response 1 of 28:

Mar 24 22:27 UTC 1998

I paid $2500 for my Pentium 90 with 725 MB of hard drive, 8 MB of RAM, 4x
CD-ROM, 13 inch svga monitor, Sound Blaster Pro sound card, and speakers. 

I probably wouldn't pay much more than that to replace it.  However, it's
tough to say what I'd pay, because now I'm slowly building a new system.

response 3 of 28:

Mar 25 01:24 UTC 1998

Sorry, I meant to say that.  It was 3 years ago.

response 5 of 28:

Mar 27 23:25 UTC 1998

Zenith 148 with two floppy drives, monochrome monitor (which required a $100
slot to be added), Star SX 9-pin printer, in 1985, about $2000.  Kiwanis is
now selling the above for under $50 total.

response 7 of 28:

Apr 11 16:35 UTC 1998

   My very first computer was a Zenith H89 that ran cp/m. It was free.

   I bought an XT with a 10M Hd, 640k of memory, 1 360k floppy, and
monochrome for $50. I had that for quite a while.
   Last year, I built a 386 from junk parts I had lying about the house. The
most costly thing was the $5 keyboard adapter. Still have it, and it is my
backup, should I need it.
   I am currently using a 486DX33 with VGA and an fast modem. I received it
as a birthday present from my Mom. I also have another 386 that I bought for
$25. It will serve also as a backup.

   I am building a 486DX66, but slowly. I still need to aquire the
motherboard, video card, hard drive, etc. I have no timetable on this project,
or could just be done with the whole thing and drop the DX66 chip into the
box I'm using now; but in the words of the immortal George Bush-- Not gonna
do it. Wouldn't be prudent. ;)

response 9 of 28:

Apr 12 06:47 UTC 1998

 Simply because A) I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to that and B)
I know to leave well enough alone. (If it ain't broke, don't fix it). Learned
that one the hard way. 

response 11 of 28:

Aug 18 17:18 UTC 1998

Are you looking for one with or without a CPU? Computer Renaissance has them
w/o CPU for around $30-40. I you want a CPU to put on it, those are a bit
overpriced there, IMHO. 

response 13 of 28:

Aug 19 05:00 UTC 1998

  Hey, who would like to do a chip-ectomy on my 486? Not that I actually
need it, but it might make this monster run a little better. I still ain't
gonna fool with it. I would like to find someone who actually has done this
and who has a lesser tendency to screw it up. ;)

response 15 of 28:

Aug 21 22:26 UTC 1998

Chip-ectomy?  If you remove the CPU, it for sure won't run any better.
If the CPU is in a ZIF socket, replacement should be easy.

response 17 of 28:

Aug 23 19:29 UTC 1998

It's really not that hard.  Many people have bought Overdrive chip kits and
done their own, with less experience than you have.

response 19 of 28:

Sep 6 11:41 UTC 1998

From a DX33 to a DX66 there *are* no settings changes.

response 21 of 28:

Sep 8 05:50 UTC 1998

  My computer is an Austin 433DX, and the chip I have is 486DX66, I think.
Charles, you would know more about that chip (It's the one you gave me).

  I don't know what the exact advantage would be if I went to the other chip,
and I am guessing here, that there wouldn't be much of a difference.

response 23 of 28:

Sep 9 23:46 UTC 1998

Ah, that would be an Intel chip then.  5volt.  Should be pull and push unless
something unusual happens.  For serious computation it should be, at a guess,
1.8 times faster.  For anything I/O bound it won't be faster.  All in all
it'll be a bit faster.  Back when I did it I noticed a big speedup in .jpg
image decompression.  Loading Windows was about the same.