wyatt
i like the pentium m more than probably any other post-486 intel CPU
I don't even 100% know why, I just know it doesn't get super hot and it performs really nicely for software from the period (which is the newest software anyone should use anyway)
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Show threadGabriele SveltoMar 22
@wyatt there was a very brief moment of time where you could buy desktop boards for it (just one or two models IIRC) which would accomodate the dual-core Yonahs, and those were :chef_kiss:
Show threadwyattMar 22
@gabrielesvelto yeah i've seen desktop motherboards (don't have one though...)
Would be great to have.
Show threadGabriele SveltoMar 22
@wyatt peak 32-bit x86
Show threadwyattMar 22
@gabrielesvelto too bad there wasn't overlap with NLX form factor, or I'd put it in my gateway case
Show threadKevin Karhan 6d ago

@wyatt Maybe consider a #Vortex86 SoCs?

https://www.vortex86.com/products

Vortex86

The Vortex86 SoC series are 32-bit x86-architecture microprocessors that are compatible with Windows, Linux and most popular 32-bit Real Time Operating Systems.

Show threadwyatt6d ago
@kkarhan soc's don't interest me
nor does anything currently being produced commercially by capitalists
Show threadKevin Karhan 6d ago

@wyatt I wish I had that luxury.

  • I merely look at them due to not having reliable hardware that matches the target architecture i486SX…

You'd likely also not even look at ao476 either…

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Show threadwyatt6d ago
@kkarhan my dell 486 is fairly reliable but I did have to do a fair amount of work to get it to the point where I trust it now (Replaced power supply, recapped the replacement because it was a capacitor plague era AT supply, replaced the floppy disk drives with working ones).
Secondhand market isn't what it used to be unfortunately but there are still things out there.
Show threadKevin Karhan 5d ago

@wyatt agreed.
It's just that I don't have that many such components around and I'd rather try to get something more compact going to i.e. get a #QuadFlop ¹ or using some #ISA / #PCI - #SCSI controller for archival/data recovery use as #USB to SCSI Adapters are virtually nonexistant²…

  • And projects like the #Wee86 / #WeeCee / #PixelX86 are way too restrictive for such purposes.
    • Besides I kinda need a testbench for testing i486SX builds of @OS1337 …
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