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TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

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.
 
ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
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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There ya go! :toast:

I'm keeping my K8N-Neo2-F socket 939 system for a little bit of personal history as well :)
 
Norton said:
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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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:
 
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
 
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:
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Matrox MGA Millenium
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Aureal Vortex 3D (well 3D sound actually)
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Tekram SCSI Controller
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Overall of the expansion cards above
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Not so old, but here's My Ghetto X1550 VGA :rockout:
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Next, SDRam PC133 along with EDO Ram :D
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Then, A few of my aftermarket HSF, along with original P3 HSF
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AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4GHz
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Zip disk and some Floppy disks (that 3.5" Floppy still brand new, unopened :D)
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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:
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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
 
Some real classics :rockout:

Welcome to TPU :toast:
 
My old parts for a test system.
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coolleo said:
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
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: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:
 
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 :)
 
Norton said:
Bring it on :laugh:
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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.
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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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Bambooz said:
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)
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One of the drives has a sticker that says "Do not low-level format." Why would that be?
 
Bambooz said:
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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:rockout: awesome old hard drives!!!

Adding you to the original post.
 
@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:
 
The Von Matrices said:
One of the drives has a sticker that says "Do not low-level format." Why would that be?
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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.
 
 
The Von Matrices said:
I like the packaging on the 3.5" floppy. Because when you think of floppy disks, you think of peas, right?
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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:
 
Norton said:
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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:laugh::laugh::laugh: Yea no shit man!!!!!! Funny shit bro!
 
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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