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Is this machine too new for this sub? Recently acquired the holy grail of Slot A: Athlon 1GHz. Very proud of this machine. I have wanted one for years.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I for one like these builds. Partially because I had a similar one myself (Although I went straight from Socket 7 to Socket A... never had a Slot CPU in my life.), but also because the same reason why older car engines look cooler than those feom today: When I see under the hood or in a modern computer case, all I see is plastic covers.

Besides, cable management with PAATA cables was no easy feat.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are the two big interconnected extension cards for?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

3dfx Voodoo2 SLI

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, I remember those. You'll need to see if you can find a Gold Finger Device so you can overclock it. They were little daughter boards with DIP switches that let you set the multiplier.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I actually have one. I tried it on my 900MHz processor and could only reach 950MHz. I don't want to crack open the 1GHz cpu 😀