Hit the jackpot

NightwolfNightwolf Afghanistan Member
edited December 2006 in Hardware
So today in networking I was going through the hardware rooms and what do I find...?

One intell I386 from '85? A80386DX-20
One Intel something or another I have no idea from 1986, A80387DX-20
and one Intel 486 from '89, A80486DX-33

What can you guys tell me about these things?

Comments

  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    they are OLD maybe u can play oregon trail on them! :Rocker:
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    looks like 2 20mhz machines and 1 33mhz machines. not sure what 387 is
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    that's a math co-processor I believe.
  • lemonlimelemonlime Canada Member
    edited August 2006
    Very nice vintage hardware you've got there! I've still got an 8088 lying around somewhere at home :)
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    oregon trail was an awesome game!
  • HaX0rHaX0r
    edited August 2006
    386DX-20 = 20MHz i386
    486DX-33 = 33MHz i486
    387DX-20 = 20MHz Co-Processor / FPU (Floating Point Unit for floating point math)

    Not sure why you stated you "hit the jackpot" though... Those CPU's are very old and you can find them in old hardware at computer junk yards. They are still good for embedded single-function devices (for example, industrial automation or standalone sensor arrays or something), but not really any good for consumer-use equipment - other than nostalgia. You could still run Linux on it and use it as a router though...

    Thanks!

    S.
  • dancarraidancarrai
    edited August 2006
    I am just trying to post a new thread.
    Can someone tell me how ?

    Thanks.
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited August 2006
    airbornflght wrote:
    oregon trail was an awesome game!
    Yea. I use to go hunting all the time in it. Shoot me some bison.
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    DX has the mathco and SX doesn't
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    HaX0r wrote:
    You could still run Linux on it and use it as a router though...

    my router has a processor that would blow it away. the only thing it is useful for is nostalgia. Kind of cool to find old hardware you thought would have been long gone. Actually, at Enid Concrete where my dad works, they just replaced their 386. :eek2:
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    Nice haul, Nightwolf. Found some pics and info on those chips:
    http://cpu-museum.de/?m=Intel&f=80386DX
    http://cpu-museum.de/?m=Intel&f=80486DX

    Believe it or not, the 486 has enough juice for practical applications. You'd be able to run a Linux-based firewall with a 486, possibly even the 386.

    I just acquired a Compaq Presario with an AMD Am486-DX4-100 and 16MB of EDO RAM from our factory to use at home as a hardware firewall. Alas, the rig no longer boots, but I did manage to rescue the chip. It's a relic, and might even make its way into the 1337 processor package as a travel companion for the 1337 proc. Sort of a 1336 proc.
  • NightwolfNightwolf Afghanistan Member
    edited August 2006
    Also found a an AMD K6-2, what can you guys tell me about this.

    AMD K6-2/4000AFQ
    2.2V CORE/3.3V I/O
    A 9915DPAW
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    ... it's an AMD K6-2 400Mhz... what more is there to know about it?
  • KrikeyKrikey
    edited December 2006
    miscellaneous supplies are key....you really don't need that much ammo anyways....
  • KrikeyKrikey
    edited December 2006
    was the turbo button the same thing as the math co - processor?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    No, a turbo button was a physical overclocking of the processor at the flip of a switch. The co-processor did complex math functions that couldn't be built into the CPU.
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