First post, by orion83uk
Hello.
It occurred to me this week I have posted very little on Vogons, but have read through dozens of threads on numerous topics. I suddenly thought this could be a semi-interesting topic to discuss (which hopefully hasn’t been discussed before).
With regard to socket 7 / super socket 7, I know that a few OEMs employed S7 / SS7 solutions for their more budget oriented desktop PCs back in late 1998/1999/2000. I’ve come across numerous examples which used the K6-2 processor (333, 366, 400, 450 and 500 MHz versions) from Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Packard Bell and Time Computers to name a few, and I’m in no doubt that there will be others out there too. I realise Compaq and Packard Bell (and eMachines) also used the Cyrix MII in some of their super budget systems.
Interestingly, in the case of Packard Bell, they even had multiple 500MHz K6-2 offerings of their Club series computers (Squarius II case) in early 2000 with some using the VIA Apollo MVP4 chipset and others using the SIS 530/5595 Chipset.
What I have never seen however is any OEMs using a K6-3 processor in a SS7 setup.
I just wondered (for no reason other than general geeky interest) if anyone knew of any OEM desktops (not laptops) that used a k6-III processor from around the 1999/2000 era?
