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[-] RussianEngineer@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

a 80386, multiple 80486's, a pentium-133, a pentium2, and two non-sse2 pentium4s. and they all have useful purposes for various things. things you cant do with an emulator

old

stinky

now look here buddy shoulder-grab

modern tech delenda est

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

I was nodding along like "Waow...." [Basedbasedbasedbased] until

Pentium 4s

desolate

[-] RussianEngineer@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

yes, even the awful netbursts have their use. and no, that use is not "spaceheater" even if they do that as a secondary function

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Anything they can do that an Athlon XP would not? Purely curious (also I have always wanted an Athlon XP or 64 system rip)

[-] RussianEngineer@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

athlon XPs dont support DMA over their ISA bus. the p4 can with specific chipsets

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

lea-think I have a S478 board with an ISA slot... cool stuff?

[-] RussianEngineer@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

only if it has one of the chipsets which will allow full DMA over the isa slot, aka the intel 8xx series

the intel 865/875 is the best one as it supports a faster FSB over the older 845 and 815 chipsets

they're kinda rare tho and if it does have one, the 845 with the slower FSB is way more common then the others

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