Cyrix Hotplate Howto

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."

Comments

Finally, a reason to use Cyrix

[Willeh]

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.

Umm

[TheKidWho]

Wouldnt a Pentium 4 be better for this?

Recipe for cooking with Cyrix

[miracle69]

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

First menu will be...

[danormsby]

Fish and chips anyone?

Re:Cool idea but...

[SpongeBobLinuxPants]

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.

Re:I call shenanigans!

[YankeeInExile]

...indeed. In the time since my previous posting, I went and looked at the hotplate I have in my kitchen, and it dissipates 850W ... So, even if they could configure a handful of CPUs (with no clock feeding them) as heaters, it would take 42 of them to give the equivalent to a pretty pathetic cooking appliance.

I re-assert: This article is 100% unadulterated bullshit