Unofficial Oldest Rig on TPU

gamer210 · Mar 26, 2007

I went to the local Goodwill store today to drop off some old stuff and I saw two old Macs. One was a Mac SE, and the other was a Mac Classic. I thought it would be kind of cool to have one so I asked one of the employees if there was anywhere I could hook them up to see if they were working. The took me to some room in the back where I could plug them in. I was hoping the SE would work, but it was broken. The Mac Classic started without a hitch so I went ahead and bought it. After purchasing a mouse and a keyboard for it, the total cost was all of $10. It came preloaded with system 6.0.8. The processor is a blazing 8 MHz Motorolla 68000, it has a heaping 2 MB of ram and a massive 40 MB hard drive. I'm hoping to go back tomorrow and pick up the one that was broken to see if I can salvage any of the internals. I took some pictures. The first one is a picture of my rig up and running, and the other is a "screenshot". I'll keep y'all posted on any updates I make. I'm hoping to max out the memory, get a bigger hard drive, and hopefully get it able to surf the internet.

Mussels · Mar 26, 2007

dude... oldness! dont forget to join TPU's FAH team with that beast!

SK-1 · Mar 26, 2007

I would plop one of these new fangled 8800GTsomething in that!

randomperson21 · Mar 26, 2007

nice!

i used to have an olde appleII/C. 5.25" floppies, green phosphorus screen.

too bad i don't remember where it is now.

aximbigfan · Mar 26, 2007

yuck! its a mac!

chris

ex_reven · Mar 26, 2007

Upgrade to 4mb 33mhz ram :laugh:

!

Wow screens were tiny back then...

Mussels · Mar 26, 2007

OC it with some N2O!

ex_reven · Mar 26, 2007

Mussels said:
OC it with some N2O!

n20 costs more than the rig lol

Mussels · Mar 26, 2007

ex_reven said:
n20 costs more than the rig lol

submerse it in oil!

ex_reven · Mar 26, 2007

oil costs more than the rig lol

Namslas90 · Mar 26, 2007

Mussels said:
submerse it in oil!

And OC the heck out of it!!

Mussels · Mar 26, 2007

Namslas90 said:
And OC the heck out of it!!

go for 20Mhz! make it a MONSTER!

freakshow · Mar 26, 2007

i remember those back from school when i was a we lad

J0N · Mar 26, 2007

Turn it into a fishtank!

gamer210 · Mar 26, 2007

If it didn't work, I might consider that but it would be a waste of a perfectly good mac.

Alcpone · Mar 26, 2007

That must be about 16 - 17 yrs old! I remember when we got them at middle school, were dead cute back then, its amazing how things move on

gamer210 · Mar 26, 2007

Spot on. According to the serial #, it was manufactured in April of 1991 in Singapore.

Alcpone · Mar 26, 2007

That is older than my bro lol, he is 13! I bet that thing has more common sense than he has :laugh:

Can you not stretch the screen to fit the whole monitor, it looks like you could get another inch if you fiddled

gamer210 · Mar 26, 2007

Unfortunately no. Here are some links with info about my new toy if anyone's interested:

Wikipedia -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Classic
LowEndMac -- http://lowendmac.com/compact/classic.shtml

I do have an update though. I went to back to the goodwill to check the other mac. One of the people who helped me yesterday was there today, so I told him about my plans. He told me that since it was broken the store was going to throw it out. I asked him if I could go ahead an open it before they trashed it. It turned out the entire thing was fried. Must have been plugged in during a lighting strike. There is good news though. I managed to find some upgrades for it. Provided a) I win them and b) they work my new system will have a 16 MHz Motorolla 68030 CPU w/ a 33 MHz 68882 FPU, an 80 MB hard drive, and 4 MB of ram. Here are some links:

CPU -- http://cgi.ebay.com/MicroMac-MMXL99...ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
FPU -- http://cgi.ebay.com/68882-FPU-for-V...temZ290005694473QQcategoryZ4604QQcmdZViewItem
RAM -- http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-Classic-Mem...sPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
HDD -- http://cgi.ebay.com/Conner-80MB-SCS...QitemZ8792925218QQcategoryZ4604QQcmdZViewItem

If all goes as planned, I will at least double the performance, probably more. As always, I'll keep y'all posted

Alcpone · Mar 26, 2007

Now thats old skool

Your gonna need some serious after market cooling on that cpu :laugh:

You could get folding@home for team tpu lol

DR.Death · Mar 26, 2007

i have a old Performa 630 it was made 3 years later...lol it still works and i still have every thing for it i might dig it out and see when it was made

DaMulta · Mar 26, 2007

My mac is older and its signed inside

gamer210 · Mar 28, 2007

UPDATE: Signs of life, fading

Yesterday, morning when I went to turn it on, I got a bunch of horizontal stripes across the monitor. I thought maybe it was just something weird, so I waited an hour and tried again. Still, the same problem. So I googled and found this site:

http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~shamada/fullmac/repairEng.html

I read through it and figured solutions 1 and 2 were of no use because I had nothing in the SIMMs, and I had no accelerator card installed. Solutions 3 and 4 sounded reasonable, so I decided to open the mac. It wasn't much of a problem. My Torx-15 screwdriver wasn't long enough to get the screws on top, so I grabbed a extra Torx-15 bit I had lying around and shoved it into the tube of an ball-point pen that didn't work anymore. It looked really ghetto, but it worked. Once I had pried it open, I saw a bunch of dust, hair, and a few insects inside my mac. After cleaning it out, removing the motherboard was as simple as disconnecting the hard drive, and power supply. I removed the battery and checked it with a voltmeter. It was reading 3.6 volts, so it was still good, which kind of surprised me considering it's age. Then I decided to take a look at the capacitors and sure enough, some of them were leaking. I think I should probably replace all of them. There were 13 all together. 12 of them are 47µF 16V capacitors and the other is a 1µF 50V capacitor. I have one 1µF capacitor and 10 of the 47µF capacitors at home, so I'll have to go buy some, but that will probably have to wait till the weekend. Well, hopefully I can get back to working condition. I'll let y'all know if anything changes.

Ketxxx · Mar 28, 2007

wtf is it with peoples weird obsession with old junk? A modern calculator has more power than that thing

Sh00t1st · Mar 29, 2007

oh god lol, i remember when my computer lab at school was full of those things :-D brings back memorys of crashing them lol. that was like 15 years ago, dot matrix printers RULE !!!! widdly wahhh lol.

Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q Pro
Cooling	Zalman CNPS 9700
Memory	Mushkin XP 4GB DDR2 1066
Video Card(s)	2x Radeon HD 4850
Storage	Seagate 750 GB w/ 32MB Cache
Display(s)	Dell 2007WFP Rev A04 S-IPS
Case	Tuniq 3
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling 610
Software	Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64-bit

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Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

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Processor	Ryzen 5600X
Motherboard	X470 Gaming Pro Carbon
Cooling	Water is Masterliquid 240 Pro
Memory	GeiL EVO X 3600mhz 32g also G.Skill Ripjaw series 5 4x8 3600mhz as backup lol
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gaming Radeon RX 6800
Storage	EVO 860. Rocket Q M.2 SSD WD Blue M.2 SSD Seagate Firecuda 2tb storage.
Display(s)	ASUS ROG Swift PG32VQ
Case	Phantek P400 Glass
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA G3 850
Mouse	Roccat Military/ Razer Deathadder V2
Keyboard	Razer Chroma
Software	W10

Processor	AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ @ 2.4Ghz
Motherboard	ECS NForce4 A-939
Cooling	CPU: Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu GFX: Zalman VF-700AlCu, 2x120mm+5x80mm w/ Ultra 7ch Fan Controller
Memory	Kingston 2x512MB DDR PC3200 Dual Channel 3-3-3-8
Video Card(s)	EVGA Nvidia 7900GT KO Superclocked
Storage	2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.8/9 160GB SATAII NCQ in RAID0: 300GB total capacity
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster 941BW (19" widescreen, 1440x900)
Case	Antec P180B
Audio Device(s)	Built in. 5.1Ch Logitech Z-5500 500w soundsystem, digital Coax connection
Power Supply	Spire 500W
Software	Windows Vista Ultimate

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Processor	Intel Core i7 920
Motherboard	Asus P6T SE
Cooling	XIGMATEK HDT-S963
Memory	OCZ 3 X 1GB Triple Channel
Video Card(s)	HIS Radeon HD4670 IceQ
Storage	Seagate 250GB 7200RPM SATA
Display(s)	Acer AL1916W 19" Widescreen LCD
Case	CM Storm Scout
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair 520 Watt
Software	Windows XP Pro

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X @ 4.3Ghz
Motherboard	Asus Strix B450-i Gaming
Cooling	DEEPCOOL CastleEX 240
Memory	OLOy Warhawk 32GB DDR4 3200 @ 4000Mhz (18-22-22-42 1T) (SK Hynix)
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX 5700 DD Ultra ( Flashed to RX 5700 XT)
Storage	ADATA XPG Gammix S7 512Gb // Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB // Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSHD 2TB
Display(s)	2x ASUS ProArt Display PA278QV
Case	Metallic Gear Neo Mini V2
Audio Device(s)	Realtek HD \|
Power Supply	SeaSonic M12II 620 Modded Custom Sleeved Cables
Mouse	Corsair Scimitar PRO RGB
Keyboard	VicTsing RGB 96-Key Mechanical Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Professinol x64 bit

Processor	Celeron M 1.50Ghz
Memory	512mb DDR
Video Card(s)	128mb Intel
Storage	60Gb
Display(s)	15" Widescreen
Audio Device(s)	Korg 1212i/o - Needs A Home...
Software	Windows Xp SP2

System Name	AMD '13
Processor	FX-6300 @ 4.43GHz (1.35v)
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 rev 1.0 (F6)
Cooling	Cooler Master T2 + x2 case fans
Memory	2x4Gb Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (Stock)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX650 Ti OC 2Gb @ 1110/1500
Storage	Corsair 240Gb SSD / Seagate 500Gb HDD + old skool IDE HDD's x 3
Display(s)	Acer 23'' LED
Case	Billy Basic
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 8.1 HD
Power Supply	Corsair CX600
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	Smenchmarks

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Processor	intel 6600 quad core cooled by scythe mutgen 2
Motherboard	dfi lanparty UT P35-T2R
Cooling	air
Memory	crucial ballistic tracer 4 gb
Video Card(s)	nvida 260 gtx
Storage	segate baracuta 500 GB , western digital blue 1TB
Display(s)	asus 23.6 vh242h
Case	lian-li pc-a70 full tower
Power Supply	650 watt Antec Earth Watts
Software	windows 7 and lots of other titles

System Name	Work in progress
Processor	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard	MSi GD70
Cooling	OcZ Phase/water
Memory	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card(s)	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Storage	SSD 64GB
Display(s)	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case	Using the desk ATM
Audio Device(s)	Sucky onboard for now :(
Power Supply	1000W TruePower Quattro

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Processor	AMD R7 3700X @ 4.4GHz 1.3v
Motherboard	MSI X570 Tomahawk
Cooling	Modded 240mm Coolermaster Liquidmaster
Memory	2x16GB Klevv BoltX 3600MHz & custom timings
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 6800XT Red Devil
Storage	250GB Asgard SSD, 1TB Integral SSD, 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	27" BenQ Mobiuz
Case	NZXT Phantom 530
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-E
Power Supply	1000w Supernova
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Fast. I don't need epeen.

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Motherboard	GIGABYTE ga-ma785g-ud3h
Cooling	arctic cooling freezer 64 pro
Memory	4 gig ddr2
Video Card(s)	saphire 5770
Storage	60gb mushkin ssd,120 and 160 gig ide
Display(s)	1 19" crt, 2 17" crt
Case	30 dollar gaming case with fan grills removed
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	450 corsair
Software	windows 7
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