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Offline iLLucionist

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486DX2 66MHz retro build: where to get components?
« on: Sun, 08 October 2017, 06:24:27 »
So yes... I wanna build a 486DX2 66 MHz today. Coz of... reasons. Retro gaming and win3.1 looks so haawt.

In all seriousness.. where can I source components? Especially from Europe? I tried to look up old computer markets that people went too back in the day, but those basically don't exist anymore.
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Re: 486DX2 66MHz retro build: where to get components?
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 08 October 2017, 09:16:21 »
If you lived in the Atlanta, Georgia area I have an original IBM 486 that I would sell very cheap.

Unfortunately, shipping to Europe would probably be $150 or possibly more.
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Re: 486DX2 66MHz retro build: where to get components?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 08 October 2017, 09:30:35 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Sun, 08 October 2017, 09:16:21
If you lived in the Atlanta, Georgia area I have an original IBM 486 that I would sell very cheap.

Unfortunately, shipping to Europe would probably be $150 or possibly more.

What are the specs and state of that machine? Yes... It is ridiculous how much shipping costs transatlantic.
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Re: 486DX2 66MHz retro build: where to get components?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 08 October 2017, 09:58:10 »
it's kind of tough to use something --that retro--..

I think one of them wolfie 8400 (D0) or 8700 builds is the bare bottom for USEABLE  retro..


their single thread rating is as high as 1700 w/ full overclock..

That's very usable..

One of my x220 which I use all the time with a 2520m does 1700 single thread..


A pentium g3258 build could also be fun..  I got 4 of them, 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8ghz.   benches 2800 single core. Very good for the starcraft.
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Re: 486DX2 66MHz retro build: where to get components?
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 08 October 2017, 10:00:52 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 08 October 2017, 09:58:10
it's kind of tough to use something --that retro--..

I think one of them wolfie 8400 (D0) or 8700 builds is the bare bottom for USEABLE  retro..


their single thread rating is as high as 1700 w/ full overclock..

That's very usable..

One of my x220 which I use all the time with a 2520m does 1700 single thread..


A pentium g3258 build could also be fun..  I got 4 of them, 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8ghz.   benches 2800 single core. Very good for the starcraft.

x220 you say eh? That would be a good "value proposition". Put a new battery in there.. run light weight distro (arch) ... dosbox + some productivity software that is light weight.. just vim and tiling wm.

I would like to have a machine that is OFF the internet... just to focus on writing and thinking.

For nostalgia, I would like to have some REALLY old hardware.

But being on the internet... makes me start look at things.

When I really want to write, I still do it on paper.
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Re: 486DX2 66MHz retro build: where to get components?
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 09 October 2017, 14:41:46 »
There are retro gaming meetups. Try to find a local one and ask the folks there.
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