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Nope. The fastest processors available to the public are the one's from Intel, and AMD; as well as the G5, and other PPC chip's, whose speed's are about the same as Intel's and AMD's.
 
I doubt even R&D experiments with insane clock frequencies, when there could be so many more meaningful architecture improvements (larger cores, dual cores, different pipelining, other bus interfacing, different instruction sets, completely different ways of thinking). I'm sure in a matter of five years, clock frequency has no meaning when it comes to CPUs, and perhaps not for other computer components neither.
 
80sFreak said:
Would you consider selling your 1000 *GHz* P3?
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Cheers,

80sFreak

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Heck no, I gotta have it, it's pretty rad. That was mostly a snap at the guy calling that 1GHz P4 system slow. Shoot, I got a 486 that runs Windows For Workgroups 3.11 just as fast as my PIII runs Windows 98, it's all in how you tweak the system, not how fast it goes. I got a 286 that runs DSL internet too.

As with carlsson's comment, I wish they'd get back to designing PC's as actual TOOLS and not bling bling "pimp rides" of the desktop. I like a little blue light here and there, that's for sure, but I'm so tired of cases that look like they were designed by Tyco. While nice to look at, it's stopped being original, everyone has one now.

Here's a pic of my main PIII rig, AT keyboard, LCD, and all.
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mbbrutman said:
I think you meant 1.2GHz, not 1200GHz. Hence Carlsson's comment.
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Sure wish it was a 1200GHz, but I was kidding when I made that post.. I try to be accurate and would have edited it if it were a mistake, I think.;)
I normally don't make "I have" posts.:biggrin:
 
Ah, ok .. the joke was a little too straight-faced for me to pick up on.

(Note: must club moderators over the head when using subtle humor. Also, speak slowly and clearly.)
 
mbbrutman said:
Ah, ok .. the joke was a little too straight-faced for me to pick up on.

(Note: must club moderators over the head when using subtle humor. Also, speak slowly and clearly.)
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Ah, ok, I can see how it was too blunt. I have never been to great with subtleties.
 
Anyway, this is my current PC, after inserting a dummy 5.25" drive. Notice the unusual positioning of the boot hard disk; it didn't fit in the normal space and the back plate of my case has perfectly spaced holes to fit two screws. Maybe not the optimal solution, but it'll do for now.

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I'm one power connector too short to connect the 5.25" drive anyway, if I got it to function. What you can't see on the picture is that one IDE cable and one power cable goes out in the rear (through an expansion slot hole). The IDE cable connects to a 2.5" adapter for temporary connecting a such drive. The power cable is used to power a Commodore 1541 on the shelf above the computer. Perhaps I should watch out so I don't draw too much power at once.
 
"Here's a pic of my main PIII rig, AT keyboard, LCD, and all."

Where did you get that case??? It looks awful 80s to me. Even the earlyish Dell/PCs Limited cases had clock speed meters. Or is it an actual PCs Limited case?
 
Chris2005 said:
"Here's a pic of my main PIII rig, AT keyboard, LCD, and all."

Where did you get that case??? It looks awful 80s to me. Even the earlyish Dell/PCs Limited cases had clock speed meters. Or is it an actual PCs Limited case?
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He modified a AT clone case to hold atx equipment. He also cut out the key lock and added the little display. It is from the 80s. I think his display displays the temp however, not speed.
He uses a ps/2 to at converter for the at keyboard.
 
and just the other day I was thinking how cool it would be to put some modernish equipment inside an old box. Not so much just and AT case (as cool as that looks) but inside like an all in one type machine - NCR PC4, of which I have in mono, or even better inside a LISA! Woohoo wouldn't that tick some Mac goorews off!
 
alexkerhead said:
He uses a ps/2 to at converter for the at keyboard.
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Me too. My modern computer now sports a 540 MB hard disk, a rather new (but yet AT interface) Key Tronic and a dummy 5.25" drive. The 3.5" floppy isn't quite brand new neither.

The keyboard is patched with black tape to compensate for its poor opening mechanisms and connected via a PS/2 converter. I also have a converter for the other way around just in case I'd need it some day, plus a PS/2 to DB9 converter for my Microsoft mouse.
 
Chris2005 said:
"Here's a pic of my main PIII rig, AT keyboard, LCD, and all."

Where did you get that case??? It looks awful 80s to me. Even the earlyish Dell/PCs Limited cases had clock speed meters. Or is it an actual PCs Limited case?
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Nope, it's a GEM Computer Products AT Clone from Norcross Georgia, the chassis is styled very very closely to the Compaq Deskpro 286/386 machines, but instead of having a solid plate on one side, there was a regular control panel with a reset button, turbo, power, and HDD LED's, as well as a keyswitch. It uses the exact same drive rails the Compaqs do as well.

Here's an original pic of what it was like when I started out earlier on, as a Pentium 120.....

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It was originally a 386 DX-20, but I kept upgrading and upgrading till the computer outgrew the chassis, then I thought "why the heck not, I love this case", and decided to modify it to fit Micro-ATX components (except the Power Supply, which is a custom shop job consisting of Micro-ATX gateway PSU guts, and an original AT power supply with the original paddle switch swapped out for a "BIG RED BUTTON (TM)"). Extra fans were added for cooling, and a Compaq 3.5" Hard Disk tray was appended to the inner front grill to mount the hard disk on.

I've never seen an early PC's Limited before, I would love to see a picture, since one of my favorite things about old IBM Compatibles, is how many different and wacko case designs there were out there. As far as other favorite cases of mine, are the Compaq Deskpro 8086/286/386, AST Premium 286, and the Zenith Data Systems Z-249 desktop (with 9 !!! Expansion slots). Today it's like they just slap a different faceplate and different top cover on a chassis designed in 1998.
 
alexkerhead said:
He modified a AT clone case to hold atx equipment. He also cut out the key lock and added the little display. It is from the 80s. I think his display displays the temp however, not speed.
He uses a ps/2 to at converter for the at keyboard.
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Yeah, they keyboard uses a PS/2 converter in back, which runs through a cable that runs under the motherboard to the front AT jack, and then my keyboard plugs in there (more hot-swappable than PnP, and way more reliable). It also has a pair of lights mounted between the drives in the 5.25" drive bays so I can read diskette labels in the dark. As for the digital readout, no it does not measure temp, actually, all it does it shows gibberish, like I overclocked a 386 to 1 GHz, and it fried the clock, it's sort of a continuation on the 1988-1993ish gimmick of those digital readouts in the case that don't do anything except change numbers when the turbo button is switched on or off, except this time, the "lie" is "I cranked that old 386/20 so high in speed, the digital readout turned to gibberish". That whole section of panel is completeley unoriginal, the original grey plastic started to peel off, so I just took it all off, painted it black, and added a 3.5" drive bay cover with the Turbo/HDD/Power LED's and Digital readout from an old rusted out tower system I had laying around.
 
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