One of our work PC's

Jhadur · 15-04-2012, 20:57

This is one of the PC's used at my place of work to run a rather large forming machine:
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Does anyone else have super powerful machines like this one at their work?

kaiowas · 16-04-2012, 18:32

Yeah we had plenty of K6/2s still got a few of them around. Most of them have various specialist ISA cards in which prevent us from upgrading them to something less prehistoric. God knows what we'll do when they start dying.

Jhadur · 16-04-2012, 22:43

Yep got similar cards in this machine. When it eventually breaks which could be soon if people continue to be stupid with it (eg turning main power to machine off without first shutting down the PC) then it will take a lot of money and time to redo the control system for the line.

Desmo · 17-04-2012, 20:45

Ah, the K6. Think that was the first AMD I ever bought :grin:

Nutcase · 22-04-2012, 06:41

To the best of my knowledge, my old place still has a few 186 based industrial pcs to run soldering equipment

they've got a few spares for futureproofing

Garp · 22-04-2012, 09:36

Had a few similar and older at Claranet, but haven't had to deal with quite so old at this job. That said I'm slowly retiring two web-app servers that are something like 7 years old, Xeon 2.8Ghz systems based on the original (Toaster era) E series Prescott architecture.

Mark · 22-04-2012, 14:34

I have a dual E series workstation sitting in my lounge (because it got ejected from the home office during the refurb) right now. When that's going full whack, you almost need ear defenders!

Only still got it because I haven't got around to decommissioning it yet. Hasn't been turned on for a few years, but will be soon (to see if there's any data on it).

A Place of Light · 22-04-2012, 19:43

I had a 450 k6/2. It was way faster than the equivalent Intel.

Jonny69 · 02-05-2012, 12:55

My first computer was a K6 II 400 with 32Mb RAM

Nutcase · 03-05-2012, 20:21

Our first PC was a 486 SX 25. We overclocked it to 33 by changing the crystal

Then put in a DX2 for a whopping 66Mhz!

First computer was a 70s Intel System Development Kit. But no instructions so never got more than a cursor on it's 7 segment displays.

15-04-2012, 20:57	#1
Jhadur Peter Pan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lost Inside My Head Posts: 1,068	One of our work PC's This is one of the PC's used at my place of work to run a rather large forming machine: photo.JPG Does anyone else have super powerful machines like this one at their work? __________________ "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."

16-04-2012, 18:32	#2
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	Yeah we had plenty of K6/2s still got a few of them around. Most of them have various specialist ISA cards in which prevent us from upgrading them to something less prehistoric. God knows what we'll do when they start dying. __________________ Anal Fish Porn

16-04-2012, 22:43	#3
Jhadur Peter Pan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lost Inside My Head Posts: 1,068	Yep got similar cards in this machine. When it eventually breaks which could be soon if people continue to be stupid with it (eg turning main power to machine off without first shutting down the PC) then it will take a lot of money and time to redo the control system for the line. __________________ "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."

17-04-2012, 20:45	#4
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Ah, the K6. Think that was the first AMD I ever bought :grin: __________________

22-04-2012, 09:36	#6
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Had a few similar and older at Claranet, but haven't had to deal with quite so old at this job. That said I'm slowly retiring two web-app servers that are something like 7 years old, Xeon 2.8Ghz systems based on the original (Toaster era) E series Prescott architecture. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

22-04-2012, 06:41	#5
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	To the best of my knowledge, my old place still has a few 186 based industrial pcs to run soldering equipment they've got a few spares for futureproofing

22-04-2012, 14:34	#7
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I have a dual E series workstation sitting in my lounge (because it got ejected from the home office during the refurb) right now. When that's going full whack, you almost need ear defenders! Only still got it because I haven't got around to decommissioning it yet. Hasn't been turned on for a few years, but will be soon (to see if there's any data on it).

22-04-2012, 19:43	#8
A Place of Light Absinthe Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,247	I had a 450 k6/2. It was way faster than the equivalent Intel. __________________ I'm not Burnsy, you cretin.

02-05-2012, 12:55	#9
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	My first computer was a K6 II 400 with 32Mb RAM __________________

03-05-2012, 20:21	#10
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Our first PC was a 486 SX 25. We overclocked it to 33 by changing the crystal Then put in a DX2 for a whopping 66Mhz! First computer was a 70s Intel System Development Kit. But no instructions so never got more than a cursor on it's 7 segment displays.