NeXT
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I like the Pentium PRO however it's not really of any vintage so I'll go with my second fav, the Intel Overdrive DX4 75. I got that dropped in a system right now and running at 100Mhz!
Guess my favorite would be the 486DX2-66. Good speed, high stability, and didn't generate TOO much heat.
Think about the CPU that had the most physiological effect on you in a positive manner.:D
I agree that is a good one to collect, and the FDIV doesn't make it any less usable either. IIRC the "flaw" was available in both the plain and "gold top" spreader versions.I like the original Pentium with it's FDIV Mostly because of the public outcry, and general all round 'ball dropping' and attempted obfuscation by Intel..
Thanks for the reminder.Some funnies for you.
Paul.
That's funny! It's also funny (in a recursive kind of way) how the person that put up that site couldn't figure out how to write a text file. lolAt Intel, Quality is Job 0.99989960954
A toss up between 6502 and 68000,
I did my first assembler programming on 6502s and Z80s, and found the 6502s instruction set just NICE, and the Z80s awkward, with awkward bits bolted on in an awkward way. The X86 architecture has followed the same path.
68000 again for it's lovely instruction set (and that it ran the Amiga!)
What "pluses" are you referring to? (curious since I do collect Commodore/Amiga but don't recall a plus on any of the numbers unless that was a euro thing).
Forget about the technical aspects good or bad...
Think about the CPU that had the most physiological effect on you in a positive manner.
:D
Appearantly I do. Looks like the renamed the thing.Chuck(G) said...You mean the 32016
That's why I like the Pentium gold tops! They're so .... approachable ... they make you feel like you understand them ... It was a brilliant attempt by Intel to make processors appeal to a wider crowd ... a forshadowing of web2.0 if you will ...... The rest really are black boxes full of majikal smoke, AFAIK. --T
That's why I like the Pentium gold tops! They're so .... approachable ... they make you feel like you understand them ...