effects and by the looks of it was pronounced brain-dead. From what I've been told, It is only a matter of time before unplugging her from the ventilator, so I hope that all of you understand, I'm backing off from retro hardware & quite frankly don't know when & if I'll ever get back to it.

Thank you for the understanding

OH God all mighty brother, I'm so very sorry to hear about all of this!!!!!!!!!! My condolences to you and all the family members!!!!!

Remember, as already stated, we are always here and enjoy your posts and pictures a lot and hope you come on back in when you need a distraction from reality!

 

[Radical Vision]

Things to get soon, EVGA GEforce 7950 GX2, not so rare, but is still great find
Number Nine S3 Savage 4 Extreme seems the top high end of the savage 4 line up, and Number Nine is like Diamond build quality
ASUS K7M Slot A board prob one of the best for that platform
ASUS CUBX-E seems one of the fines 440BX boards have support up to 1GHz coppermine, also x3 ISA slots and with some adapter will support Tualatin too (but my guess is this board will be sacrificed in order to refund the spended money for the rest)












Now stuff that i got..

Intel Desktop Board 478 (sadly not the damn black PCB one...)
Gigabyte









Sadly nothing interesting in all these computers... The good part was there was couple of Panasonic 3.5 inch floppies, TEAC and Mitsumi, there was like 2-3 good Quantum Fireballs that was under 1 year of use and in great condition. Did not take pictures of everything tho, there was x2 AMD K6-II 450 CPUs and one WIn Chip C6 CPU... The XT keyboard is really interesting (not to me as i dont like Xt stuff much aside from IBM) it have Cherry MX switches, i can assume i can trade it for some more modern AT mechanical such as NorthGate Omnikey maybe or Zenith data Systems...

 

[phill]

Just a quick heads up, for all of you guys here who kindly offered to help me with my Adison project on one way or another.

Earlier today I received probably the most terrible news in my entire life. A senior family member who contracted Covid 19 was rushed into the hospital & the situation is critical, without the long-term prognosis. She is 89 years old, so there's hardly any room for miracles I'm afraid. We are talking days, hours or maybe even minutes.

Meanwhile, at the same time. My very dear & close friend , my soulmate was rushed into the intensive care after suffering from severe chemo therapy side effects and by the looks of it was pronounced brain-dead. From what I've been told, It is only a matter of time before unplugging her from the ventilator, so I hope that all of you understand, I'm backing off from retro hardware & quite frankly don't know when & if I'll ever get back to it.

Thank you for the understanding

If there's anything we can do.... We'll always be here should you need a distraction etc.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Based on this^ :
@lexluthermiester You can't go older that what I wrote if you want to have 64-bit support (regardless of OS you want to use). Unless you do IA-64, but that's WAAY out of the scope of this... I hope
I think : Celeron D 326 + 256MB RAM (or 128MB if you find a single stick of DDR1 at such low capacity) are slower than any Atom platform.

Oh, right forgot they mentioned 64bit... My bad...

 

[Trekkie4]

Understood, you can always come back if you need a distraction from what’s going on.

Aww man, so sorry to hear the sad news... I'll keep that keyboard for you

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OH God all mighty brother, I'm so very sorry to hear about all of this!!!!!!!!!! My condolences to you and all the family members!!!!!

Remember, as already stated, we are always here and enjoy your posts and pictures a lot and hope you come on back in when you need a distraction from reality!

Thank you all for the kind words. The irony of the situation is that (from what I've been last told) both of them are still alive. So there is some hope. Common sense is telling me otherwise, but for the moment, right now - there IS hope nevertheless. So what you can all do is send positive thoughts & energy, hoping for a miracle.

And thank you @QuietBob for the offer. I don't know what the future holds, so I can't tell you when (or even if) I'll ever get back to working on that Adison computer, but again the common sense is telling me that I should do it. I wasted so much money into it, it would be a "crime" to let it all go to waste. Especially since I can't really sell any of that, as it doesn't hold any realistic value to anyone, other than me.

 

[biffzinker]

I'll ever get back to working on that Adison computer, but again the common sense is telling me that I should do it. I wasted so much money into it, it would be a "crime" to let it all go to waste. Especially since I can't really sell any of that, as it doesn't hold any realistic value to anyone, other than me.

You might as well finish the rebuild then call it quits since you’ve already invested the money.

Hopefully your grandma could pull through, and close friend might come out of it.

 

[QuietBob]

It needs 64-bit support, so you are stuck at lowest end with Celeron D (some Prescott-256 E0 based should have it) or Semprons on LGA 754/939 (depending on Dual Channel support/AGP).

Just what I need I'll be putting this in a miditower case, so I'm gonna stick to socketed CPUs. Those embedded solutions @lexluthermiester mentioned may be a worthy opponent though.
From what I gather, the slowest 64-bit desktop CPU from Intel was the Celeron D 326 @ 2.53 (Prescott-256) from 2004 - already suggested by you. For AMD, it was the Sempron 2500+ @ 1.4 (Palermo) from the same year. Now, which of these two would be slower?

With that being said, do you plan on waitng on death before installation (RAM = 1x 256MB DDR1 option) ?
Or maybe just like watching paint dry : IDE 40GB 5400RPM HDD (or microSD card) ?

Yes to both! Can you actually install Win7 on 256MB? I'll probably try the official minimum of 2 GB. And I need equally slow storage. Do you have any benchmarks for that drive?

 

[lexluthermiester]

This is a bit off-topic but I feel compelled to offer these thoughts.

but again the common sense is telling me that I should do it. I wasted so much money into it, it would be a "crime" to let it all go to waste. Especially since I can't really sell any of that, as it doesn't hold any realistic value to anyone, other than me.

Honestly, it would be healthy for you to continue on. It's one thing to be worried and to morn, that is normal and good for you, but it's also healthy to carry on. Keep on living. Everyone here will come to the end of the road. It's the disheartening but unavoidable cycle of life. Think about this, if you were in their position, would you want those whom you love to give up on the fun things that make them happy? Or would you want them to continue on?

Yes to both! Can you actually install Win7 on 256MB? I'll probably try the official minimum of 2 GB. And I need equally slow storage. Do you have any benchmarks for that drive?

It would work on 1GB, but not very well, even if you had a dedicated GPU.

 

[Trekkie4]

This is a bit off-topic but I feel compelled to offer these thoughts.

Honestly, it would be healthy for you to continue on. It's one thing to be worried and to morn, that is normal and good for you, but it's also healthy to carry on. Keep on living. Everyone here will come to the end of the road. It's the disheartening but unavoidable cycle of life. Think about this, if you were in their position, would you want those whom you love to give up on the fun things that make them happy? Or would you want them to continue on?

My friend was pronounced dead 3 hours ago, at 1PM Florida time. I'm afraid there was nothing they could do about it, or to save her
And you're right. We knew each other for 11+ years now, and you're right, she would want me to carry on. She knew about my Adison project, and was in fact very excited about it, when I first told her (back in March) that I found the case which I've been looking for all those years. But it's not going to be easy, and I don't know if I'm strong enough to keep on going without her. She meant to me more than I could ever put into words, and it feels as if part of me died with her, today.

 

[lexluthermiester]

But it's not going to be easy, and I don't know if I'm strong enough to keep on going without her.

See PM.

 

[phill]

If there's anything we can do @Trekkie4 please do let us know.. TPU in certain areas feels like a bit of a family to me.. I think and I believe this goes without saying, we are all here for you should there be anything any one here can help or do for you Just let us know.

 

[Trekkie4]

Thank you for the kind words @phill ,but there is nothing that we can do about it. The only thing that could save her would be the time machine, to travel 48 hrs back in time & to warn her what's going to happen...

As for helping me, I can't think of anything that would cheer me up, but again thank you for the kind offer. I'll be honest, I was hesitating to put this into public place for everyone to see, but seeing how many people were (are) involved in my Adison project and either offered me free parts or various trade-ins for Adison-related components, I felt that it needs to be said & done. But I honestly wasn't expecting as much compassion & help from you guys, and I just wanted to say this, I'm grateful for all your help.

 

[phill]

As I mentioned before @Trekkie4, for me, there are certain areas that feel like a family and it's a great thing to have. It might only be sometimes words on a screen but sometimes that's all that's needed to feel a little bit better or what have you.

I'm a man of my word so if there's anything I can do or anyone in the forum can do, just let us know Doesn't matter if its a stick of RAM or a chat or for you to have a rage/off load, we are all here for each other I feel

I understand the pain and the hurt, I've lost quite a few members of my family in my life, it's never a good thing to feel and everyone will react differently to it, but one thing I definitely think is that as long as you have good memories of that person and remember good and bad things about them, they are always going to be around and with you
Perfect kids film for that is Coco Pixar doing it again!! But I digress, you know where to find us

 

[Caring1]

As for helping me, I can't think of anything that would cheer me up, but again thank you for the kind offer. I'll be honest, I was hesitating to put this into public place for everyone to see, but seeing how many people were (are) involved in my Adison project and either offered me free parts or various trade-ins for Adison-related components, I felt that it needs to be said & done. But I honestly wasn't expecting as much compassion & help from you guys, and I just wanted to say this, I'm grateful for all your help.

I'm sure most people here feel for you and your loss.
Mourning is a natural process you shouldn't try to bottle in, it's not natural or healthy.
Let it work it's course but don't lose sight of what you still have around you and eventually you will feel better, remembering the good times you had, not the loss you felt in the moment.

 

[stinger608]

My friend was pronounced dead 3 hours ago, at 1PM Florida time. I'm afraid there was nothing they could do about it, or to save her
And you're right. We knew each other for 11+ years now, and you're right, she would want me to carry on. She knew about my Adison project, and was in fact very excited about it, when I first told her (back in March) that I found the case which I've been looking for all those years. But it's not going to be easy, and I don't know if I'm strong enough to keep on going without her. She meant to me more than I could ever put into words, and it feels as if part of me died with her, today.

Dammit brother, I'm so sorry to hear this news. Makes me about in tears hearing this.

I went through a very similar loss a few years ago with a dear friend that was like a true brother to me and my wife. We still talk about old memories and I think about him a lot. It was a devastating loss to us and several other friends.

What I will say, and I did, was finish a build in his name! I still have the PC that I knew he would love and will probably never get rid of and I know I'll never forget him.

Finish that Adison system in her name man. Cherish it and dedicate the build in her name. That is one way to have fond memories of her and every time you look at it or use it, it will bring back great memories of the time you spent together.
It gets easier with time, as the old saying goes, but you will never forget! Try to have faith that she is looking down on you and as you said, "she would want me to carry on."

Bless you brother and you will be in my thoughts and prayers this evening and the coming future.

 

[F-Zero]

DFI LANPARTY DK X38-T2RB

 

[lexluthermiester]

DFI LANPARTY DK X38-T2RB

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This is just beautiful! Wonderful board!

 

[Mr.Scott]

ASUS K7M Slot A board prob one of the best for that platform

The Via chipset boards are better.
K7V kills the M model.

 

[QuietBob]

Continuing on my quest to put together the slowest 64-bit system. With the few benchmarks I found, Celeron D 326 (775) and Sempron 2500+ (754) seem to go neck and neck. I think I'm gonna settle on the Sempron for the slower clock speed

Now for the video. I need to find the absolute slowest DX9 GPU...

 

[Mr.Scott]

Now for the video. I need to find the absolute slowest DX9 GPU...

FX 5200
LE 64 bit model if you can find one.

 

[Keullo-e]

Going to pick up some packages today

Damn that Pentium D 925 overclocks like mad, just pushed CB15 @ 4.6GHz, 106pts

 

[68Olds]

I have a FX5200 & a s775 celery. Let me see if it fits the 64 bit bill...
I’ll report back tomorrow.

That’s awesome stuff Chloe!!

 

[Keullo-e]

Broke the 4.8GHz barrier

 

[lexluthermiester]

Broke the 4.8GHz barrier

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Good grief that voltage! Do you know what the temps are like?

 

[Keullo-e]

Good grief that voltage! Do you know what the temps are like?

Nothing critical, cooled by custom loop h2o.