Comments on: Time to talk about big, manly computers https://dfarq.homeip.net/time-to-talk-about-big-manly-computers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-to-talk-about-big-manly-computers David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:04:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/time-to-talk-about-big-manly-computers/#comment-3348 Sun, 14 Oct 2001 17:39:45 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=624#comment-3348 Wow, does that bring back memories..1986, ah the year the BoSox almost (crying in the background, sniff, wipe tear from eye) won it. Everybody and I mean everybody (well, my uncle the exception) thought that 1986 was the year. But true to the spirit of the Red Sox they lost. 🙂 And boy, do I remember that pitching rotation. I really like Calvin Schiraldi too.
This year, what a shambles.
However, ever since the free agency got out of hand, players moving from team to team like changing socks (no pun intended), I really lost interest in sports altogether. I haven’t watched a complete game in 2 years, gee, maybe even more.
However, I’m still a softy for the BoSox!

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/time-to-talk-about-big-manly-computers/#comment-3349 Sun, 14 Oct 2001 15:27:23 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=624#comment-3349 I got a similar setup to your K6 Linux machine, also running Linux. I got a 350 MHz K6-2 and an Aopen AX59Pro. The similarity dies away right there 🙂 I got the following components installed:

128 meg RAM (soon to be 256).
Matrox G400 32 Meg version
IBM GXP34 harddrive, 20GB, 7200rpm
Toshiba 32x CD-ROM (IDE)
NIC: RealTek RTL 8139 cheapo stuff
Sony SDT7000 DAT
SCSI: Adaptec 2490UW
Case: A converted old Compaq ATX box

It is a very good computer to use with Linux and as a server machine it will do its work faithfully without giving you problems. Anyhow, I thought I should mention one thing, I am overclocking my CPU to 400MHz. It hasn’t given me one bit of trouble running at this speed. No, I am not one of those tweakers that does anything for a few extra MHz. For me, stability is everything but this setup hasn’t given me any problems at all. If it would then I would revert back to 350MHz right away. If you want to see how our two compare (if you would like to OC it) then here is my /proc/cpuinfo:

processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 5
model : 8
model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
stepping : 12
cpu MHz : 400.914
cache size : 64 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge mmx syscall 3dnow k6_mtrr
bogomips : 799.53

I should also mention that I haven’t added a bigger heatsink or anything out of the ordinary. I also measure temperature (with a real heat measuring tool) when overclocking to see if there are any significant changes in temperature but this 50MHz bump didn’t make any difference on the outside of the cpu package, no matter where I measured.

Keep up the good work…

/Dave T.

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