[kwlug-disc] [OT] Old / Vintage components

[Charles M]

I remember the P2B was one of the boards that had an easy Core Boot
installation. I used to stick memtest on the bios chip.

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 6:55 PM Stuart Seeley <stuart at lowlevel.ca> wrote:

> There was off die cache on the slot-1 card too... they were having major
> yield problems with the previous pentium pro I beleive where the processor
> and cache were on the same die...
>
> I remember soldering wires to slot-1 celerons to enable SMP way back
> when...
>
> Asus P2B was ok too... Avoid Asus P3C2000.
>
> Stuart
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 3:51 PM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Another stunningly lovely board is the ASUS P3B-F, that was a big hit
>> with everyone, thanks to ISA, PCI and AGP slots(!).
>> It was married to a SLOT-1 CPU, like a P3 up to 600Mhz I believe, or
>> mebbe it topped out at 450, can't recall.
>>
>> Mobo pic porn --
>>
>> https://i0.wp.com/the620guy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180611-Asus_P3B-F_R1.03_P3_450MHz_256MB_3.jpg
>>
>> Interestingly, the SLOT-1 CPUs were basically a CPU on a PCB, encased in
>> a plastic shroud, the tooling and most(all?) of that shrouding were
>> courtesy of a local design/build shop -- ATS Automation. How cool is that?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ron Singh
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 3:04 PM Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You might get it sold on Kijiji.  There are a few on there.  The 233MMX
>>> sounds interesting, but I just picked up a 133 from Charles at the Computer
>>> recycling center.  I can easily get a 233mhz CPU.  Someone else should take
>>> it if interested.
>>>
>>> I sorted through the items at the CRC and I'll be posting them later
>>> tonight.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 2:45 PM <tomg at sentex.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm also into old or vintage computers, both for curiosity's sake and to
>>>> make money off of if they're not that old after all.  There used to be a
>>>> computer hardware swap store in Kitchener, right?  Before I moved here?
>>>> It's no more, now?
>>>>
>>>> Because I would like to give my Pentium 233MMX and Sound Blaster 16 with
>>>> someone who'd like them, before I give them up to recycling, and I'd
>>>> like
>>>> to get IDE and SATA cables and ~ 500GB HDDs for free or for very cheap
>>>> if
>>>> I can.
>>>>
>>>> Judging by the interest in old hardware on two threads in this mailing
>>>> list, and my own interest, does anyone think an old or vintage computer
>>>> buy and sell or give away mailing list or Web board might go well in
>>>> K-W or in Canada?
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
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