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Originally posted by The Picard+Feb 7 2005, 03:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (The Picard @ Feb 7 2005, 03:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Yamcha@Feb 7 2005, 07:15 PM
Do u know what mean the hyper threading?

Hyper threading is a form of multi-tasking developed by intel. It speeds up certain programs that support it but as always it is more hype then substance (at least for now). [/b][/quote]
Specifically, Hyper-threading is the ability of a PC to load independent instructions threads into idle stages of the CPU's parallel super-scalar pipelines. :crazy: To the PC, it is masked as a separate virtual processor. In reality, it can actually slow you down if the virtual processor is waiting on the availability of physical processor resources, but most of the time it's a good thing. My post-graduate work @ Carnegie Mellon Univ. was on processor design and fabrication... Anyway, enough techno-babble. :blink:

My first PC was a Unisys brand 286/10 slimline desktop. It came with a 20Mb Seagate ST-157 MFM drive + controller, a single 5.25 High Density floppy drive, 1024K RAM, and PVGA (Western Digital Paradise) 16bit ISA VGA card.

Before getting rid of it, I had added another 1meg of DRAM DIP chips, a Sound Blaster 2.0 card, Best Data 2400bps modem (later, a USR Sportster 14.4), 80287 MathCo, and 2 port serial card w/ 16550 uarts.

I missed it so much, now have a collection of old school PC's.