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IT NewsThe Pentium Processor’s Innovative (and Complicated) Method of Multiplying by Three, Fast - [Ken Shirriff] has been sharing a really low-level look at Intel’s Pentium (1993) ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/08/the-pentium-processors-innovative-and-complicated-method-of-multiplying-by-three-fast/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://hackaday.com/2025/03/08/the-pentium-processors-innovative-and-complicated-method-of-multiplying-by-three-fast/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reverseengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reverseengineering</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pentium</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/radix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#radix</a>-8 <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fpu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fpu</a>

IT NewsReverse-Engineering the Polynomial Constants in the Pentium’s FPU - Die photo of the Intel Pentium processor with the floating point constant ROM high... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/05/reverse-engineering-the-polynomial-constants-in-the-pentiums-fpu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://hackaday.com/2025/01/05/reverse-engineering-the-polynomial-constants-in-the-pentiums-fpu/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reverseengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reverseengineering</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/polynomial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#polynomial</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pentium</a>

IT NewsA Die-Level Look at the Pentium FDIV Bug - The early 1990s were an interesting time in the PC world, mainly because PCs were ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/a-die-level-look-at-the-pentium-fdiv-bug/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://hackaday.com/2024/12/29/a-die-level-look-at-the-pentium-fdiv-bug/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reverseengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reverseengineering</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/floatingpoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#floatingpoint</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lookuptable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#lookuptable</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/decapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#decapping</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/division" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#division</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pentium</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#intel</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fdiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fdiv</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pla" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pla</a>

derSammlerAlso found my stash of Slot 1 <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a> II + III CPUs. 🥳 <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PC</a>

ReesRed Hat Linux 6.1 (1999) Deep Dive On Original Hardware<a href="https://makertube.net/videos/watch/7933628d-a761-42a9-99ed-e1d3b34f56e5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/videos/watch/7933628d-a761-42a9-99ed-e1d3b34f56e5</a>

IT NewsLooking At Standard-Cell Design in the Pentium processor - Die photo of the Intel Pentium processor with standard cells highlighted in red. T... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/looking-at-standard-cell-design-in-the-pentium-processor/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/looking-at-standard-cell-design-in-the-pentium-processor/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reverseengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reverseengineering</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pentium</a>

DeFrisselle ☑️Gateway 2000 Computer - Brand New - Free to a good home!<a href="https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/18462617" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/18462617</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Gateway2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gateway2000</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retrogaming</a>

DeFrisselle ☑️Picked this out of the Electronics Recycling bin at my local Solid Waste Transfer Station yesterday Though the PSU might have gone, , it turns out it was just the power switch Short the PW button header pins and booted<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PCMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PCMR</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Pentium2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Windows98se" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows98se</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Window98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Window98</a>

derSammler<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RAMBUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RAMBUS</a>The type of memory quickly forgotten in the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PC</a> world. Still own two of the first <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a> 4 systems (socket 423) that use these modules. <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

@Rp12Biker :verified:Preparing an old <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SiemensNixdorf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiemensNixdorf</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Scenic710" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scenic710</a> with Windows 2k SP4 and Delphi 1.0. Equipped with <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a> 266 MMX it was a very powerful machine at its time. And I think the old Delphi is a historical review suitable for the topic of <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RCF3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RCF3</a> "graphical user interfaces". It significantly influenced the age of GUI builders. <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

Computer History Museum 🇸🇮🐔🤓 Being the first with a Pentium processor = 😎 Having a PC with a dual-processor Pentium motherboard = 🤩🧐🥳<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computermuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computermuseum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computerhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slovenia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ljubljana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ljubljana</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwareheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwareheritage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalheritage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nostalgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pentium</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerhardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computerhardware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrohardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrohardware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a>

Computer History Museum 🇸🇮💳⬛ Between 1996 and 1999, some Intel processors (including Pentium Pro, Celeron, Pentium II, and Pentium III) came in the form of cards - Slot 1 🥰 On this slot, the processor and its cache could be physically separated, simplifying and reducing the cost of manufacturing processes at that time. Did you have any of these?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computermuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computermuseum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computerhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slovenia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ljubljana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ljubljana</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwareheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwareheritage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalheritage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nostalgia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#90s</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pentium</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrotech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a>

ImogenI hereby decree 2024 is the year of the Intel 486 CPU. Get out those old machines and bring them to life. Attach pictures 130 points for 186 (Yes they made this. Sold by RadioShack and HP) 120 points for 286 110 points for 386 100 points for 486 75 points for Pentium 1 or Pro 50 points for Pentium 2 25 points for Pentium 3 0 Points for anything newer than P3<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> #486 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a>

Melody MayhemLookit the tiny Pentium!<a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/vintagecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputer</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrocomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputer</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mac</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macintosh</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macintoshsetups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macintoshsetups</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macos</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/beos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beos</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/BeOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeOS</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/be" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#be</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/BasiliskII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BasiliskII</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emulation</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/upgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#upgrade</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a>

8-Bit BoyzFound this burred in one of my filling cabinets, 28 years later still relevant in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> world! I included this book on the must have list for the sysadmins I trained at Intel back during the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a> & Pentium II era!

8-Bit BoyzTrolling through some boxes & crates of old motherboards that has been piling, this was on top. I do believe this will make a fun little build in the coming months, plus this was from one of my personal systems in the late 90s. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a>

Matthew SparbyI thought this was lost forever but it turned up today while sorting through stuff. My <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a> keychain that I got from our <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intel</a> rep back in 1993. It's pretty beat up and the chrome finish has worn off but it's still a fun piece of nostalgia. <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VintageComputing</a> / <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> / <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CPU</a>

Thomas CherryhomesAn example of how far we've come in processing power: These are the three workstations I used in the 1990s, a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CommodoreAmiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommodoreAmiga</a> 4000, a SUN <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sparc</a> 5, and a white boxed <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a> running <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/NeXTSTEP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeXTSTEP</a> 3.3, all running at the same time, at full speed, and I still can do other things. <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Tim Locke 🇨🇦♥🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thomasfuchs</a> I don't think there are any photos of my computers but I started with a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a> in 1982, then a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a>, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> 500 in late 1988, Amiga 2000HD, Amiga 3000T, then a self-built PC with an <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ASUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ASUS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TX97" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TX97</a> motherboard with a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentium</a> 66 overclocked to 75 MHz and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Win95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Win95</a>. The <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/A3000T" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#A3000T</a> had an <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/A2386" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#A2386</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Bridgeboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bridgeboard</a> which I installed <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Slackware</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> on but not sure whether that counts as a separate computer.I learned <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BASIC</a> on the VIC-20 including creating custom character sets and wrote some simple games with a character moving around the screen.On the C64 I started writing an adventure game. I had it loading a bitmap and custom font and had a character generator and store working. I had some surface maps and some city and dungeon maps you could walk into and explore. It would be nice to have that disk today.

IT NewsThe new “Intel Processor” will replace Pentium and Celeron CPU branding in 2023 - Enlarge (credit: Intel) Intel's processor lineup used to be, i... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1882032" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://arstechnica.com/?p=1882032</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/intelprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#intelprocessor</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/celeron" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#celeron</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pentium</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#intel</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#tech</a>

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