I don't think there are any CPU collection threads here?

That AMD 5x86 seems to have a relatively late product date 😀

I think some of us here may have a substantial amount of CPUs, but I know that some serious collectors have even in the thousands (not me though 🤣).
I do like looking at pics, so I don't mind 😀

That AMD 5x86 seems to have a relatively late product date

Those laser engraved 5x86s are dated around 1997-1998. Strictly OEM and usually used for embedded solutions. Some were even marked as DX2 and DX.

Put them in a nice little box:

3rd CPU collection box build

😁

The Serpent Rider wrote:

That AMD 5x86 seems to have a relatively late product date

Those laser engraved 5x86s are dated around 1997-1998. Strictly OEM and usually used for embedded solutions. Some were even marked as DX2 and DX.

Hmm...interesting. The computer I took it out of was made around 1997 I believe, and it was a regular desktop, not an embedded system. I guess that means it was an OEM part for whatever brand the thing was.

Jed118 wrote:

Put them in a nice little box:

3rd CPU collection box build

😁

I might do that!

The BGC seems interesting albeit late production date is unfortunately not a guarantee for outstanding overclocking potential. Nonetheless it's a cool looking chip.

This is what I ended up doing with my CPUs. http://www.cpu-world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=253121#253121

Nice that you have a B1 revision Am5x86. I'm not sure what they changed in the B1, but it seems to be the latest revision of the Am5x86 or AMD DX2 and DX4.

The Serpent Rider wrote:

That AMD 5x86 seems to have a relatively late product date

Those laser engraved 5x86s are dated around 1997-1998. Strictly OEM and usually used for embedded solutions. Some were even marked as DX2 and DX.

I have one as well. It came out of a Telxon touchscreen scanner system of some sort. I recall it used 72 pin RAM as well. I think I have two or three of them actually.

I suppose if you can somehow show that the B1 had some benefit over the previous CPU revisions, you could increase the value of your collection.

Jed118 wrote:

The Serpent Rider wrote:

That AMD 5x86 seems to have a relatively late product date

Those laser engraved 5x86s are dated around 1997-1998. Strictly OEM and usually used for embedded solutions. Some were even marked as DX2 and DX.

I have one as well. It came out of a Telxon touchscreen scanner system of some sort. I recall it used 72 pin RAM as well. I think I have two or three of them actually.

Interesting. Mine came out of a regular AT case computer from some abandoned country club, and it also used 72 pin SIMM RAM. I would have taken the whole PC but sadly it was pretty smashed up and unsavable. The only other stuff in it were an ATi Rage IIC PCI card, and some ISA cards with serial ports on them.

This is the best picture I have of mine - This one is mounted into the display case, but I do think it works. I have another one not in a display case - I'm thinking of building a system around it because I had one briefly as a young teenager and I rather enjoyed it. It kicked the living shit out of my crappy VLB P60 computer and gave my P75 a run for its money:

The Serpent Rider wrote:

That AMD 5x86 seems to have a relatively late product date

Those laser engraved 5x86s are dated around 1997-1998. Strictly OEM and usually used for embedded solutions. Some were even marked as DX2 and DX.

His AMD 5x86 has an actual date code of week 18 of the year 2000, which is pretty late 🤣

I'm not sure what the latest datecode is for an Am486 or Am5x86, but I do have a week 37, 2002. It runs at 133 MHz and at 166 MHz (with artifacts).

Here's my 5X86 up close (the one not hot glued to the display case 😉:

That oily film is some kind of decades-old heat dissipation preparation - I don't usually trouble it, but it seems like it's still good.

Here's some other unused chips I have lying around:

feipoa wrote:

This is what I ended up doing with my CPUs. http://www.cpu-world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=253121#253121

Nice that you have a B1 revision Am5x86. I'm not sure what they changed in the B1, but it seems to be the latest revision of the Am5x86 or AMD DX2 and DX4.

I think I'll have to do something similar. Most of my collection is held in a display cabinet but they're in ever growing stacks and many of them can't even be stacked, most notably the LGA ones with SMDs on the bottom. They're just literally unstable 😵
These flat boxes take up relatively little space and can be properly labelled and stacked.

Btw I miss an engraved AMD 5x86 too. I know, I miss a lot of things 🤣

I'm not sure what the latest datecode is for an Am486 or Am5x86

So it's actially 4x multiplier capable? Here's mine:

Am486DX2 is 2x/3x capable. There are reports that some (or all?) of the laser engraved Am486DX4's are 3x/4x. The older Am486DX4's are 2x/3x.

Jed118 wrote:

Here's my 5X86 up close (the one not hot glued to the display case 😉

Nice collection! That heatsink you got there looked really similar to the heatsink I found on my 5x86 - except it had a Cooler Master fan on it. I'm assuming most of those DIP chips are BIOS ROMs, right? I have a few DIP chips as well, but they are just mainly EPROMs as well with some chips I can't seem to pinpoint exactly what they are. And it seems like your 5x86 is week 32 of 1999 if I am reading that right

Tetrium wrote:

The Serpent Rider wrote:

That AMD 5x86 seems to have a relatively late product date

Those laser engraved 5x86s are dated around 1997-1998. Strictly OEM and usually used for embedded solutions. Some were even marked as DX2 and DX.

His AMD 5x86 has an actual date code of week 18 of the year 2000, which is pretty late 🤣

That actually makes sense, because the lowly ATi Rage IIC I got from the same smashed up PC had a copyright date of 2000 on it.

Jed118 wrote:

This is the best picture I have of mine - This one is mounted into the display case, but I do think it works. I have another one not in a display case - I'm thinking of building a system around it because I had one briefly as a young teenager and I rather enjoyed it. It kicked the living shit out of my crappy VLB P60 computer and gave my P75 a run for its money

Wow! That's a really nice display case you have!

The Serpent Rider wrote:

I'm not sure what the latest datecode is for an Am486 or Am5x86

So it's actially 4x multiplier capable? Here's mine:

CPU stuff.jpg

That IIT chip in the top right corner - what is that? Nice collection by the way.

That IIT chip in the top right corner - what is that?

Typical FPU for 386DX CPU.

feipoa wrote:

I'm not sure what the latest datecode is for an Am486 or Am5x86, but I do have a week 37, 2002. It runs at 133 MHz and at 166 MHz (with artifacts).

I received this CPU some days ago, still untested. An Am486 DX4-100V16BG rev B1. The late datecode surprised me: Week 33 2003.