old school computing question

[stringcheeseincident]

my first computer was a p3 550mhz, my current is an athlon xp 2500+. i got into it all fairly recently, and i need help with some older stuff. i have an old machine running a amd k2 300mhz chip. what "slot" name are these cpu's? where can i find a ~500mhz chip that will work in the same motherboard?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

lazy ass!

 

[Chaotic42]

The K6es are Socket 7. I think they made a 550MHz K6-3, but I'm not sure.

That's not old school by the way.

Viva la Z80!

 

[JoeKing]

socket 7

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
The K6es are Socket 7. I think they made a 550MHz K6-3, but I'm not sure.

That's not old school by the way.

Viva la Z80!

6502 4 lyfe, yo!

 

[DaFinn]

Originally posted by: stringcheeseincident
my first computer was a p3 550mhz, my current is an athlon xp 2500+. i got into it all fairly recently, and i need help with some older stuff. i have an old machine running a amd k2 300mhz chip. what "slot" name are these cpu's? where can i find a ~500mhz chip that will work in the same motherboard?

... THAT was an old school question? Sheit, I must be REALLY old :Q

 

[nageov3t]

and here I was expecting a question about ISA slots. heh.

 

[styrafoam]

If you are lucky this will work, you better make sure that the 300 is running on a 100mhz front side bus.

 

[DrPizza]

old school?!

 

[Apathetic]

Originally posted by: loki8481
and here I was expecting a question about ISA slots. heh.

I was expecting an S-BUS question. Yes, damnit, I'm old!

Dave

 

[OverVolt]

heh, my first computer was a 633celery, show me anything older and i lost.

 

[Epoman]

Originally posted by: OverVolt
heh, my first computer was a 633celery, show me anything older and i lost.

My first computer was a VIC-20

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: Apathetic

I was expecting an S-BUS question. Yes, damnit, I'm old!

Dave

Sbus isn't *that* old. I'm still running a few Sbus-based systems out here (mostly Ultra 2s).

(All the S100 bus based systems I used to have are long since retired, though.)

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: OverVolt
heh, my first computer was a 633celery, show me anything older and i lost.

TI-99a

Released in 82.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Epoman

Originally posted by: OverVolt
heh, my first computer was a 633celery, show me anything older and i lost.

My first computer was a VIC-20

286 here.

Socket 7 != old school

Wasn't the 486 on socket 1?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Epoman

Originally posted by: OverVolt
heh, my first computer was a 633celery, show me anything older and i lost.

My first computer was a VIC-20

286 here.

Socket 7 != old school

Wasn't the 486 on socket 1?

1, 2, or 3

 

[royaldank]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: OverVolt
heh, my first computer was a 633celery, show me anything older and i lost.

TI-99a

Released in 82.

Loved my TI-94A. Ah, the days of playing cassette tapes instead of coding pages of code.

 

[jyates]

Originally posted by: stringcheeseincident
my first computer was a p3 550mhz, my current is an athlon xp 2500+. i got into it all fairly recently, and i need help with some older stuff. i have an old machine running a amd k2 300mhz chip. what "slot" name are these cpu's? where can i find a ~500mhz chip that will work in the same motherboard?

You'll need to open the case and find out the model number and/or revision of the
motherboard and then go out and read up on it to see what cpu it will accept.

You have a super socket 7 motherboard but the real question is will it support 100fsb
and what is the maximum multiplier it will support?

From that info you can figure out how fast of a cpu you can use with it.

 

[spacejamz]

at least it wasn't a question on using the dual 5 1/4" disk drives to run lotus 123 with WYSIWYG on an XT machine...

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: royaldank

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: OverVolt
heh, my first computer was a 633celery, show me anything older and i lost.

TI-99a

Released in 82.

Loved my TI-94A. Ah, the days of playing cassette tapes instead of coding pages of code.

As opposed to coding pages of wallclocks?

 

[stringcheeseincident]

Originally posted by: jyates
You'll need to open the case and find out the model number and/or revision of the
motherboard and then go out and read up on it to see what cpu it will accept.

You have a super socket 7 motherboard but the real question is will it support 100fsb
and what is the maximum multiplier it will support?

From that info you can figure out how fast of a cpu you can use with it.

the only markings on the motherboard are those on chips and whatnot, when i search those on google, all i can find is info on those certain chipsets. any hints on finding out the make/model of this board?

 

[notfred]

Wow, a P3-550 is "old school"? I feel ancient.

 

[stringcheeseincident]

yes, we understood this based on the 17 other replies saying the same thing. i get the point. i'm young. please also take into account, i'm 14.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: notfred
Wow, a P3-550 is "old school"? I feel ancient.

Yeah, when I hear 'old school' I think 6502.
500MHz is like last year for me.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
500MHz is like last year for me.

Haha!
It's right now for me!

My first one was an IBM PC 8088 with two 5.25 diskette drives. I finally upgraded the power supply and added a 10MB hard drive. Figured i'd never fill that up!