Talk about retro computing stuff
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#Retro Tech
rugged ore
fathom sage
Hello All, hit a bit of nostalgia anyone else miss the late 2000s when the laptops with cool designs on the back? If so throw up your favorites.
strong ether
I have that laptop! I thought I was the coolest kid in university for having a presentation remote built in. The laptop itself was terrible. I had to reflow the processor twice with a copper penny. And I still ended up replacing the motherboard when the VRMs blew up. The battery was terrible too and failed after a year. It still works though; I run Linux on it sometimes.
I think that laptop was the reason I never touched an AMD product ever again.
fathom sage
I have that laptop! I thought I was the coolest kid in university for having a p...
XD, Priceless and my Intel Version was a little trooper but it did eventually give up the ghost after about 5 years of good usage.
indigo coral
Chuck E. Cheese or Flop E. Cheese? Either way, this is insane. https://gizmodo.com/chuck-e-cheese-floppy-disk-pizza-arcade-1850198498
strong ether
Watch their new and improved system get hacked on the first day. If it works, don't upgrade. That's my philosophy.
willow wigeon
strong ether
Could you use it to edit saves?
willow wigeon
You can hex edit saves iirc
teal ore
Datageneral One Model 2T. One of the very first "true" laptop. Powered by an Intel 8086 (and it still works)
willow wigeon
Oh wow
shell grove
@fallen karma - here.
shell grove
Also, since you wanted it, Jack...I haven't found, but posting here since this is an active channel.
Asrock m266a, the board you wanted.
In case someone knows, they'll hopefully turn up. 🙂
fallen karma
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/561153801114091521/1003116921861972158/...
I ended up finding it actually
A mate in Mexico was able to help me get my hands on it
shell grove
Damn, noice!
fallen karma
However my ct-479 adapter exploded when I attempted to test it out soooo
Like fire and flames
The adapter is gone
Some how
The board survived this though
Thing was like damn bro there’s a problem?
shell grove
How did you get an adapter on fire???
shell grove
Just glad it didn't take everything else with itself...
fallen karma
yah
the board is more or less impossible to replace
the adapter while it will cost a small fortune
it can be replaced
some day
fallen karma
im on the hunt for something else that while not quite as good
is more likely to work
there is a particular gigabyte board a mate from Taiwan is trying to get me
that can take 1mb cache p4 mobile cpus
and has the older version of the sis651 chipset
meaning it has uni agp
shell grove
Uni?
fallen karma
universal agp
meaning it supports both voltages
1.5 and 3.3
agp 2x and 1x operate at 3.3 volt 4x and 8x are 1.5 volt
3dfx cards are all agp 2x meaning they require that 3.3 volt support otherwise death happens
shell grove
😖
fallen karma
there are some boards that have "fake" uni agp slots
shell grove
And you can still use any card up to 8X due to universal.
fallen karma
meaning there not keyed for 1.5 volt only
but are
so if you plug a 2x card into them
kaboom
shell grove
Damn...
fallen karma
and no
well yes and no to your question
so uni agp is only 4x
you can plug most 8x cards into 4x slots
later gen ones that are not natively agp and use a bridge from pcie to agp onboard the pcb may not however
shell grove
Yea, fair. Might not be compatible, or be blocked out.
fallen karma
just compatibility issues mostly
last agp cards were made in 2009 and tbh idk why they were even made that long
since agp was effectively dead as of 2004
shell grove
People do be usin' old stuff, though.
fallen karma
so funny thing was
if you still had as system that was agp only for some reason at that point
it was far too bottlenecked to even really take advantage of faster gpus
but back to the gigabyte board
im not sure how the vrm will take having me overclocking a 100 watt p4 on it
just have to watch closely and add heat sinks if needed
the vrm on my epox board that i managed to fix for athlon xp gets pretty toasty running a 1.8v vcore
however sadly as much as i want to love athlon xp p4 simply murders it
shell grove
Well...then maybe stick to stock and then only minutely OC it?
shell grove
Yea, but if the board goes...well...
fallen karma
it wont
ive fully recapped it
the issue i have is beyond a point i can not overclock higher
because i need an atx power supply with a spec that does not exist
this motherboard unlike all modern boards
does not take cpu power via 12v
why boards with this chipset never got the 12v cpu power input idk but your stuck using 5v power for cpu power
and when you can easily draw over 120 watts overclocking athlon xp
plus the fact you share it with 3.3 volt
fallen karma
no power supply has a 5v rail big enough
while some old ones do
ive had one that had a 50amp 5v rail
units like that are of insanely low quality
shell grove
Even if it did...if you're sharing 5V and 3.3...that's not going to work out over a single rail.
shell grove
Actually...since there's more than a few engineers here, maybe they can help you jury-rig something using some unorthodox means?
fallen karma
cus i dont need a crazy amount of power for 3.3 volt
fallen karma
cus voodoo 5 or voodoo 5 6000 use a 12v power input so they don't rely on 3.3 volt purely for power
i know how to solve the problem in theory
its just not easy and very expensive
ive drawn up plans to build what im calling a 5v rail booster
shell grove
More power through the same rail.
fallen karma
which would basically wire in an external massive 5v power supply
into the 5v wires in an atx power connector
shell grove
Or you can use multiple PSUs.
fallen karma
nah
cus 5v power all comes from one place
the 24/20pin
you can't plug in multiple 20 pins
fallen karma
yes sorta but its kinda messy
shell grove
Better than expensive, as long as safety exists.
Plus, like I said, ask here in #general or #hardware...there'd definitely be a better way to do it.
fallen karma
the idea would be to use a bunch of mechanical relays to automatically enable and disable the output of a 75 amp 5v power supply
shell grove
Or electronic, for automated/easier control.
fallen karma
it would enable the output
when you pressed the power button on your motherboard
and the reason its better to do it using a single source is it makes sure the 5v lines are dedicated to just the external unit so the main psu wont be delivering any 5v power into the board
less chances for things to go wrong
shell grove
Isolation...smort.
And if something happens, you can shut the external down without problems.
fallen karma
id just have to buff the wire gauge of the 5v inputs
shell grove
And not blow your basement up.
On that note...it's too late, I GTG.
Good chat, nice to see you around. And trust me, ask around here, people'll help. 🙂
fallen karma
the goal is to build a 5v psu capable of supply enough 5v power to allow for unlimited overclocking the only thing that would stop you at that point would be the traces inside the pcb melting
cya
shell grove
the goal is to build a 5v psu capable of supply enough 5v power to allow for unl...
Well, like I said...don't blow yourself up... 😆 Laters. 👋
fallen karma
cya
willow wigeon
delicate basin
Prison TV mod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTu2xt7ZzWY paired with transparent Apple II machine as well.. 🍎
rare crag
Just finished up an LGA 771 to LGA 775 mod on a Xeon X5450
delicate basin
Long before HAARP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHiCHRB-RlA 🪆
delicate basin
Not exactly retro, quick look at (Linux-based) Commodore OS Vision on Commodore C64x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG1TdfezJzo ⌨️
misty oracle
exotic patrol
@misty oracle 3 images max at a time please
misty oracle
my old computers (100% Functional)
All of these systems have some sort of Pentium and run Windows 7
Hp Pavilion A6827c (Pentium "Dual Core")
Hp Pavilion G6 Laptop( pentium core2 duo)
Acer Aspire 5560 (32x core 2)
i want to put a core 2 EXTREME in the a6827c
But im struggling to see if they will be compatible with the IPIBL-LB Asus mb
Mean while in the "closet room"
Sunfire x4100
running windows server 2008r2
and i have more but.
they eaither have no hdd, bios passwords, Corrupted bios (Bricked 💀 😭 I need a programmer to reflash. only 2 of them are like that) broken screens, and more
Top row is my stuff
The phones ar the bottom row are my brothers
Yes that big white yellow one is fully functional running dos
rare crag
It's here y'all!!!
rare crag
It's here y'all!!!
Get this: I learned today that the chipset on this board has integrated graphics
exotic patrol
Get this: I learned today that the chipset on this board has integrated graphics
really... thats cool
misty oracle
I got a PSU for christmas
it boots!
ill get an ide to usb thing so i can install drivers later
misty oracle
office 97 having a stroke 😭
Nvm
i got one of these for it
anyone know of any goof IMG writer
where i could give this program an img and itll write it?
has to be 98
misty oracle
NVM
indigo coral
Oh my goodness, my mother found my first ever game consoles after all these years!
rare crag
Oh my goodness, my mother found my first ever game consoles after all these year...
nice
misty oracle
vga unaccessible
mighty meadow
dont have a vga monitor