GoKawiil - Tech News

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Enthusiast digs into CPU substrate for surgery to replace ripped-off data pin — resurrected chip boots and hits 33% overclock (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mark Tyson | get Hakko FX888D soldering station → | tags: intel celeron 1200, tualatin, cpu repair

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Enthusiast digs into CPU substrate to replace ripped-off data pin — resurrected chip boots and hits 33% overclock (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mark Tyson | get Hakko FX888D soldering iron station → | tags: intel celeron 1200, tualatin, cpu repair

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Windows 95 released August 24, 1995 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-25 | by Dave Farquhar | get Windows 95 logo t-shirt → | tags: windows 95, microsoft, microsoft product

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Storage unit auction winner finds retro Pentium 4 PC with a see-through, UV-reactive PSU — Y2K time capsule discovered among 100 laptops and hundreds of RAM sticks (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: pentium 4, apevia x-superalien, y2k

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SIMD in the 90s: Programming Intel's Pentium MMX (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: intel pentium, mmx, simd

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Sparky Linux just restored 32-bit support - why that still matters (zdnet.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jack Wallen | tags: sparky linux, 32-bit support, microsoft office 365

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30 years of CPUs at Tom’s Hardware — looking back on three decades of processors, from the Pentium II to Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd, intel, ryzen

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IBM ThinkPad T43 enthusiast installs 'almost' every version of Windows on the single-core laptop without using virtual machine — 26 years of Windows running bare metal, from 1996 Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 10 22H2 working on legendary hardware (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-29 | by Mark Tyson | get Vintage Windows Laptop Emulator → | tags: ibm thinkpad, windows nt 4.0, lenovo acquisition

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Halt and Catch Fire (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-16 | get Halt and Catch Fire DVD Set → | tags: hcf, ibm system/360, pentium f00f bug

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Mo RAM, Mo Problems (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | get Mo RAM, Mo Problems Mug → | tags: ram, pentium, sdram

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Intel Xpress Resurrection: Reviving a Forgotten EISA Beast (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | by Doc Tb | get Intel Xpress Resurrection Kit → | tags: intel xpress, eisa motherboard, pentium 60 mhz

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Intel 486 CPU announced April 10, 1989 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | by Dave Farquhar | get Intel 486 Processor → | tags: intel 486, comdex, infoworld

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DIYer upcycles an old PC PSU into a flexible bench power supply — 20-year-old relic rescued from dusty neglect (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-28 | by Mark Tyson | get Adjustable Power Supply Kit → | tags: pc psu, handmax workshop, pentium 4

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The 667MHz Machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-25 | get DDR3 667MHz RAM → | tags: pentium iii, 667mhz, beige box

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What came after the 486? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-23 | by Dave Farquhar | get Intel Pentium Processor → | tags: intel, pentium, amd

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What Came After the 486? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-23 | by Dave Farquhar | get Intel Pentium Processor → | tags: intel, amd, cyrix

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Intel released its first Pentium chip on this day 33 years ago, came packing 3.1 million transistors — fifth-gen x86 chip built on an 800nm process (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-22 | by Mark Tyson | get Intel Pentium Processor → | tags: pentium, intel, x86

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The Best Linux Laptops (I Install Linux on Every Laptop I Test) (2026) (wired.com)

2026-03-04 | by Scott Gilbertson | get Linux Laptop → | tags: linux laptops, system76, pentium 4