TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

E-Bear · Oct 28, 2018

Trekkie4 said:
Pentium 133 fully updated, even modernized (with USB)

I realize some of you here might not like the idea of having USB inside an old Win95 system, but all I did was adding an extension & hooking it into pre-existing header, on the motherboard. In fact, you can clearly see the USB cable being routed behind the cards, on the left... Everything else was a matter of BIOS tweaks & settings, simply activating the USB controller & assigning it IRQ.

As for everything else, I replaced both the graphics (Matrox Millennium II) and SCSI controller, in favor of Adaptec one.

Remember this issue? Someone here stated how SCSI CD-ROM drive can never work in DOS, unless configured properly through a separate drivers & instructions. But no, it would seem that all my SCSI Boot issues were related to a controller, as the current Adaptec one doesn't have ANY issues with booting from a CD-RW drive.

Does anyone of you remember when they decided to switch name from USB and call it USB 1.1 ?

Trekkie4 · Oct 28, 2018

E-Bear said:
Does anyone of you remember when they decided to switch name from USB and call it USB 1.1 ?

I don't know specifically, but what I DO know is that USB originally suffered from loads of compatibility & connectivity issues. Things hadn't been looking promising for USB and the amount of problems was proportionally getting larger & larger, as they were adding to it.

That was before USB became a technological standard, but some time later they worked out all the issues & (I'm guessing, anyway) named it "1.1".

GreiverBlade · Oct 28, 2018

Trekkie4 said:
I don't know specifically, but what I DO know is that USB originally suffered from loads of compatibility & connectivity issues. Things hadn't been looking promising for USB and the amount of problems was proportionally getting larger & larger, as they were adding to it.

That was before USB became a technological standard, but some time later they worked out all the issues & (I'm guessing, anyway) named it "1.1".

well i remember the first iteration being nicknamed "Useless Serial Bus" .... :roll:

erek · Oct 28, 2018

My collection

@stinger608

not yet arrived S3 GammaChrome S18 Pro:

kazz · Oct 29, 2018

Was installed GameRanger (really nice LAN gaming emulator program, works without SSE2 nad win XP perfectly fine) to my Athlon XP rig couple of days ago and played some fairly classic games on it with some dudes. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit II, Flatout2, Colin Mc Rae Rally 2005 etc... as I have Radeon (AGP) HD4670 I was pretty much able to max out graphycs even on 1080p -cpu bottlenecks that videocard in amount where changing resoluton has very little effect on FPS

anyway very fun experience - I very much reccomend something like that to others as well! I hope it is not too offtopic - at least for me it was very much related with finding some use for old hardware

And like usual - post made with that exact PC

stinger608 · Oct 29, 2018

kazz said:
installed GameRanger (really nice LAN gaming emulator program, works without SSE2 nad win XP perfectly fine)

I hadn't ever heard of GameRanger and was checking it out and listing of supported games. There are quite a few awesome games supported!!!!!! Surprised me that I didn't see any of the Unreal Tournament games listed though.

Did see Quake 2 which is a hell of a hoot to do multiplayer on!!!!! :peace:

Trekkie4 · Oct 29, 2018

Personally, I couldn't care less for multiplayer (in fact, I'm having a rant on GTA Forums as we speak, regarding the whole multiplayer vs single player thing & how priorities had changed over time), but that is one beautiful retro machine :lovetpu:

erek · Oct 30, 2018

erek said:
My collection

@stinger608

View attachment 109521

not yet arrived S3 GammaChrome S18 Pro:

Officially confirmed it's a S18 Pro

Trekkie4 · Oct 30, 2018

Oh wow!! I had no idea S3 ever produced PCIe cards, I always figured their last model was Savage 2000... :toast:

biffzinker · Oct 30, 2018

Trekkie4 said:
Oh wow!! I had no idea S3 ever produced PCIe cards, I always figured their last model was Savage 2000...

S3 continued on after Via took ownership. Via's iGPU is from S3.

Correction: HTC bought out ownership of S3 Graphics from VIA back on July 6, 2011.

Trekkie4 · Oct 30, 2018

So the real question is who owns them now? Because from what I heard, HTC had some serious problems... After owning HTC M8 for almost 2yrs, it's not difficult to understand why.

E-Bear · Oct 30, 2018

Trekkie4 said:
So the real question is who owns them now? Because from what I heard, HTC had some serious problems... After owning HTC M8 for almost 2yrs, it's not difficult to understand why.

Thank you I was about to order a new HTC Mate online. Won't order anymore but what are there problems?

Trekkie4 · Oct 30, 2018

E-Bear said:
Thank you I was about to order a new HTC Mate online. Won't order anymore but what are there problems?

Well I suppose that is a matter of personal taste... Years ago I had HTC Desire HD - which was totally awesome phone! Fun, interactive, had a really nice battery life, etc. In fact I've had Desire HD for over 2 and a half years, before I switched over to Samsung Galaxy Core. Was never quite happy with Samsung (not to mention the fact it had a serious issue, a defect straight from the factory), so eventually I got HTC M8s, thinking it would be as awesome & fun as Desire HD. But nope, it was just the opposite really. IMO, a boring (and overpriced) phone with some serious limitations & lousy battery. The only good thing(s) about M8 was its brushed steel casing & stereo sound, having 2 speakers with somewhat noticeable stereo image (due to the fact each speaker was placed on one side of the unit).

My current phone is Asus Zenfone, which has some really cool features & a 5,000mAh battery capable of running the phone for at least 3-4 days with all the bells & whistles turned on. However, if you keep the WiFi off & don't watch YouTube too much you could easily get it working for another day or two, up to a week in total. If you're interested in buying HTC, it's most definitely worth checking out the specs, maybe even seeing the actual phone at the store. But from what I heard, HTC had some corporate problems (money?) so I assumed they backed off from the phone production. TBH, don't really know for sure, just telling you what I heard.

SniperHF · Oct 31, 2018

Here's the oldest picture of me with a computer I have:

I believe it's a 286. Maybe someone knows exactly what it was. Unfortunately the identifying marks on it aren't visible.

stinger608 said:
Surprised me that I didn't see any of the Unreal Tournament games listed though.

I don't think they prioritize games that still have working central server. AFAIK all the UTs still work fine except 3, which is fixed with an unofficial patch.

Red_Machine · Oct 31, 2018

SniperHF said:
I believe it's a 286. Maybe someone knows exactly what it was. Unfortunately the identifying marks on it aren't visible.

That's a Tandy 1000 HX. Not a 286, though. Just a plain old 8088.

lexluthermiester · Oct 31, 2018

Red_Machine said:
That's a Tandy 1000 HX. Not a 286, though. Just a plain old 8088.

That's what I was thinking but wasn't 100%

SniperHF · Oct 31, 2018

Red_Machine said:
That's a Tandy 1000 HX. Not a 286, though. Just a plain old 8088.

Interesting, I remember the slide off covers on top so that's definitely it.
Think we had that in '89/'90ish 2nd hand, we used to share it with my Uncle's family.

All I did on it was (poorly of course) play Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego and Hangman :laugh:

lexluthermiester · Nov 3, 2018

Just watched this from Clint over at LGR;

Early 1990's tablet's were a marvel!

Bungz · Nov 5, 2018

Last of the boards of my youth that I was after.

Having a clear out in the new year but this will be a keeper.

Will be recapped later in the week, KZG be nasty.

sepheronx · Nov 5, 2018

SniperHF said:
Here's the oldest picture of me with a computer I have:
View attachment 109644

I believe it's a 286. Maybe someone knows exactly what it was. Unfortunately the identifying marks on it aren't visible.

I don't think they prioritize games that still have working central server. AFAIK all the UTs still work fine except 3, which is fixed with an unofficial patch.

We had that exact same Tandy at home too. Man those were the days.

Mr.Scott · Nov 5, 2018

Bungz said:
Last of the boards of my youth that I was after.

Having a clear out in the new year but this will be a keeper.

Will be recapped later in the week, KZG be nasty.

Every single one of those boards that's been through my hands needed a re-cap. That's the way they are.
I still have one.

erek · Nov 11, 2018

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Extremely-...eme-3-0-GUS-ISA-vintage-ViperMAX/223225225242

E-Bear · Nov 13, 2018

Just got it out of my parts boxes.

phill · Nov 14, 2018

I'm not sure if these are right here but...

I've a few more bits and pieces laying about here, but I thought these might be nice to share

If any aren't allowed, I'll take them down if you can let me know

Trekkie4 · Nov 15, 2018

phill said:
I'm not sure if these are right here but...
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I've a few more bits and pieces laying about here, but I thought these might be nice to share If any aren't allowed, I'll take them down if you can let me know

Captain Picard messaged me earlier & said he wants his Galaxy-Class exhaust manifold back!

System Name	HP Pavilion a6552f
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Motherboard	Asus IPIBL-LB / HP Benicia-GL8E
Cooling	DeepCool Gammaxx 200
Memory	8gigs Kingston 4x2gigs DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Zotac GT630 "Fermi" 2gb DDR3 128bits Synergy Edition
Storage	Western Digital Green 7200rpm 1tb
Display(s)	LG Flatron EW234 Super LED
Case	HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake TR2 430w
Mouse	Razer Abyssus Mirror Special Edition Blue LED
Keyboard	Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Commander Red LED Backlighting Mechanical Keycaps Membrane Gaming Keyboard
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits

System Name	Adison "Open Space" 19
Processor	Intel Pentium II, 350MHz
Motherboard	Chaintech 6BTM, Slot 1
Cooling	SECC Cartridge
Memory	1x 64MB, PC100
Video Card(s)	ATI Rage IIc AGP, Diamond Monster 3DII 12MB
Storage	BTC BCD-40XH, Quantum Fireball 3.5 Series, EX6.4 GB
Display(s)	LG StudioWorks 57M
Case	Adison Midi Tower, ATX
Audio Device(s)	Creative SoundBlaster 128
Power Supply	Codegen 300W
Mouse	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Keyboard	Genius SlimStar 110, PS/2
Software	Microsoft Windows 98

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	Beaver's Build
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (WI-FI) - X570
Cooling	Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM 97 CFM Liquid
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory - 16-19-19-39
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Storage	Inland 1TB NVMe M.2 (Phison E12) / Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVMe 512G / WD Black 6TB - 256M cache
Display(s)	Alienware AW3225QF 32" 4K 240 Hz OLED
Case	Fractal Design Design Define R6 USB-C
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite 2i4 USB Audio Interface
Power Supply	SuperFlower LEADEX TITANIUM 1600W
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder V2
Keyboard	Razer Cynosa V2 (Membrane)
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	3dmark = https://www.3dmark.com/spy/32087054 Cinebench R15 = 4038 Cinebench R20 = 9210

System Name	K7
Processor	AMD Athlon XP 3200+ @ ~2,4GHz /socekt A
Motherboard	Asus A7V880 /KT880
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper series with 2x 80x80mm Arctic FANS
Memory	2x1GB Corsair XMS PC4000 dual @ ~440MHz
Video Card(s)	HIS Radeon HD4670 1GB AGP
Storage	STEC Mach8 SSD 50GB SATA
Display(s)	23" LG Flatron IPS231
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB Live! CT4830
Power Supply	350W Enermax

TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

E-Bear

Trekkie4

GreiverBlade

erek

kazz

Attachments

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Trekkie4

erek

Trekkie4

biffzinker

Trekkie4

E-Bear

Trekkie4

SniperHF

Red_Machine

lexluthermiester

SniperHF

lexluthermiester

Bungz

Attachments

sepheronx

Mr.Scott

erek

E-Bear

phill

Moderator

Trekkie4

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 3700X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Gigabyte AORUS ELITE B550
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/16 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/Gigabyte GTX 1660
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
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

Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk ATX
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
Memory	VENGEANCE LPX 2 x 16GB DDR4-3600 C18 OCed 3800
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE Gaming
Storage	970 EVO NVMe M.2 500 GB, 870 QVO 1 TB
Display(s)	Samsung 28” 4K monitor
Case	Phantek Eclipse P400S (PH-EC416PS)
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 310
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 10 Professional 64-bit v22H2

Processor	i7 3770k @4.3GHZ
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V
Cooling	Hyper 212 Evo
Memory	g.skill Sniper 1600 4GB x4
Video Card(s)	Powercolor RX480 4GB
Storage	Crucial MX100 x2
Display(s)	LG 25UM56-P 25"
Case	Antec 1100
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Mouse	Roccat Kone EMP
Keyboard	CM Storm Trigger
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/27435174

System Name	Chachamaru-IV \| Retro Battlestation
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X \| Intel Pentium II 450MHz
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX X570-F Gaming \| MSI MS-6116 (Intel 440BX chipset)
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4
Memory	32GB Corsair DDR4-3000 (16-20-20-38) \| 512MB PC133 SDRAM
Video Card(s)	nVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 FE \| 3dfx Voodoo3 3000
Storage	1TB WD_Black SN850 NVME SSD (OS), Toshiba 3TB (Storage), Toshiba 3TB (Steam)
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G5 27" @ 1440p144 & Dell P2312H @ 1080p60
Case	SilverStone Seta A1 \| Beige box
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster AE-7 (Speakers), Creative Zen Hybrid headset \| Sound Blaster AWE64
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750 G2 \| 250W ASETEC
Mouse	Roccat Kone Air\| Microsoft Serial Mouse v2.0A
Keyboard	Vortex Race3 \| Dell AT102W
Software	Microsoft Windows 11 Pro \| Microsoft Windows 98SE

System Name	PCGR
Processor	12400f
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B660-I
Cooling	Stock Intel Cooler
Memory	2x16GB DDR5 5600 Corsair
Video Card(s)	Dell RTX 3080
Storage	1x 512GB Mmoment PCIe 3 NVME 1x 2TB Corsair S70
Display(s)	LG 32" 1440p
Case	Phanteks Evolve itx
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	750W Cooler Master sfx
Software	Windows 11

System Name	Master
Processor	Pair of Xeon X5675's @ 4.3
Motherboard	SR-2 Classified
Memory	12 GB of Corsair Dominator GT's @ 2000 7-7-7-21
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX680
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(