Off the wall question about old hardware

I'm still using 2 VooDoo2 3000 PCI's in a couple of spare computers.
Anybody remember the Ultrasound sound cards? The cat's meow in their
day. I still have one of those, made in Canada I believe.

Let's see I still have a Timex-Sinclair 1000, RS TRS-80 Model II with 8"
floppy disks, complete Epson 286 setup in mint condition, 3 Mac SE/30's
& 1 SE Classic, an old Sony computer but I can't remember the model,
quite a few 386 & 486's plus a gajillion parts.... Good thing I have a
lot of storage space. :^)

Leon


Dylan C wrote:

> My wife just made me clean up my "spare parts" closet. I managed to get rid
> of some stuff, but I couldn't throw my old Voodoo3 3000 AGP. It was the
> first video card I ever bought, and if it did hardware T&L, I'd still be
> using it today.
>
>
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Leon Rowell wrote:
>
> I'm still using 2 VooDoo2 3000 PCI's in a couple of spare computers.
> Anybody remember the Ultrasound sound cards? The cat's meow in their
> day. I still have one of those, made in Canada I believe.
>
> Let's see I still have a Timex-Sinclair 1000, RS TRS-80 Model II with 8"
> floppy disks,

Good Grief !!!!

You're older than =DIRT= !!!
Whao !!

Hard or soft sectored flpy ???



> complete Epson 286 setup in mint condition, 3 Mac SE/30's
> & 1 SE Classic, an old Sony computer but I can't remember the model,
> quite a few 386 & 486's plus a gajillion parts....

Vital impedimentia.


> Good thing I have a lot of storage space. :^)

HMmmm ,
when'd you visit Family Court ???


Qed.
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I just junked my Abit IT-5H because of two problems. First was the IDE
controller did not work properly. I could live with that by using a PCI
card. However, the second pair of memory sockets did not work so I could
not put more than 64mb of memory.

My oldest computer is a dual P133 which runs my NT4 domain controller.

--
Larry -
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"Glen" <nospam DeleteThis @earthlink.net> wrote in news:gPSlf.1284$Dd2.502
@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:

> I was going through some boxes yesterday and stumbled on an old Abit
> Am I the only guy who has a real problem throwing away working
> hardware, no matter how incredibly old and obsolete it is?
>

Hardly.

My IT5H is running next to me, since ~1997, 128MB, K6-233, Win2k Server,
running mail and ftp and MP3 file serving. I also have a full house Everex
Cube 486DX-33 (16 inch cube, circa 1990) all scsi, charcoal cabinet,
sliding drive door cover with black drives (stock), souped up with a
486DX2-66, 3 2GB drives and 64MB RAM in 4MB 30-pin SIMMS (imagine the 1990
$$$ of those), dual 100Mb ISA NICs. Not running, but operational, and kept
mostly for its curiousity value. Got me through my NT4 MCSE and probably a
$10K+ machine when new. I think it was PC Magazine's annual Dream Machine
in 1990 or so. Oh, and a second one in the garage for spares...

We just finished a recycling at work and I had my own pallet...

Pete
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Glen,

Naw, "real men" never throw out old computer equipment (unless it's
totally toast). I think the only things I actually threw out was an old
15" CTX monitor that I blew up replacing a fuse, and a Canon BJ-4000 ink
jet printer that died after almost bankrupting me in ink cartridges
<g>. My trusty NEC 870 laser printer seems to have bit the dust the
other night, so it may join the list...

I still have my Commodore C-64 (with floppy drive and 300 baud modem),
and my first "IBM" clone, a CompuAdd 316-SX. Anyone remember them ?
They built (and supported !) some neat machines...

Dean...


Glen wrote:
>
> I was going through some boxes yesterday and stumbled on an old Abit
> IT-5H motherboard (anyone remember the mighty HX ? Just for kicks
> I powered it up and it still works great. Runs Win2K surprisingly well
> with 96MB ram, 4 PCI/4 ISA slots, 512K cache, deep PCI buffers etc.
> Even MS Office loads and runs like a champ.
>
> Am I the only guy who has a real problem throwing away working
> hardware, no matter how incredibly old and obsolete it is? For a few
> moments I actually considered posting it for sale on eBay, but then the
> rational half of my brain took over. But it really was one of the best
> boards in its day.
>
> Glen
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"D Larsen" <dmlarsen.TakeThisOut@bunk.compuserve.com> wrote in message news:439A15FE.AEA7F8DE@bunk.compuserve.com...
> Glen,
>
> Naw, "real men" never throw out old computer equipment (unless it's
> totally toast). I think the only things I actually threw out was an old
> 15" CTX monitor that I blew up replacing a fuse, and a Canon BJ-4000 ink
> jet printer that died after almost bankrupting me in ink cartridges
> <g>. My trusty NEC 870 laser printer seems to have bit the dust the
> other night, so it may join the list...
>
> I still have my Commodore C-64 (with floppy drive and 300 baud modem),
> and my first "IBM" clone, a CompuAdd 316-SX. Anyone remember them ?
> They built (and supported !) some neat machines...

Ah the C64. What a machine! I learned 6502/6510 assembler
on that puppy.

Digging further in my stash I found a TI 99-4A, and a "NEAT"
(New Enhanced AT) 286 on a Vesa Local Bus motherboard.
I wonder how many motherboards have the words "Made in
USA" silkscreened on them nowadays.
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Well, I don't throw out the old stuff IF it is working. But I do try to
find new homes for working old systems. However, I've got such a large
collection of working old stuff that nobody wants I'm gonna have to draw the
line and set out some of the oldest stuff. 386/486 stuff. All the I/O
cards for them, the VLB cards. I might put together ONE 486DX4-100 rig
with a local bus vid card. Dunno what to do WITH it though :\
McG.

"D Larsen" <dmlarsen.RemoveThis@bunk.compuserve.com> wrote in message
news:439A15FE.AEA7F8DE@bunk.compuserve.com...
> Glen,
>
> Naw, "real men" never throw out old computer equipment (unless it's
> totally toast). I think the only things I actually threw out was an old
> 15" CTX monitor that I blew up replacing a fuse, and a Canon BJ-4000 ink
> jet printer that died after almost bankrupting me in ink cartridges
> <g>. My trusty NEC 870 laser printer seems to have bit the dust the
> other night, so it may join the list...
>
> I still have my Commodore C-64 (with floppy drive and 300 baud modem),
> and my first "IBM" clone, a CompuAdd 316-SX. Anyone remember them ?
> They built (and supported !) some neat machines...
>
> Dean...
>
>
> Glen wrote:
>>
>> I was going through some boxes yesterday and stumbled on an old Abit
>> IT-5H motherboard (anyone remember the mighty HX ? Just for kicks
>> I powered it up and it still works great. Runs Win2K surprisingly well
>> with 96MB ram, 4 PCI/4 ISA slots, 512K cache, deep PCI buffers etc.
>> Even MS Office loads and runs like a champ.
>>
>> Am I the only guy who has a real problem throwing away working
>> hardware, no matter how incredibly old and obsolete it is? For a few
>> moments I actually considered posting it for sale on eBay, but then the
>> rational half of my brain took over. But it really was one of the best
>> boards in its day.
>>
>> Glen
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0_Qed wrote:

> Leon Rowell wrote:
>
>>I'm still using 2 VooDoo2 3000 PCI's in a couple of spare computers.
>>Anybody remember the Ultrasound sound cards? The cat's meow in their
>>day. I still have one of those, made in Canada I believe.
>>
>>Let's see I still have a Timex-Sinclair 1000, RS TRS-80 Model II with 8"
>>floppy disks,
>
>
> Good Grief !!!!
>
> You're older than =DIRT= !!!

Yeah, My daughter gave me a T-shirt that says so.....

> Whao !!
>
> Hard or soft sectored flpy ???

Don't have a clue?

>
>
>
>
>>complete Epson 286 setup in mint condition, 3 Mac SE/30's
>>& 1 SE Classic, an old Sony computer but I can't remember the model,
>>quite a few 386 & 486's plus a gajillion parts....
>
>
> Vital impedimentia.

I can't even pronounce that word!!

>
>
>
>>Good thing I have a lot of storage space. :^)
>
>
> HMmmm ,
> when'd you visit Family Court ???

Whenever the wife files the papers. (she's threatened to)
She's also threatened to send my name in to the TV program where they
come in and clean out your house. (they would have to use two shows to
do mine). :^)

Leon
>
>
> Qed.
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Leon Rowell wrote:

> > You're older than =DIRT= !!!
> Yeah, My daughter gave me a T-shirt that says so.....

Smart young Lady ...

I 'assume' you really =know= your place in life , 'eh ??



> > Hard or soft sectored flpy ???
> Don't have a clue?

Older 8" media was punch "holed", near the inner drive hole
reinforcement ...
.... 1/8" +\- dia ...
9 holes , yielding 8 sectors "twixt" ...
as I recall , I think, maybe.
I had an older DG Mn Mini with a dual 8" flpy rack mount .
The 'case' was big enuf for me to get "in" .

Later designs were 'soft' sectored ... no sector alignment holes ,
as is the nowaday flpy media.


> >>complete Epson 286 setup in mint condition, 3 Mac SE/30's
> >>& 1 SE Classic, an old Sony computer but I can't remember the model,
> >>quite a few 386 & 486's plus a gajillion parts....


GeeDubYa 'counts' that as Gazillion.

GeeDubYa can count up to 20,
21 on a good day.


> > Vital impedimentia.
> I can't even pronounce that word!!

Im` ped a ment ee ah ... under foot, in the way .


> > HMmmm ,
> > when'd you visit Family Court ???
> Whenever the wife files the papers. (she's threatened to)
> She's also threatened to send my name in to the TV program where they
> come in and clean out your house. (they would have to use two shows to
> do mine). :^)

Freeeedom !!!
Free at last !!
Gawd Amighty, free at last.

Make the "visit".

Best Season's Wishes, you & the family,
Qed.
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0_Qed wrote:

>
> Best Season's Wishes, you & the family,
> Qed.

You have a cool yule and a ferocious first. Best wishes to you & yours
also, and to all the rest of the Newsgroup, posters & lurkers.....

Leon
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