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Hahah, I can relate so much with the 'poorerer' part, I'll raise you another one: my first '686' was a Cyrix 6x86 because those were the cheapest you could get.

Hahah, I can relate so much with the 'poorerer' part, I'll raise you another one: my first '686' was a Cyrix 6x86 because those were the cheapest you could get. Eventually got my hands on a Pentium II and had to scavenge parts to replace my setup. Good times. Nowadays I just buy a laptop with everything soldered on it and complain a lot if I have to reboot it every month.

rconti 7y ago
Cyrix/Nexgen 5x86/133!
cptskippy 7y ago
In the late 90s I had a 486sx33 with one of those Cyrix 586 upgrade chips for the math co-processor slot. It was so hot it had a fan on it! Crazy! I also maxed out the RAM to 32mb and upgrade the SRAM in my Trident video card so I could do 256 color in Windows 95. I also had a 40mb Erwin Tape Drive for backing up my 100mb HDD. It wasn't fast but it was faster than reinstalling Tie Fighter from Floppies.
- nonamenoslogan 7y ago
  My first was an AMD 286 @ 12MHz, still have it in a cigar box somewhere.
  - willvarfar 7y ago
    Started with a zx81, graduated to a 286 with a whopping 2MB RAM, which was really really much, but at a time when everyone else was getting 386s.
- Klinky 7y ago
  The "math co-processor" chip was actually a full DX33 and your SX33 CPU was disabled. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80487SX https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80487SX
- tr352 7y ago
  CyrixInstead ™ represent!
  - testingworks1 7y ago
    Waay back in the day.. 286 12mhz with 1mb ram and a 10mb RLL drive. Setting the jumpers on the drive controller block was a nightmare that I still have. I think there were 16 or 32 pins and all the jumpers had to be just right or no dice (no drive). Further along I had a 40mhz Cyrix 4x86 I think, with 4mb ram and a Trident VGA 256 color card. I remember the ram being old school block chips and not SIMM modules. It's been a long time, so I could be mistaking the memory type between mobos. Was a great 3.11 machine for the time.

rconti 7y ago

Cyrix/Nexgen 5x86/133!

cptskippy 7y ago

In the late 90s I had a 486sx33 with one of those Cyrix 586 upgrade chips for the math co-processor slot. It was so hot it had a fan on it! Crazy! I also maxed out the RAM to 32mb and upgrade the SRAM in my Trident video card so I could do 256 color in Windows 95. I also had a 40mb Erwin Tape Drive for backing up my 100mb HDD. It wasn't fast but it was faster than reinstalling Tie Fighter from Floppies.

nonamenoslogan 7y ago
My first was an AMD 286 @ 12MHz, still have it in a cigar box somewhere.
- willvarfar 7y ago
  Started with a zx81, graduated to a 286 with a whopping 2MB RAM, which was really really much, but at a time when everyone else was getting 386s.
Klinky 7y ago
The "math co-processor" chip was actually a full DX33 and your SX33 CPU was disabled. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80487SX https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80487SX
tr352 7y ago
CyrixInstead ™ represent!
- testingworks1 7y ago
  Waay back in the day.. 286 12mhz with 1mb ram and a 10mb RLL drive. Setting the jumpers on the drive controller block was a nightmare that I still have. I think there were 16 or 32 pins and all the jumpers had to be just right or no dice (no drive). Further along I had a 40mhz Cyrix 4x86 I think, with 4mb ram and a Trident VGA 256 color card. I remember the ram being old school block chips and not SIMM modules. It's been a long time, so I could be mistaking the memory type between mobos. Was a great 3.11 machine for the time.