microprocesser shortage?

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wonder how deep in the computer industry this goes, soppose alot were ordered in the pre-y2k fixing. maybe this is still from the eartquake in tiawan.

http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/000126/b0c.html

-- john (johnr@homenet.com), January 28, 2000

Answers

see today's earlier thread on Pentium III supply problems:

http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/000126/b0c.html

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), January 28, 2000.


"They won't believe it's y2k until it hits 'em at the gas pump."

"They won't believe it's y2k until it hits 'em at the ice cream parlor."

"They won't believe it's y2k until it hits 'em in their Pentium III's"

"They won't believe it's y2k until it lays 'em off."

-- snooze button (alarmclock_2000@yahoo.com), January 28, 2000.


What shortage? Just come on over to my house. I've got this neat little pyramid of microprocessors sitting on my desk.

1) 4.77 Mhz 8088, a classic, used in the originl PC

2) 6.00 Mhz 80286, used in the PC/AT

3) 33.00 Mhz 80386, a real screamer

4) 66.00 Mhz 80486 DX2, it doesn't get much better than this

5) 87.00 Mhz Pentium Overdrive, the ultimate in computing

Any offers? <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), January 29, 2000.


PS

If you take the whole lot, I'll throw in a 5.00 Mhz 6502, a prehistoric processor, as a free bonus.

WARNING - You may have trouble trying to find software for this chip... <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), January 29, 2000.


Hey Sysman,
That 6502 will slap right in an Apple II, Tons of software available. (grin)
Your 6 Mhz 286 will probably Overclock to at least 8 Mhz, I got some to run 9 with a heatsink.(big grin)

-- Possible Impact (posim@hotmail.com), January 29, 2000.


Hi PI,

Yup, the 6502 was the heart of the Apple. Mine came out of an Atari- 800. That was a serious computer. 64K of memory (the OS took 16), a 180K single-sided floppy disk drive, the ANTIC video chip, TV-OUT...

Ahh yes, in days of old, when men of ASSEMBLY were bold... <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), January 29, 2000.


Sysman,
ASSEMBLY? Nooo, thats too easy. The old Altair, now that one you had to 'toggle in' the boot loader to get the paper tape to load the OS that would access the tape drive. Pure 8080 hex codes ,now that's the way to do it right!

-- Possible Impact (posim@hotmail.com), January 29, 2000.

Oh God PI,

Please, don't take me back to my high school days. Paper tape?

I've got to out for some fresh air...

<:)))=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), January 29, 2000.


Hey PI,

Before I go (I really do have to crash), ever wire a 402 board?

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), January 29, 2000.


Hmmm, (bleary eyed posim thinks hard), no I don't remember what a 402 is. hum a few bars...

-- Possible Impact (posim@hotmail.com), January 29, 2000.


PI,

The short version. The IBM 402 "Accounting Machine" was a box, about 6 long, 3 deep and 4 high (feet), that included a card reader, a printer, and cable connections to other machines. It was "programmed" via a board, about 24 x 18 (inches). It was a "per-computer."

You would "program" the board with plug-in wires. Holes for the card input columns, holes for the printer output columns (connect the dots), holes for "accumulators," some compare logic (if col x on the card = S, do a sub-total, if it = T do a total). Kinda hard to explain, if you've never done it.

But it does pre-date paper tape.

Have a good night! <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), January 29, 2000.


Sounds like a hardware precursor to RPG.
Going to sleep now too, take care...

-- Possible Impact (posim@hotmail.com), January 29, 2000.

The only people blaming the shortage on the Taiwan quake anymore are the $7.50 an hour experts at Circuit City, et, al...

-- Carl (clilly@goentre.com), January 29, 2000.

So Carl,

What are you saying? If you are blowing off Taiwan, then what else could it be? Are you saying that it could be Y2K related? <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), January 29, 2000.


Sysman...

Well, after Dell did their dance about earnings low due to shortages, Intel came out and admitted shortages, but they won't tell what components are short...

Key Taiwan plants were back up in 3-4 days, screw the masses, industry came first...

Every other component that had a Taiwan dependency is readily available...

Except PIII's & Intel white box boards... and they were not supposed to be tied to that market anyway...

Go figure..

-- Carl (clilly@goentre.com), January 29, 2000.



I hear that Carl.

Something is up. I think I'll sleep on it.

Ya'll have a good AM. I'll see ya in the PM. <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), January 29, 2000.


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