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stinger608

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I'm thinking now I just may keep my Nf7-s setup as it has been good to me and all. May set it up for the kiddos to play on.
 

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I'm thinking now I just may keep my Nf7-s setup as it has been good to me and all. May set it up for the kiddos to play on.

There ya go! :toast:

I'm keeping my K8N-Neo2-F socket 939 system for a little bit of personal history as well :)
 
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There ya go! :toast:

I'm keeping my K8N-Neo2-F socket 939 system for a little bit of personal history as well :)


I feel the same way about my Kt7a board. I won't sell that thing for nothing. I've had that board up and running for over 10 yrs. It's like the Energizer Bunny, keeps going and going. :toast:
 
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Got this for £80, including 234 games on tape. Recently bought a 1541 disk drive that was refurbed and reconditioned, its being sent on Monday.

  • 2x Breadbins
  • 1x C64G in C64C style
  • 1x Australian aftermarket C64, apparently is just C64 (breadbin) in aftermarket case
  • 1x Quickshot, Zipstick, Atari joystick, Competition Pro, NEOS Mouse
  • Cheese wedge psu, later brick psu (missing plug on end)
  • 3x different tape decks
  • 234 games on tape

 

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Very awesome Kieran!!!!!!!!

Added you to the original post man.

:respect::respect::respect:
 

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1282.5Mb :laugh::roll::laugh:

Sorry for the dark images
 
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I am so signing up to this forum just to post these things :D
so welcome to my first post :p

For starter, here's my GeForce FX5200 :toast:


Matrox MGA Millenium


Aureal Vortex 3D (well 3D sound actually)


Tekram SCSI Controller


Overall of the expansion cards above


Not so old, but here's My Ghetto X1550 VGA :rockout:


Next, SDRam PC133 along with EDO Ram :D


Then, A few of my aftermarket HSF, along with original P3 HSF


AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4GHz


Zip disk and some Floppy disks (that 3.5" Floppy still brand new, unopened :D)


Lastly, If you're wondering about that huge box, here it is:
:twitch::eek::twitch: I bet most of you are younger than this thing here :laugh:


Actually along with this 8" Floppy, I should have 5.25 HDD
But I can't find it :banghead: still trying to remember where did i put it :confused:
I dont remember its capacity though, but I'm sure its not more than 10MB
 

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Some real classics :rockout:

Welcome to TPU :toast:
 
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My old parts for a test system.
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stinger608

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I am so signing up to this forum just to post these things :D
so welcome to my first post :p

For starter, here's my GeForce FX5200 :toast:
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/sqeu1twxn0xw.jpg

Matrox MGA Millenium
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/s3tqnx2midi7.jpg

Aureal Vortex 3D (well 3D sound actually)
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/3kjraoa38dxn.jpg

Tekram SCSI Controller
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/ry6khufjzonz.jpg

Overall of the expansion cards above
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/cg5xbap10fge.jpg

Not so old, but here's My Ghetto X1550 VGA :rockout:
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/yimvm2m3aqyb.jpg

Next, SDRam PC133 along with EDO Ram :D
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/jueugnrr8xx7.jpg

Then, A few of my aftermarket HSF, along with original P3 HSF
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/juwc2clzwgmo.jpg

AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4GHz
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/q18a7tf3s4hi.jpg

Zip disk and some Floppy disks (that 3.5" Floppy still brand new, unopened :D)
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/v3zurqqcwlsk.jpg

Lastly, If you're wondering about that huge box, here it is:
:twitch::eek::twitch: I bet most of you are younger than this thing here :laugh:
http://iof3.imgkeep.com/i/00102/c4k2mbfa0dbs.jpg

Actually along with this 8" Floppy, I should have 5.25 HDD
But I can't find it :banghead: still trying to remember where did i put it :confused:
I dont remember its capacity though, but I'm sure its not more than 10MB



:eek: Very awesome Coolleo!!!!!

Huge welcome to the forums as well man. Glad you joined due to this thread!!!:rockout::rockout::rockout:

Um, no, I am definitely not younger than the 8" floppy disks. :laugh: Hell, I can even remember them to be honest. Pretty much a rarity these days though.

Adding you to the original post bro!:toast::toast::toast:
 
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I've got waaaaay too much stuff that's much older than most of the items already posted here (and probably older than a lot of members), but it's 4:15 AM here right now so I don't really feel like digging everything out atm :p

You'll have to make due with few HDDs for now..

Seagate ST351A/X (40MB singleplatter. one of the last stepper drives)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46140&stc=1&d=1331434794
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46141&stc=1&d=1331434813

Seagate Marathon 260SL (2.5" 10mm, 262MB, 4000rpm, 120KB Cache, from 1994)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46142&stc=1&d=1331434829

Toshiba MK2124FC (2.5" full height (20mm), 130MB, 2 platters, 3200rpm, 32KB Cache, from 1991)
pretty bad pic but anyways
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46143&stc=1&d=1331434838


I also have one Quantum Bigfoot of each series (CY, TX, TS), a Seagate Barracuda 4GB 3.5" full height SCSI drive from ~1996 (?) and a HP SureStore Disk 2000LP 2GB SCSI HDD from January 1996 somewhere.
And a 40MB NEC MFM HDD and a WD/Tandon 20MB MFM HDD plus the accompanying Amstrad PC1640 (8086 8MHz, 640KB RAM) they came out of / are in atm.

Oh and yeah.. all of this is still fully functional :cool:

edit: edited the IMG tags to URL cause the forum doesn't seem to auto-resize them (probably because the pics are in portrait, not landscape)
 

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Hehehe I have something that you guys would love! Give me a little :)
 

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System Name The SwagMachine / The Sister
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Software Windows 8.1 Pro / Windows 7 Ultimate
Benchmark Scores one time I scored a 3 on 3dmark 11
Bring it on :laugh:

I was gunna post some old ram, or my NF7-S but you guys have seen it all, but have you seen this beast at a whopping 133mhz, and with an enormous 2mbs of ram?! This thing hasn't seen the light of day in a very very long time.


Sorry for the bad pics, I swear I took a lot more! They just disappeared on me :c

I had a PII server pc, but I can't find it anymore. I may have trashed it a while ago...
 
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I've got waaaaay too much stuff that's much older than most of the items already posted here (and probably older than a lot of members), but it's 4:15 AM here right now so I don't really feel like digging everything out atm :p

You'll have to make due with few HDDs for now..

Seagate ST351A/X (40MB singleplatter. one of the last stepper drives)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46140&stc=1&d=1331434794
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46141&stc=1&d=1331434813

Seagate Marathon 260SL (2.5" 10mm, 262MB, 4000rpm, 120KB Cache, from 1994)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46142&stc=1&d=1331434829

Toshiba MK2124FC (2.5" full height (20mm), 130MB, 2 platters, 3200rpm, 32KB Cache, from 1991)
pretty bad pic but anyways
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46143&stc=1&d=1331434838

One of the drives has a sticker that says "do not low level format." Why would that be?


I also have one Quantum Bigfoot of each series (CY, TX, TS), a Seagate Barracuda 4GB 3.5" full height SCSI drive from ~1996 (?) and a HP SureStore Disk 2000LP 2GB SCSI HDD from January 1996 somewhere.
And a 40MB NEC MFM HDD and a WD/Tandon 20MB MFM HDD plus the accompanying Amstrad PC1640 (8086 8MHz, 640KB RAM) they came out of / are in atm.

Oh and yeah.. all of this is still fully functional :cool:

edit: edited the IMG tags to URL cause the forum doesn't seem to auto-resize them (probably because the pics are in portrait, not landscape)

One of the drives has a sticker that says "Do not low-level format." Why would that be?
 

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Video Card(s) Gigabyte 1660 Super/Gigabyte GTX 1660
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Case Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s) On board
Power Supply Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro
I've got waaaaay too much stuff that's much older than most of the items already posted here (and probably older than a lot of members), but it's 4:15 AM here right now so I don't really feel like digging everything out atm :p

You'll have to make due with few HDDs for now..

Seagate ST351A/X (40MB singleplatter. one of the last stepper drives)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46140&stc=1&d=1331434794
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46141&stc=1&d=1331434813

Seagate Marathon 260SL (2.5" 10mm, 262MB, 4000rpm, 120KB Cache, from 1994)
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46142&stc=1&d=1331434829

Toshiba MK2124FC (2.5" full height (20mm), 130MB, 2 platters, 3200rpm, 32KB Cache, from 1991)
pretty bad pic but anyways
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46143&stc=1&d=1331434838


I also have one Quantum Bigfoot of each series (CY, TX, TS), a Seagate Barracuda 4GB 3.5" full height SCSI drive from ~1996 (?) and a HP SureStore Disk 2000LP 2GB SCSI HDD from January 1996 somewhere.
And a 40MB NEC MFM HDD and a WD/Tandon 20MB MFM HDD plus the accompanying Amstrad PC1640 (8086 8MHz, 640KB RAM) they came out of / are in atm.

Oh and yeah.. all of this is still fully functional :cool:

edit: edited the IMG tags to URL cause the forum doesn't seem to auto-resize them (probably because the pics are in portrait, not landscape)


:rockout: awesome old hard drives!!!

Adding you to the original post.
 
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@Norton
:toast: welcome :toast:

@stinger608
:toast: thanks for the add bro :toast:
now i feel belong in here knowing that at least you too are also older than that floppy :roll:
 
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One of the drives has a sticker that says "Do not low-level format." Why would that be?
Uneducated guess: A real low-level format wouldn't only get rid of the data, but also the tracking information, basically bricking the drive cause the heads don't know where they're at / where they're supposed to go (?)

Those old stepper HDDs worked more like an oversized floppy drive than a HDD of today. Sort of a hybrid between the two, with more "floppy-tech".
It even mattered how you mounted them. A stepper HDD formatted horizontally wouldn't work properly if you mounted it vertically, cause gravity would pull the (compared to todays drives very simple) mechanics slightly out of alignment.
 
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I like the packaging on the 3.5" floppy. Because when you think of floppy disks, you think of peas, right?

and a marketing department had to look at all of the available presentations and pick THAT one as the best for their product :laugh::roll::roll:
 

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and a marketing department had to look at all of the available presentations and pick THAT one as the best for their product :laugh::roll::roll:

:laugh::laugh::laugh: Yea no shit man!!!!!! Funny shit bro!
 

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Well with this recent awesome purchase I just figured I would have to share a couple of photos with everyone.

Okay not really what one would really consider "nostalgic" but more like "epic" :laugh: So I figured I would include it for your enjoyment.



 
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