Comments by "Paul Frederick" (@1pcfred) on "The Computer Chronicles" channel.

  1. And all you're doing is watching a video with it. Get a TV.
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  2.  Robert w  the future can take a flying leap because we all need to live in the present.
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  3.  @raven4k998  all Pentiums walked all over 486 CPUs. The 586 was a watershed CPU. They were a quantum boost in performance compared to what had come before.
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  4.  @raven4k998  I should hope so considering how many generations of CPUs are between the two.
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  5.  @michaelcharach  $5 just gets you the board. You need more than that to get it running.
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  6. They cancelled the P60 because it was such a heat pig. I don't think the P66 was any better? In fact I think the problem remained with the P90 too. But after the P90 they got temperatures under control. I had a P200 and it ran OK. I couldn't afford the P233 top of the pops chip at the time. Well, I could have afforded it but I just couldn't justify the premium it commanded. I scrapped a PC not long ago that had a P233 in it and seeing the chip made me laugh. Stuff isn't even worth the electricity it burns to run today.
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  7. This video makes me feel like my PC is a supercomputer. These primitive screw heads have no idea!
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  8.  @GaryCameron  my Pentium CPU played video. I was still using a dial up modem back then so I didn't have the bandwidth to stream a video. Heck I sent someone a video file once and it took 9 hours to transfer a file. At 49 kilobits a second. We couldn't believe it even finished. We were all like yeah. I had a P200 MMX myself. I also had a P90 but that PC had a bad HDD so I sent it back.
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  9.  @trivet1970  I think the heat remained an issue through the P90. If memory serves me today. You wanted a triple digit Pentium.
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  10.  @OpenGL4ever  why is that? We live in a simulation now. It seems OK.
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  11.  @OpenGL4ever  when you find software that fails to perform as it should then file a bug report. Devs can't fix things unless they know they're broken. The people working on these projects tend to be passionate about their pursuit. They're investing their time. It's not just a 9 to 5 job for them. At the same time you have a responsibility too though. So don't let us all down!
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  12.  @OpenGL4ever  your point is moot. As long as the hardware has the processing power the emulation should be perfect. I've run emulators that were spot on. It works.
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