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Re: What to do with a 33mhz 486dx Why not just hold on to it, and use it as a prelude to a "back in my day" computer story  I find I can follow those stories better with a visual!
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said by GunnarDanne:I don't think anything with ISA can even utilize 100mbit. Nope. It cannot. Besides, I already have a couple of 10 Mbit ISA NIC's anyway, and if worse comes to worst, I even have an old external NIC that actually connects to the LPT port of a computer. It's only 1 Mbit (ECP/LPT Limitation) but it would provide at least some type of network connection to the system. |
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Montreal
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said by MJimLay:I'm talking about a complete system I guess you're right. »cgi.ebay.ca/IBM-2133A-16E-PS-1-E···06f40461
That's crazy talk. Imagine the guy who collected hundreds for no reason in particular when they were given away for free. |
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kudos:2 | I used to have a ton of 486's myself about 10 years ago or so, but I threw them out and now I am just kicking myself over it. |
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I dont see any of those that sold at that price.
I did see this: »cgi.ebay.com/486-DX-2-66-MHX-Com···acaafc35
486 DX 2 66 MHX Computer Dos 6.22 Win 3.1 Floppy CD-ROM
Sold for $510.
I guess there are a few stupid people out there with a lot of money to waste.
»cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-IBM-76-486-···d8ad07e3
Vintage IBM 76 486 Desktop Computer SCSI Based
Sold for $50
It looks like most of the vintage computers do not sell at all. I guess it all depends on if the right sucker sees your auction.
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I guess that computer is around 20 years old. Back in 1991 I had a summer job at a large rum distillery where I was running a chemical process simulation for a special project at college. They had this ultra fast 486DX computer which I am not sure if it was 25 or 33 MHz. It was probably the fastest PC they had at the time and the IT guy brought it from somewhere else in the plant just for running the simulation. They already had a nice computerized control system with graphical interface but I guess they were running that off a larger computer or a network intefaced with PLCs and all sorts of devices for controlling the distillery. |
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I wouldn't really called it as being a "sucker". I've been looking for a 486 system for the past FIVE years and have not been able to find one locally and the only place I can find them online is EBay.
I can find PII and PIII systems free or dirt cheap all over the place, but when it comes to anything older, even a Pentium 166 Mhz, they are next to impossible. |
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Fold on it lol |
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said by 61999674:Damn, I wish had known that a few months ago, I pitched many working older systems, 8088 up to Pentium 3. When moving you get tired of trying to decide what to keep so you start pitching everything. Core duo,core2,core2 quad are just a OVERCLOCKED Pentium 3/Pentium 3 XEONs(ones with L3 cache) with extra cores
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There are several on Ebay.
I dont understand why you have such a hard time finding them.
All the ones that have the high buy it now also have or best offer.
If you look at completed items they do not sell so just offer a few bucks.
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kudos:2 | I'll have to just try bidding then. I have always bought items on EBay using "Buy It Now" and never have actually done any bidding except for maybe once or twice. |
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said by GunnarDanne:And don't say throw it away. Could it play music? A system like that should just barely be capable of playing back MP3s in real time, with the right software. On my 486dx33, I had to use an option to limit the quality on playback (not really noticeable).
You can even play certain kinds of video, but you kind of have to be a masochist.
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1 edit | said by wmcbrine:said by GunnarDanne:And don't say throw it away. Could it play music? A system like that should just barely be capable of playing back MP3s in real time, with the right software. On my 486dx33, I had to use an option to limit the quality on playback (not really noticeable). You can even play certain kinds of video, but you kind of have to be a masochist. hell you do not even need a powerful video card to play 1080p
i can play youtube 1080p videos
on a "2d only" Video card 16MB-DDR PCI card (intergraded )
but i have a LOT OF CPU Horse Power to back it up
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said by MJimLay: I've been trying to get my hands on a 486 for some time now. I have some old software that will only work on a 486 class system and will not work in DOSBox, VMWare, Virtual PC, Etc. SOLD! I take paypal 
I do have a 486DX-66 around here somewhere.
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