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Cyrix Hotplate Howto

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

fimbulvetr writes "Looking to put those old processors to work? Tired of catching flack for having hardware, but no use for it? Worry no more! Doc from rabidhardware.com shows us how to employ 7 Cyrix processors to build a spectacular cooking device. Cooking instructions not included. Void where prohibited."

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  1. Finally, a reason to use Cyrix by Willeh · · Score: 5, Funny

    While Intel recently made this impossible via their Speedstep technology, Cyrix is right on the bleeding edge of multitaskable (computing/ cooking) CPU's. For this, i salute them.

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  2. Umm by TheKidWho · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldnt a Pentium 4 be better for this?

    1. Re:Umm by Nodar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Cost/Price ratio just isn't there.

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    2. Re:Umm by Yaruar · · Score: 2, Funny

      I hope they don't try this with first generation athlon processors, they are likely to melt through their cookware!

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    3. Re:Umm by dfn5 · · Score: 4, Funny
      Wouldnt a Pentium 4 be better for this?

      So would gas, but the article isn't aimed at people looking for the best way to do something.

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  3. Cool idea but... by lecithin · · Score: 4, Funny

    "To do this we'll be using 7 6x86 Cyrix CPUs ranging from 100mhz to 150mhz, dissipating an upwards of 20+ watts each. All chips will be supplied with 5v regardless of their original requirements, which I imagine will also improve the thermal output."

    Wouldn't this void the warranty?

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    1. Re:Cool idea but... by SpongeBobLinuxPants · · Score: 5, Funny

      The place I used to work at had a few cyrix based computers. The power supply fan quit on one of them, which in turn burned out the CPU fan. Finally 2 weeks later when someone called me complaining that the pc was wicked slow I checked it out. You could actually read "Cyrix MII" on the backside of the heatsink.

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  4. Re:Beginning Hardware Hacking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    As a beginner, you'll want to start with crude tools. You'll need a blowtorch and a rubber mallet.

  5. Recipe for cooking with Cyrix by miracle69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) Host server on Cyrix processor.
    2) Post on Slashdot.
    3) Watch food get cooked.

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  6. Cool by Fallus+Shempus · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... er ....

  7. First menu will be... by danormsby · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fish and chips anyone?

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  8. Re:Beginning Hardware Hacking by crlove · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks...I'd been trying it with a match and a tree branch, but I can't seem to get the precision I need. Seriously, any suggestions?

  9. BOFH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like a chapter from the BOFH cook-book.

  10. A wonderful insult to Cyrix by British · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know you have failed in the processor market when people are cooking up ideas to use your processors to cook food instead of crunch numbers.

  11. Since article is /. ed by CmdrGravy · · Score: 4, Funny

    To make a simple processor BBQ just get a big box of old processors, a can of petrol and a metal brazier.

    Put the chips and the petrol in the brazier, set it on fire and cook stuff on top. If the flames begin to die down add more wood, chips ( if you have them ) or any other junk to sustain the heating reaction.

  12. I have a quick question... by kirk444 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will my food cook faster if I use processors that support MMX, SSE or 3DNow!?

  13. Nothing beats... by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...cooking with gas.

    Electric stoves are for amateurs.

    Just like electric windings are for armatures.

    Do you see?

  14. Truth in computing by Gridpoet · · Score: 3, Funny

    well...on the upside... now if someone comes into your room and asks you all sarcastic "are you cooking somthing in here or what?" you can say
    "YES!"

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  15. Missing sentence by lahvak · · Score: 4, Funny

    The sentence that is often missing in articles like this one is "Before proceeding further, make sure you have a back-up copy of your house".

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  16. whoa, I just said that recently here by AssFace · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here is post of mine on Slashdot where I mentioned that a CPU hotplate would be cool.

    Just for future reference if we are going to make my posts come true - I'd like a Porsche or Paris Hilton.

    Thanks.

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  17. Re:This reminds me by DaChesserCat · · Score: 3, Funny
    Air Force Cookware, circa 1994 (I was stationed in the Republic of Korea, at the time):
    • floodlights in the hardened shelters; use a couple feet of safety wire and you could make something which would hold your MRE main course right in front of the glass
    • exhaust from a dash 60 (turbine-powered generator and high-volume air compressor, mounted in a semi-mobile cart)
    • F110-GE-120 exhaust (engine in the F-16's at the base); you had to hold on to that MRE packet REAL tight. The launch routine for an F-16 tyically involved 10-20 minutes of standing around while the pilot ran through their checks, with the engine running. No, the afterburner isn't used in this, but you can still hold an MRE packet up in the jet exhaust and get it warm enough to be edible within about 60 seconds. If you accidentally let go of it, well, you could go find it in the fence after the plane finally left.
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  18. Re:This reminds me by Idarubicin · · Score: 3, Funny
    5 cavity HV Klystron (satellite transmitter)
    Hang some grub in front of the dish and crank 'er up to 7200 watts

    The rhythmic thumping noise you hear is an FCC compliance officer banging his head on his desk.

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