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audioguru · 9th October 2006, 03:20 PM

I got the latest processor for my old 486 pc. It is 100MHz and is a surface-mount IC with a voltage regulator on a pcb the same size as the original through-holes 486 IC. No fan. It has a few parts from the 1st Pentium in it.

I used it for years with a 2.1GB hard drive running Windows 98.

Marks256 · 9th October 2006, 10:01 PM

Hmm, yeah, i remeber the TURBO buttons. Never understood them, but that clears it up. I stand corrected....

bigkim100 · 10th October 2006, 08:05 AM

This just looks a LITTLE fishy???
As soon as ANYONE even HINTS at saying that something is a "overdrive"...or "over-unity", your BS meter should be pegged at MAXIMUM.
They use the term "overdrive" and "overdriven" a bit too often.

"The average turn-key-cost of the EBM Power Plants is less than 2,000 USD/kW depending upon the MW size of the plant; This includes fuel for 40 years!"

Ok, so we have a statement saying that it does require fuel....but absolutely NO mention of what the fuel is...only that it ISNT nuclear.

I remember my first computer had a huge LED display on the front to indicate things like microprocessor speed, cabinet temperature....supposidly hardware fault reporting.....as did most computers at the time.
Ultimatly it was dropped quickly, as it was a bit of useless mumbo-jumbo, that was simply used to further entrance the public with their new toy

tytower · 24th December 2006, 12:52 AM

I had a look here and all the pictures seemed to be dated in 2006 including the computer and screen so who is leading this thread and who is following blindly.

Go back and have a look at the site. Perhaps then you can post a link to where you refer and I can get some idea about what you are on about.

High power magnets would be a possible "fuel" and maybe they deteriorate over 40 years and need replacing? Have you tried those magnets inside hard drives yet. Don't throw one away without saving the magnet. Bloody strong

Sceadwian · 24th December 2006, 01:16 AM

You gotta be careful with those hard drive magnets, they'll wreck monitors, and even slight brushes against metals will leave them permenantly magnetize. Not to mention credit cards.

audioguru · 24th December 2006, 01:27 AM

I got the final 486 processor that was made by Intel. It was a DX100, 100MHz and it was a small surface-mount IC on a daughter board with a 3.3V regulator. The daughter board was the same size as the older 486 processors and plugged in like one. No heatsink. It had double the amount of cache and a few other goodies like the 1st Pentium used.

It ran Win98 and high-speed internet just fine. Norton anti-virus scanning stopped it cold.

Hero999 · 27th December 2006, 11:15 PM

That's true, anti-virus is horribly bloated.

If you want to save memory don't use a memory resident AV program and disable the auto-updater.

mramos1 · 27th December 2006, 11:42 PM

Are there any good none memory res AV programs? I miss typing

c:\scan c: /s

I boot my laptop and by the time it autoupdates, scans, load the background stuff.. I forgot why I turned on my laptop.

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9th October 2006, 03:20 PM	(permalink)
audioguru	I got the latest processor for my old 486 pc. It is 100MHz and is a surface-mount IC with a voltage regulator on a pcb the same size as the original through-holes 486 IC. No fan. It has a few parts from the 1st Pentium in it. I used it for years with a 2.1GB hard drive running Windows 98. __________________ Uncle $crooge

9th October 2006, 10:01 PM	(permalink)
Marks256	Hmm, yeah, i remeber the TURBO buttons. Never understood them, but that clears it up. I stand corrected.... __________________ There is no "I" in "team", unless Apple makes it... Then it would be iTeam.

10th October 2006, 08:05 AM	(permalink)
bigkim100	This just looks a LITTLE fishy??? As soon as ANYONE even HINTS at saying that something is a "overdrive"...or "over-unity", your BS meter should be pegged at MAXIMUM. They use the term "overdrive" and "overdriven" a bit too often. "The average turn-key-cost of the EBM Power Plants is less than 2,000 USD/kW depending upon the MW size of the plant; This includes fuel for 40 years!" Ok, so we have a statement saying that it does require fuel....but absolutely NO mention of what the fuel is...only that it ISNT nuclear. I remember my first computer had a huge LED display on the front to indicate things like microprocessor speed, cabinet temperature....supposidly hardware fault reporting.....as did most computers at the time. Ultimatly it was dropped quickly, as it was a bit of useless mumbo-jumbo, that was simply used to further entrance the public with their new toy __________________ SHYTE! Last edited by bigkim100; 10th October 2006 at 08:09 AM.

24th December 2006, 12:52 AM	(permalink)
tytower	I had a look here and all the pictures seemed to be dated in 2006 including the computer and screen so who is leading this thread and who is following blindly. Go back and have a look at the site. Perhaps then you can post a link to where you refer and I can get some idea about what you are on about. High power magnets would be a possible "fuel" and maybe they deteriorate over 40 years and need replacing? Have you tried those magnets inside hard drives yet. Don't throw one away without saving the magnet. Bloody strong

24th December 2006, 01:16 AM	(permalink)
Sceadwian	You gotta be careful with those hard drive magnets, they'll wreck monitors, and even slight brushes against metals will leave them permenantly magnetize. Not to mention credit cards. __________________ "Because I be what I be. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, mum, but I be a cat, and no cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer, har har."

24th December 2006, 01:27 AM	(permalink)
audioguru	I got the final 486 processor that was made by Intel. It was a DX100, 100MHz and it was a small surface-mount IC on a daughter board with a 3.3V regulator. The daughter board was the same size as the older 486 processors and plugged in like one. No heatsink. It had double the amount of cache and a few other goodies like the 1st Pentium used. It ran Win98 and high-speed internet just fine. Norton anti-virus scanning stopped it cold. __________________ Uncle $crooge

27th December 2006, 11:15 PM	(permalink)
Hero999	That's true, anti-virus is horribly bloated. If you want to save memory don't use a memory resident AV program and disable the auto-updater. __________________ I also post at the following sites: http://www.stop-microsoft.org http://www.heated-debates.com Screen name: Aloone_Jonez And http://www.silicontronics.com, same screen name as here.

27th December 2006, 11:42 PM	(permalink)
mramos1	Are there any good none memory res AV programs? I miss typing c:\scan c: /s I boot my laptop and by the time it autoupdates, scans, load the background stuff.. I forgot why I turned on my laptop.