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tlccomp

Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1212 Location: Southeast Wisconsin, USA
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debs3759

Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 9477 Location: Northampton, Divided Kingdom
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Lovely chip! I haven't seen one of them yet. _________________ 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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Pretty rare. Never seen a ceramic DX2-40. IŽll add the pic to the library. _________________ 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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gshv

Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Posts: 7898 Location: Fairfax, VA USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:39 am Post subject: |
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It's very rare. I've seen it once or twice in the past 4 years.
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JAC

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 3469
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| Nice chip. So many Intel 486's! ( I know, I collect the damn things ). |
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jd

Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1562 Location: Canada
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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mmmm.......indeed,very nice!
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JAC

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 3469
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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We need to distinguish between rare, and not seen / uncommon. Just because something has not been seen before, it doenst always make it rare - even taking into account as cpu collectors we are more "aware" of chips.
How many of you have seen these chips below? are they rare to you or uncommon -- these are not on this site's database...
SX518 DX50
SX547 DX50
there are more, I'll go though my 486's later.
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tlccomp

Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1212 Location: Southeast Wisconsin, USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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| JAC wrote: | We need to distinguish between rare, and not seen / uncommon. Just because something has not been seen before, it doenst always make it rare - even taking into account as cpu collectors we are more "aware" of chips.
How many of you have seen these chips below? are they rare to you or uncommon -- these are not on this site's database...
SX518 DX50
SX547 DX50
there are more, I'll go though my 486's later.
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"rare, and not seen / uncommon".....
Good idea.
I have the same two.
The only DX-50's I have so far. |
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Mixeur

Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 4038 Location: Sochaux, France
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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| JAC wrote: | We need to distinguish between rare, and not seen / uncommon. Just because something has not been seen before, it doenst always make it rare - even taking into account as cpu collectors we are more "aware" of chips.
How many of you have seen these chips below? are they rare to you or uncommon -- these are not on this site's database...
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486DX2-40 ceramic are very rare. It is the first one I see. And from Intel Website, only SQFP 486DX2-40 are mentionned...
I would rate it 6 on my rarity scale (from 1 to 6)... _________________ Register on x86-guide.net to manage and share your collection on-line !
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chipcollector

Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1681 Location: New England
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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Can someone explain why they released this production CPU for a very short time (or made very little?) _________________ http://www.RareCPUs.com
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Vintage Chip Database, www.RareCPUs.com/database
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debs3759

Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 9477 Location: Northampton, Divided Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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| JAC wrote: | We need to distinguish between rare, and not seen / uncommon. Just because something has not been seen before, it doenst always make it rare - even taking into account as cpu collectors we are more "aware" of chips.
How many of you have seen these chips below? are they rare to you or uncommon -- these are not on this site's database...
SX518 DX50
SX547 DX50
there are more, I'll go though my 486's later.
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My DX-50 is SX710. I've seen SX547 on eBay, but I've not been aware if I saw the other one. I'd say they are uncommon
I agree with what you are saying about "rare" vs either "unseen" or "uncommon". Too many chips are described as rare, both here and on eBay. If I believed everyone that says this chip or that is rare, then I'd have my collection insured for more than the house I live in is worth  _________________ My graphics card database can be found at http://www.gpuzoo.com.
I can resist anything except temptation.
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JAC

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 3469
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| debs3759 wrote: |
I agree with what you are saying about "rare" vs either "unseen" or "uncommon". Too many chips are described as rare, both here and on eBay. If I believed everyone that says this chip or that is rare, then I'd have my collection insured for more than the house I live in is worth  |
Quite.....
"rare" seems to rings $$ signs. Fools and their money.
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486DX2-40 ceramic are very rare. It is the first one I see. And from Intel Website, only SQFP 486DX2-40 are mentionned...
I would rate it 6 on my rarity scale (from 1 to 6)... |
Intel does not have complete information on the web. They never conceived that people would be mad enough to collect chips?
It has been said before that rare to one person is not rare to another. The only relevant ( and interesting) scale, is the "known chips". This may be a good suggestion for the cpuphotolibrary.. instead of having a subjective scale like "rare", a count of known chips might be better - has this been mentioned before? |
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FDIV

Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 740 Location: Ohio, USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree with JAC, we need either a count or a scale with other processors of "defined" rarety to make a good judgement. Numbers are just so subjective. |
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