Re: HP NetServer 4d/66LE
Posted on 2015-12-16, 18:51
I have an old server with internal fire damage. I'd like to know the story behind that....
Re: Game confession!
Posted on 2015-12-16, 18:49
dr_st wrote: For example, I myself have no special place in my heart for stuff of the 80s, because I first started using a computer in the 90s. So, in a way, you're awesome. 😀 Says the guy with a 1984 game for an avatar.
Re: XP build questions
Posted on 2015-12-16, 18:47
How long will MS continue to allow activation of XP/2003?
Re: Old Hard Drives
Posted on 2015-12-16, 08:30
philscomputerlab wrote: Seagate drives work very well because you can use SeaTools and turn a modern 2 TB drive into whatever capacity drive you want. 32 GB, 60 GB, 80, 120, whatever. It's pretty impressive that the latest releases of SeaTools still recognize the ST351A/X.
Re: Old Hard Drives
Posted on 2015-12-15, 04:49
You have to be careful lifting cardboard boxes full of hard drives. Potential for disaster if the bottom opens up due to old tape/glue. I'd use plastic tubs for this.
Re: Game confession!
Posted on 2015-12-15, 03:35
Re: Old Hard Drives
Posted on 2015-12-15, 03:30
PCBONEZ wrote: I put them in these HDD clamshells. They are anti-static and keep the dust away. http://www.ebay.com/itm/221951973114 That's a good idea as well. I think I have a cache of those things somewhere.
Re: Where to buy these metal standoffs?
Posted on 2015-12-13, 14:24
I had a cooler master case that used similar pieces. You may want to ask on the CM forums.
Re: Old Hard Drives
Posted on 2015-12-13, 12:24
All 3.5". Early 90s to new. 40 MB to 2 TB. There are around 30 altogether. That metal case is very cool, but I'd have to get 3 of them which is more than I want to spend on this. Edit: mentioning VHS cases made me go see if they could be used for this. Almost perfect fit. There's a 2 inch space that …
Re: Old Hard Drives
Posted on 2015-12-13, 07:42
I have a lot of old IDE disks around, so probably I'm ok for a decade or so considering the rate of HDDs going bad is low in my case, according to my experience. What's a good storage solution if you have a lot of old hard drives? Stacked in shelves? I toppled about a dozen onto the floor a while …
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne with old Mac OS X
Posted on 2015-12-13, 07:26
Has anyone got WC3:TFT to run properly on Mac OS X 10.3 Panther or 10.4 Tiger? The game installs and patches itself without problems, but then crashes or freezes when I try to play it. I've tried this on 2 different G4 iMacs with the same result. They run other games OK.
Re: Dumb things you've done (or have seen someone else do) on a computer
Posted on 2015-12-12, 13:42
Re: Need advice on trash picking computers at the dump
Posted on 2015-12-12, 13:10
Who remember Palm OS? A few years back I got an old Palm PDA device on eBay that used to belong to someone moderately famous. This person's personal diary was on there from about a decade earlier.
Re: Anyone use an old linux OS on an old PC?
Posted on 2015-12-12, 12:58
Debian 5 on an old HP server. Support for the RAID card (NetRAID-3si) was apparently dropped in newer versions.
Re: Foreshadowing the value of P4 hardware
Posted on 2015-05-06, 08:31
What about the RDRAM boards? Are they worth anything?
Re: Foreshadowing the value of P4 hardware
Posted on 2015-05-06, 07:44
Folks have mentioned P4 Xeons. A while ago I acquired 6 Nocona/Irwindale boxes in similar circumstances to the OP. I kept one intact (upgrading it to 2 CPU) and broke up the others for parts, trashing the cases. I'm using one of the mobos in my file server, which used to be a twin-Tully box. …
Re: Foreshadowing the value of P4 hardware
Posted on 2015-05-06, 05:10
This brings back memories. Back in the day I joined a Quake clan online and when I went to a LAN with these guys I found that I was the only Intel-user there.... I always liked my Pentium rigs though and never saw reason to change. The Nvidia vs ATI argument was more important anyway.
Re: Do you think you have too many computers?
Posted on 2015-05-04, 15:33
What's the minimum number of computers you'll need to be able to run all IBM PC software since the early 1980s? Five?
Re: Foreshadowing the value of P4 hardware
Posted on 2015-05-04, 15:19
I wish I'd bought a dozen or so new VCRs circa 2000 and put them in storage. They would turn a nice profit now. I actually thought about doing this at the time. Space was the problem of course. '3D printing' is the wild card in future speculation of this kind. It's still very basic, but in 20-30 …
Re: Deteriorating game collection - how to preserve it?
Posted on 2015-05-04, 07:30
If you're worried about this you should get a proper CD storage case which stores each disc in its own wallet. Though this raises other concerns: is the plastic used in the wallets stable over time? I had one old CD from the 1980s that got trashed not due to 'disc rot' but because some of the …
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