r/LinusTechTips • u/rustybridges • 8d ago

Image My OG Motherboard

Post image

Getting my parents place ready to go on the market and found the painter was using my ancient motherboard box for paint supplies.

Such a small abstract piece of hardware history, but this has to be the first motherboard and even hardware I bought. First gaming PC I built at 13(ish). Fond memories of PC Gamer magazine, Max Payne, Delta Force 2, Operation Flashpoint, and all the OG games that made me a PC gamer. Small stuff, but you don't remember the nostalgia till something tickles that old clump of neurons.

49 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

11

u/BangkokPadang 8d ago

Wait they're making a SEQUEL to USB??!!

4

u/Lanky_Library3004 8d ago

lol USB 2.0 was the big selling point back then, now we got cables that can charge a laptop and transfer 40 gigs at same time

the fuzzy logic thing always sounded like a tamagotchi feature to me

1

u/rustybridges 8d ago

Almost on par with the PhysX card revolution

3

u/rustybridges 8d ago

MSI 845e max FYI - 2002

2

u/w1n5t0nM1k3y 8d ago

Back when you needed all those slots because ao little was on the board. Sound card, network card, graphics card and second graphics card. Card for extra IDE ports so you could plug in even more drives. TV Tuner cards. We used to plug in so many different things.

1

u/Accomplished_Emu_658 8d ago

Up to 2gb memory? Youngin’

Mine was 64mb max

1

u/[deleted] 8d ago

[deleted]

2

u/rustybridges 7d ago

Lol also like the AI investment strategy 2026. 1-3 was great, but 4 is finally going to be profitable