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Welcome all you OldSkool Hardware Afficionados!
This is the home of everything that was once the cutting edge but now hopelessly obsolete!
Remember those days long forgotten?
Days of Quake, Doom, Simcity,More CRYSIS ... PONG ???
Show your love for the old stuff and post it here !

We only have a few rules, so please read the descriptions below

1. Have fun on your trip down memory lane!
2. Be excellent to each other, so no hate, discrimination, trolling, or excessive bad language, or you will be muted and if persistent removed
3. Do not block admins or mods. If you do you will be removed
4. If you post content that is removed by admins three times in the last three months, you will be removed

5. Post only systems and hardware that are up to and including 2007
If you are not sure, look at this database of allowed CPU components here: (enter 2007 option)
https://www.techpowerup.com/cpudb/
If you are not sure, look at this database of allowed GPU components here: (enter 2007 option)
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/
If you are not sure, look at this database of allowed RAM components here: (enter 2007 option)
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviewdb/Memory/DDR2/

6. For peripherals and add-in cards we also allow new cards for old systems
7. The newest OS allowed is Windows 7, as we all would like to forget Vista as soon as possible
8. The latest allowed standard for RAM is DDR2
9. ALL non-x86 systems up to and including 2007 are welcome!

10. Do not share any software, games or link to sites where the authenticity of the software cannot be guaranteed
11. If you have a large collection, please start an album
12. Please add specs, datasheets, or make/model so we can archive it correctly

13. Trading is allowed, but no more than two ads per day
14. Re-posting ads is allowed up to once every two days
15. Repeated violation of trading rules will result in removal of ads and being muted for a week
16. Posts linking to articles or videos must contain a description explaining the context or significance/importance to the poster. Such posts with no description, or more than three such posts a day from one person, will be considered spam and deleted.

We are open to discussion/feedback regarding this rule.

That's it ..
Last tip, invite your gaming buddies from back when too!