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FDIV

Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 740 Location: Ohio, USA
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:57 pm Post subject: What was the first chip you ever collected |
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| I'll start it out. The first chip I ever collected was an Intel pentium sx835. I found it in a donated computer I was scrapping for my school. (We were a private school without much dough so all our computers were old ones donated by companies for tax write offs) I thought it was so cool with its huge gold top that I kept it. It got me started and whenever I threw out a computer I would keep the proc. It also gave me a penchant for FDIV pentiums |
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bacterio

Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 242 Location: Getafe, Espaņa
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:25 am Post subject: |
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The first chip i've ever collected was an IBM PC XT model 5160, which used a AMD D8088 (not an Intel xD) _________________ PSP Slim 3.71 M33-4  |
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JAC

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 3469
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:32 am Post subject: |
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cant remember I only really started buying/gathering cpus in the mid 90's. By then I had quite a few cpus and old computers from upgrading. |
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el_gecko

Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 1553 Location: Nice, France
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:40 am Post subject: |
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A simple Intel A80386DX-25 with his coprocessor...  _________________ My microprocessor collection: The Gecko's CPU Library |
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sammyc

Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:40 am Post subject: |
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Sure this is repeat thread ;o)
Mine wasn't a spur of the moment, "I'll start collecting chips" and there was 1 in particular.
I had a collection before i even started collecting really... but to giv u an idea I'll post a pic of what my collection looked like in early life. _________________ 4000+ chips.
4004-P4. |
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Cpuswe

Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 2214 Location: Karlskrona, Sweden
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:16 am Post subject: |
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The one to start it all of was a Pentium Pro 200 that i ripped from a scrapped server at work about a year ago. I got impressed with that heavy piece of chip that i started looking for more. And here we are 298 chips later...
/T
 _________________ My collection: http://www.cpucollection.se :::::: http://www.chipdb.org Photos of chips you never knew existed. Now over 6000 different chips in the database. |
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sammyc

Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| Cpuswe wrote: | The one to start it all of was a Pentium Pro 200 that i ripped from a scrapped server at work about a year ago. I got impressed with that heavy piece of chip that i started looking for more. And here we are 298 chips later...
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I thought you had 8-900 chips ? _________________ 4000+ chips.
4004-P4. |
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vinicio

Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 435 Location: Italy - Tuscany
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:24 am Post subject: |
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My Number One it's IBM 5x86 100 MHz _________________ Fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza.
(Dante Alighieri, Inferno, Canto XXVI, 119 - 120) |
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Cpuswe

Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 2214 Location: Karlskrona, Sweden
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| sammyc wrote: | | I thought you had 8-900 chips ? |
Nope, 298 + 90 pcs of other stuff like keychains,pins and other collectables... I go for quality instead of quantity
/T _________________ My collection: http://www.cpucollection.se :::::: http://www.chipdb.org Photos of chips you never knew existed. Now over 6000 different chips in the database. |
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sammyc

Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:23 am Post subject: |
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Ah, i go for both then.
I still want ur bracelet and cuflinks! _________________ 4000+ chips.
4004-P4. |
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Cpuswe

Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 2214 Location: Karlskrona, Sweden
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| sammyc wrote: | Ah, i go for both then.
I still want ur bracelet and cuflinks! |
Did you get those earrings (or possibly cufflinks)?
/T _________________ My collection: http://www.cpucollection.se :::::: http://www.chipdb.org Photos of chips you never knew existed. Now over 6000 different chips in the database. |
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sammyc

Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:45 am Post subject: |
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Yes they were earings..
A bit Pat butcher, (English Joke), but still nice nevertheless. _________________ 4000+ chips.
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debs3759

Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 9477 Location: Northampton, Divided Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Sounds bad if you are describing them as a bit Pat Butcher Does that give them pride of place in your display cabinet? LOL
What are the earrings? _________________ My graphics card database can be found at http://www.gpuzoo.com.
I can resist anything except temptation.
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Cpuswe

Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 2214 Location: Karlskrona, Sweden
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:12 am Post subject: |
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| debs3759 wrote: | Sounds bad if you are describing them as a bit Pat Butcher Does that give them pride of place in your display cabinet? LOL
What are the earrings? |
There where some Pentium earrings very similar to my cuff links, on eBay that i tipped sammyc about. My thought was that the seller couldīnt differ the earrings from cufflinks since they looked exactly the same.
/T _________________ My collection: http://www.cpucollection.se :::::: http://www.chipdb.org Photos of chips you never knew existed. Now over 6000 different chips in the database. |
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sammyc

Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 1668 Location: Scottish Borders
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:19 am Post subject: |
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They do look similar, but they certainly aren't cuff links.
I'll post a link in a sec _________________ 4000+ chips.
4004-P4. |
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