4 ms·
I recall consumer CPUs and some pencil mark bridging trick to upgrade them around that time too.
by imhoguy 4y ago
I recall consumer CPUs and some pencil mark bridging trick to upgrade them around that time too.
- littlecranky67 4y agoThose were the Pentium II, 233-333Mhz were all identical and could be pencil unlocked
- actionfromafar 4y agoIIRC some AMD too. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AMD_Athlon_Pencil_Trick.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AMD_Athlon_Pencil_Tr...
- andy_ppp 4y agoThis probably sold a lot of extra CPUs.
- snozolli 4y agoNot the same time frame, but it reminded me of the hack to make consumer GeForce Nvidia cards appear to be their overpriced, professional, Quadro counterparts: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/general-computing/hacking-nvidia-cards-into-their-professional-counterparts/ https://www.eevblog.com/forum/general-computing/hacking-nvid...