First post, by squareguy
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Well, I have been playing with building another DOS/WIN Time Machine and prices are pretty high now days. What to do? Avoid collectors items!
The Time Machine concept was coined by Phil I believe, apologies if not. The main component is a CPU that can vary speed widely, namely the AMD K6-II/III+ processors that vary speed on the fly in software and can closely emulate a 386, 486 and Pentium class system. Fortunately these processors are still available for cheap on eBay. I have several of the AMD K6-II+ 450 ACZ CPU's on hand and that is what I will be using.
The problem now is what motherboard to use. Super Socket 7 boards seem to be going for crazy money but we don't one. All we need is a Socket 7 motherboard that has a BIOS that supports the AMD K6-II/III+. That opens things up quite a bit. A lot of motherboards have patched BIOS's with the proper support required. The downside? We won't be using an AGP video card but do we really need one? No, not for a budget system as this will not be a 3D powerhouse!
So, have a look below for motherboards with support.
http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm
This really opens up the use of less desirable boards, which are cheaper, and the ability to perhaps stumble on a machine that has one inside.
More later...
Gateway 2000 Case and 200-Watt PSU
Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium III 450 CPU
Micron 384MB SDRAM (3x128)
Compaq Voodoo3 3500 TV Graphics Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
Western Digital 7200-RPM, 8MB-Cache, 160GB Hard Drive
Windows 98 SE