I picked up a couple of AlphaStation 200 4/233s from webauction.com... $400.00 a piece. 32 megs ram, but no operating system, and no hard disk. One is running NT Server, and one RedHat 5.2.
(anyone want to help me get X running on the 8 meg TGA cards that came with the systems?)
as complicated as the x86 chip is getting, think about it this way... the human brain as we know it has been evolving for many millions of years. It seems to be more of a CISC type thing than a RISC thing, in that it has many built-in instructions. So maybe it is not bad that the x86 has been growing for twenty years.
You mean you have a case?
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your cpu and motherboard will stay cooler if you keep the case on. it has to do with how your fan works in an enclosed area as opposed to how it works in an open area.
If you have a fan six inches away from your CPU in open air, some of that air will get to your cpu. If you have a pipe (or any enclosed area) between your fan and your cpu, all of that air will get to your cpu.
The more air your CPU gets, the cooler it will be. Even if the air inside the case is a few degrees warmer than the air in your room.
CPUs run better when they are cool, so put the case back on your machine.;-)
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I picked up a couple of AlphaStation 200 4/233s from webauction.com... $400.00 a piece. 32 megs ram, but no operating system, and no hard disk. One is running NT Server, and one RedHat 5.2.
(anyone want to help me get X running on the 8 meg TGA cards that came with the systems?)
as complicated as the x86 chip is getting, think about it this way... the human brain as we know it has been evolving for many millions of years. It seems to be more of a CISC type thing than a RISC thing, in that it has many built-in instructions. So maybe it is not bad that the x86 has been growing for twenty years.
your cpu and motherboard will stay cooler if you keep the case on. it has to do with how your fan works in an enclosed area as opposed to how it works in an open area.
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If you have a fan six inches away from your CPU in open air, some of that air will get to your cpu. If you have a pipe (or any enclosed area) between your fan and your cpu, all of that air will get to your cpu.
The more air your CPU gets, the cooler it will be. Even if the air inside the case is a few degrees warmer than the air in your room.
CPUs run better when they are cool, so put the case back on your machine.
Look what happened to CHRP and the PowerPC.
M$ killed NT 5.0 for PowerPC and it died.