Depreciation of Intel processors

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

It’s worth looking at the price which is still listed on Amazon U.K.

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MichaelG.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

My first 6800 was £15 in 1977. I’m staggered that I was prepared to pay that much but back then I was prepared to pay close to £4 for a plastic disc just to listen to music. Inflation since then above 10x.

[Chris CrewParticipant @chriscrew66644]

If any vintage computing enthusiasts are interested I have more EPROMS and 5.5″ disks (some unused) than you can shake a stick at which really need to find a new home, plus I have a programmer and eraser. I also have a few 8″ floppies. PM me if interested.

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

I used to repair equipment that used ealy Intel processors. Right back to the 4004. They have appreciated a bit 🙂
Nothing wrong with older processers running older software. A lot of industrial equipment etc is still running Windows XP perfectly well if not connected to the internet (risk of virus or other malware).
Biggest issue is W11 won’t run on older processors. This is just wrong IMHO.

[Robert Atkinson 2]

On Robert Atkinson 2 Said:

I used to repair equipment that used ealy Intel processors. Right back to the 4004. They have appreciated a bit 🙂
Nothing wrong with older processers running older software. A lot of industrial equipment etc is still running Windows XP perfectly well if not connected to the internet (risk of virus or other malware).
Biggest issue is W11 won’t run on older processors. This is just wrong IMHO.

while they don’t want you to run older processors, it is possible to bypass this and other restrictions.

[george baker 1Participant @georgebaker1]

Hi

I have given unused kit to a local computer museum.

 

Sadly I was out one day, a friend didnt show up to collect boxes of other stuff, so my wife took it to the tip.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

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MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

My day has just brightened-up 

The DELL Optiplex 390 SFF that I have been upgrading has now got its i5 processor installed to replace the i3

”Big Deal” you may say, but it might be the best £0.50 + £2.95 postage I have ever spent. … Write speed to the SSD is now approximately the same as the Read speed.

MichaelG.

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Ref. https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/topic/whos-to-be-trusted/#post-811677

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

By the way … This is an excellent tool:

https://www.aja.com/products/aja-system-test

MichaelG.

[Michael Gilligan]

On Michael Gilligan Said:

By the way … This is an excellent tool:

https://www.aja.com/products/aja-system-test

MichaelG.

On the off-chance that anyone is interested … There is currently no ‘Lite’ version available for Windows.

The old version seems to work fine, as does the Mac version.

MichaelG.

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