Nostalgia Trip

pc_guy · January 29th, 2007

Went through some of my stuff the other day and look what I found, good old WinNT OS.

Lead Head · January 29th, 2007

Isn't NT 4.0 the version that would run on PPC/DEC Alpha CPUs too?

Anyways, thats almost as good as what I got my hands on a few months ago. 8 Mhz 8086 w/640k of ram and a 20MB Seagate ST-225 5 1/4 hard drive!

**Hitman** · January 29th, 2007

Believe it or not at work we just upgraded our servers from NT 4.0 Server to 2k3 Server. I am talking in the last couple of months. They were even still running Exchange 5.5.

pc_guy · January 29th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lead Head

Isn't NT 4.0 the version that would run on PPC/DEC Alpha CPUs too?

This is what the back of the box has for system req:

Only 16MB of ram, Compare that to Vista.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitman

Believe it or not at work we just upgraded our servers from NT 4.0 Server to 2k3 Server. I am talking in the last couple of months. They were even still running Exchange 5.5.

Wow, finally!
I used NT way back when the only other option was Win98, Win9x had terrible memory management, everything ran smother on NT.

**Hitman** · January 29th, 2007

I was forced to use NT at work. I hated it because it didn't support Plug-n-Pray. Installing it could be very painful. In 2002 they finally let us start installing W2k on clients, that was such a nice change.

pc_guy · January 29th, 2007

I remember installing (trying to) drivers for simple things, NIC or soundcard, it seems so primitive by today's standards.

I also found this pair that would run NT without any problems. One is a Pentium 90Mhz, the other 133mhz or 166mhz. I wonder how much gold I can extract from the pins.

**Hitman** · January 29th, 2007

LOL drill holes in them add a chain, BAM, Intel bling.

**gvblake22** · January 29th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Hitman

LOL drill holes in them add a chain, BAM, Intel bling.

I tried drilling a hole in an old ceramic AMD K6 2 and it wouldn't work with a regular drill bit in a drill press. I was suprised. Anyone have any ideas?

pc_guy · January 29th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by gvblake22

I tried drilling a hole in an old ceramic AMD K6 2 and it wouldn't work with a regular drill bit in a drill press. I was suprised. Anyone have any ideas?

You need a special glass/ceramic tile drill bit, I would know because I tried drilling holes in ceramic tiles before with a regular drill bit, which was useless.
When using the ceramic drill bit, put a bit of oil to make it easier to drill and avoid glass shards flying everywhere.

**gvblake22** · January 29th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by pc_guy

You need a special glass/ceramic tile drill bit, I would know because I tried drilling holes in ceramic tiles before with a regular drill bit, which was useless.
When using the ceramic drill bit, put a bit of oil to make it easier to drill and avoid glass shards flying everywhere.

Good call, thanks! :wavey:

January 29th, 2007	#1
pc_guy Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Inside an igloo, Canada Posts: 313	Nostalgia Trip Went through some of my stuff the other day and look what I found, good old WinNT OS. \|\| AMD Athlon64 3800+ Venice \| Asus A8N5X s939 \| OCZ Premier PC3200 Du-Ch 1GB \| Sapphire X1600Pro 512MB PCI-e \| 1xWD 80Gb & 1xWD 250Gb Sata(s) \| Antec SLK3800B Case \| Enermax NoiseTaker 485W \|\| Last edited by pc_guy; January 29th, 2007 at 10:35.

January 29th, 2007	#2
Lead Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rhode Island USA Posts: 1,716	Re: Nostalgia Trip Isn't NT 4.0 the version that would run on PPC/DEC Alpha CPUs too? Anyways, thats almost as good as what I got my hands on a few months ago. 8 Mhz 8086 w/640k of ram and a 20MB Seagate ST-225 5 1/4 hard drive! Opteron 64 165--1.5GB DDR--ECS KA1 MVP(thanks HL!)--x1800GTO 256MB--Seagate 320GB SATA--Antec 550 Watt--Antec P180

January 29th, 2007	#3
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,404 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Nostalgia Trip Believe it or not at work we just upgraded our servers from NT 4.0 Server to 2k3 Server. I am talking in the last couple of months. They were even still running Exchange 5.5.

January 29th, 2007	#5
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,404 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Nostalgia Trip I was forced to use NT at work. I hated it because it didn't support Plug-n-Pray. Installing it could be very painful. In 2002 they finally let us start installing W2k on clients, that was such a nice change.

January 29th, 2007	#6
pc_guy Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Inside an igloo, Canada Posts: 313	Re: Nostalgia Trip I remember installing (trying to) drivers for simple things, NIC or soundcard, it seems so primitive by today's standards. I also found this pair that would run NT without any problems. One is a Pentium 90Mhz, the other 133mhz or 166mhz. I wonder how much gold I can extract from the pins. \|\| AMD Athlon64 3800+ Venice \| Asus A8N5X s939 \| OCZ Premier PC3200 Du-Ch 1GB \| Sapphire X1600Pro 512MB PCI-e \| 1xWD 80Gb & 1xWD 250Gb Sata(s) \| Antec SLK3800B Case \| Enermax NoiseTaker 485W \|\|

January 29th, 2007	#7
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,404 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Nostalgia Trip LOL drill holes in them add a chain, BAM, Intel bling.

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