Re: It never ceases to amaze how bad management can be at their job

Posted on 2022-11-21, 06:06

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The funny thing is that one of the reasons I joined Vogons on the first place is because this board is probably the coziest, the least politically-inclined discussion forum at that time. Politics always tend to be toxic, and that's also the reason I've been avoiding social media since 2014. That's …

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Re: My K6-2 has a rare datecode, apparently

Posted on 2022-11-21, 04:03

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MPM has nothing to do with the datecode. The four digits are the datecode:0003 is 3th week of 2000. I believe the MPM-part indicates which part of the wafer the die has been cut out. Inner parts are more pure than outer parts. As for rarity: I have three MPM K6-2 in my collection. I don’t think …

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Re: It never ceases to amaze how bad management can be at their job

Posted on 2022-11-21, 01:40

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Being an “international audience “ here it is strongly important to understand that there are no “radical leftists “ in the us federal government. (We used to have actual strong arm, Bomby, armed militant leftists that would manipulate and kidnap opponents late 60’s and 70’s which would seem very …

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Re: It never ceases to amaze how bad management can be at their job

Posted on 2022-11-19, 03:20

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darry wrote on 2022-11-19, 03:09: He made and keeps making his choices. He made his bed, he gets to sleep in it. Well that’s the end of him Filename 93A31AC9-9248-464C-8031-39324A611C14.jpeg File size 148.38 KiB Views 1716 views

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Re: Games don't feel as exciting as they used to

Posted on 2022-11-17, 23:24

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When it comes to games worse over time, We just forget all the junk and remember the good stuff. 172E6F78-DD81-4369-B87D-0BE6CA789D25.jpeg No not really, as a kid you just made due with most crappy games. The issue today is a lack of gameplay innovations. Many 1st party games have the same 3D …

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Re: XviD for Windows 98 for a Pentium-class CPU with or without MMX?

Posted on 2022-11-16, 17:46

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Hmm, I remember xvid on 98 was sort of a cludgy pain but I thought I got it working. I can’t remember if that was before or after retiring my k6-2 for a Duron 700

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Re: Dual CPU Socket 5/7 Boards

Posted on 2022-11-16, 17:40

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Considering we have found that the dual CPUs do not have to be matched speedgrades to work has anyone tried mixing a Tillamook with a standard Pentium MMX for “science “?

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Re: AMD K6-2 (not +) - any real difference between 400-550MHz?

Posted on 2022-11-16, 01:56

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ram was insanely expensive in 2000, it was just after 1999 Taiwan earthquake https://www.eetimes.com/dram-prices-rise-sharply-following-taiwan-quake-2/ 256MB SDRAM was $200-300, not $12. Whats up with those weird rose-tinted glasses price memories people have? :o :) Bull , bad example below but I …

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Re: My K6-2 has a rare datecode, apparently

Posted on 2022-11-16, 01:26

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January 2000 Malaysia , standard K6-2s were becoming uncommon in that era. No idea what the alphanumeric is for Your temp rating is terrible

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Re: AMD K6-2 (not +) - any real difference between 400-550MHz?

Posted on 2022-11-16, 00:32

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The thing to understand was “early” K6-2’s were almost always purchased as apart of a bundle. In a bundle circa 1998 the price difference between a k6-2 barebones and a Celeron could be over $100, let alone as a “not barebones” system. Early K6-2 were priced at full Pentium 2 level as I already …

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Re: AMD K6-2 (not +) - any real difference between 400-550MHz?

Posted on 2022-11-15, 04:52

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The thing to understand was “early” K6-2’s were almost always purchased as apart of a bundle. In a bundle circa 1998 the price difference between a k6-2 barebones and a Celeron could be over $100, let alone as a “not barebones” system. Late K6-2’s could be bought very cheap even into the Duron era …

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Re: Odd 386DX + 287 or 387 Board POST Issues

Posted on 2022-11-14, 15:14

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debs3759 wrote on 2022-11-14, 11:42: That socket looks like it was built by MacGyver 😀 That same thing could be done with 386/486dx Too bad such things weren’t done more often (cross generational support that is)

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Re: Era-specific hard drive capacity. Share your thoughts.

Posted on 2022-11-13, 01:44

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Let’s see My 286, 1.44mb floppy only First b&w 486 laptop - 120mb circa 1998 Second color 486dx40 - 1.2gb First 486dx2 all in one circa 1995 540mb Most iconic 486 systems had a 540mb

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Re: Getting 387sx coprocessor working.

Posted on 2022-11-11, 20:23

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I honestly never understood the point of the 387sx The point of the 386SX is to provide floating point operation to the system. All it does is floating point; it does not replace the 386SX. http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Oral_History/Intel_386_Design_and_Dev/102702019.05.01.acc. …

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Re: Getting 387sx coprocessor working.

Posted on 2022-11-11, 15:47

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I honestly never understood the point of the 387sx The 386/387dx both could run in 16 bit mode The 386Sx had 256 bytes of onchip cache but besides packaging the 387sx had no significant improvements over the dx core. Also gotta wonder why late 286 machines didn’t just come with a 387sxor dx socket …

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Re: Rarest CPUs?

Posted on 2022-11-11, 14:42

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What I can see seems to say that the 433gp came out around 1998. The first amd .18 chip was what? 2-3 years later? The k6-3+ and intel didn’t do it until the freaking coppermine? Yeah, .18 on a 433gp seems off…? Anything above pr366 was “paper released” in 1998 Having been a person trying to order …

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Re: Cyrix 6x86L-PR200+GP or Intel Pentium 200 MMX?

Posted on 2022-11-08, 22:11

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Jasin Natael wrote on 2022-11-08, 21:34: ildonaldo wrote on 2022-11-08, 20:40: Harr, how dare you to capture my thread. Spinn your own yarn / thread or I'll let you walk the (mainboard)plank 😉 This thread is about, which shall be the fastest, feasable processor for the "GA-586S, V 1.22C , Bios 1.04 …

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Re: Cyrix 6x86L-PR200+GP or Intel Pentium 200 MMX?

Posted on 2022-11-07, 20:31

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mwdmeyer wrote on 2022-11-07, 20:22: The 6x86L CPU is trash. The 6x86MX fixes a lot of issues and I actually quite like that CPU, but not the standard 6x86. Agreed, it’s unfortunate Cyrix was unable to message and advertise that the 6x86mx and MII both would run quake just fine

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Re: Inkjet stops printing specific color? Wash the printhead with water.

Posted on 2022-11-06, 20:55

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At the cartridge refill places they always sprayed heads with windex. I’ve never had much luck cleaning heads, so good luck to you

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Re: Ideal gaming system specs per year? (Esp. 1983 - 1992?)

Posted on 2022-11-05, 23:11

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You have the leading edge, test markets and mainstream low/high volume I’m not sure how well those things were mapped out back then. Most of the performance computing stuff was aimed at business users. It's easy to find hardware reviews and performance comparisons in old issues of PC Magazine going …

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