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What to do with an old p200. PIC

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I pulled all the 'usable' components, namely the screws, cables, cd-rom drive, and the NIC.

Amazingly enough, this old rig still used a 75watt PS, a passive heatsink and no thermal paste. Ah, simpler days. In any case, I also pulled the CPU ot for nostalgia and I'm thinking about turning it into a keychain, unless someone has a better idea...

Anyway, has anyone around here done this? Should I bother cutting off the pins? Perhaps I could de-solder them somehow? Wire snippers or a saw?

Also, what type of bit should I use to drill a hole in this baby?


obligatory pic
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Jero
linux box
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Nah, I have a celery 466 that all I need is a case for if I'm gonna do that.
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why a 486?

p200 better.

(just to let you know, my text box is a p3-450 and my linux server is a amd 1400)

i don't give linux cheap hardware
 
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Jero
linux box
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Nah, I have a celery 466 that all I need is a case for if I'm gonna do that.
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why a 486?

p200 better.

(just to let you know, my text box is a p3-450 and my linux server is a amd 1400)

i don't give linux cheap hardware
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Not a 486. Celery == slang for Celeron, @ 466MHz
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Jero
linux box
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Nah, I have a celery 466 that all I need is a case for if I'm gonna do that.
Click to expand...

why a 486?

p200 better.

(just to let you know, my text box is a p3-450 and my linux server is a amd 1400)

i don't give linux cheap hardware
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Not a 486. Celery == slang for Celeron, @ 466MHz
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OOOH BURRRRNNN
 
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Jero
linux box
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Nah, I have a celery 466 that all I need is a case for if I'm gonna do that.
Click to expand...

why a 486?

p200 better.

(just to let you know, my text box is a p3-450 and my linux server is a amd 1400)

i don't give linux cheap hardware
Click to expand...

Not a 486. Celery == slang for Celeron, @ 466MHz
Click to expand...

OOOH BURRRRNNN
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😛
 
Originally posted by: LeadFrog
Dude that would be awesome keychain/necklace thing.
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Thank you, that's that I'm trying to do. I want to put it on a keychain, but I'm not sure the best way to remove the pins and to drill a hole through it.
 
Thank you, that's that I'm trying to do. I want to put it on a keychain, but I'm not sure the best way to remove the pins and to drill a hole through it.
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I would take it to a machine shop or metal working shop, and see if they could use a laser to cut a hole.
 
i would just bend the pins down and attach something you could loop a keychain through to the chip rather than trying to pull each pin and drilling on it
 
Originally posted by: Wanescotting
Thank you, that's that I'm trying to do. I want to put it on a keychain, but I'm not sure the best way to remove the pins and to drill a hole through it.
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I would take it to a machine shop or metal working shop, and see if they could use a laser to cut a hole.
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Hmm...I don't know if I have access to a metal working shop, I'll have to think about where I could get a laser cutter.

This may be a really dumb question, but could a laser cutter also cut the pins off the processor?
 
Put in DOS 6.22 and install X-Com on it. Best game EVER, and Pentium's the best speed to play the game on.
 
Originally posted by: Baked
Put in DOS 6.22 and install X-Com on it. Best game EVER, and Pentium's the best speed to play the game on.
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1. Don't have x-com
2. The case and board are going to the trash tomorrow morning.
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Wanescotting

LOOK HERE



First result on google BTW😉
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😱

<--- lazy fool.
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Having read that, surely there must be a better way to clear the pins out. Both faster and one that will leave less jaggedy pin stubs.
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Google reveals an option with a dremel and a blow torch, but that also seems infeasible, especially considering I don't have a dremel. 🙁
 
Google reveals an option with a dremel and a blow torch, but that also seems infeasible, especially considering I don't have a dremel.
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Ah ha! I got it. Pull out the pins with needle nose pliers, and sand the bottom on a flat surface with high grade sand paper.
 
Originally posted by: funggorgor
I prefer linux box than keychain
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As I said above, if I want a linux box, I'll pull the BP6 with a celery 466 I have out of the closet.

This thing is too new to be nostalgic and too old to be that useful.
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Jero
linux box
Click to expand...

Nah, I have a celery 466 that all I need is a case for if I'm gonna do that.
Click to expand...

why a 486?

p200 better.

(just to let you know, my text box is a p3-450 and my linux server is a amd 1400)

i don't give linux cheap hardware
Click to expand...

Not a 486. Celery == slang for Celeron, @ 466MHz
Click to expand...

OOOH BURRRRNNN
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😛
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heh
 
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