AMD 386DX-40 - When AMD had the fastest processor

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[MrHeem]

"Remember when AMD had the fastest processor?" Yeah i do. Several times.

[atecep]

Yes, I remember when AMD launched the R9 3900X... What a time...

[matilija]

Ah, the good old days, when 1 MB of ram cost about $95 USD...………….takes me back.

[edm]

Thanks for making me feel old.. haha had one of those at work..!

[cyancoyote]

"When AMD had the fastest processor"

You mean now?

[TrevorLentz]

Love your channel Phil. I have been watching your videos regularly for a while. Even though I subscribe to way too many tech channels, I have to press that sub button. :)

[jerrywatson]

I was 33 years old back then. My personal computer at the time was the Commodore Amiga 500+ with 40MB scis HD. That year I bought a Amiga 2000 with a PC card (386). I upgraded that to a Motorola 68020 for the main cpu, I ran Apple, and MS DOS, all in windows on the Amiga workbench desktop. I swore at the time it was the future of home computing. No matter which environment you worked in you could do it on an Amiga. I loved Deluxe Paint and that NewTek capture card from back in the day. I did a lot of work on that baby back then.


Love your work Phil, stay passionate about what you do. I for one will continue to support your choices in topics to cover. To me it's all good! Thanks again for all you do.

[travisbeamon]

a 386 build is my ultimate nostalgia build. Thank you for the video!

[jeremygeorgia]

Overclocking was so easy, during the Socket 7 days. You just flipped a DIP switch & asked your 500Mhz K6III, if it could give you 50 more MHZ, and it complied. You didn't even need a cooling fan, but you could use one if you wanted to.

[ytfanlingeric]

It is amazing that those components have been kept in such perfect conditions.

[Felix-vehs]

AMD Athlon 64 - When AMD had the fastest processor *again*

[szpynda]

Ach, greate video! It was beautiful time. My first comp AMD486DX4/100MHz/4MB RAM and 40MB HDD. Wonderfull time.

[futurepastnow]

Retro content videos are how I found your channel so they're what I visit to see. I find reviews of new stuff interesting, too, but everyone does those.

[hansoak]

The AMD 386DX-40... My absolute favorite board and CPU of all time. I miss mine. Thank you for the wonderful memories.

[UpLateGeek]

We had an Intel 386DX-33 clone when I was growing up. Definitely played a lot of Wolfenstein and that stunt game back in the day, not to mention Monkey Island 2. We got a "multimedia" upgrade package that included an AdLib card and a CD-ROM drive that used a proprietary interface with two ribbon cables to the sound card. The AdLib card was relatively easy to use, since a lot of games supported it without drivers, but the CD drive took ages to figure out how to get it working!


Now I've got a collection of vintage machines, I'm really missing that old 386. It's a massive gap in my collection, so I'm really sad we didn't keep it around. On the other hand, my parents are packing up to move house, so you never know what they might find in the loft.


Great video as always, always love the retro stuff!

[flecom]

used a 386DX-33 for many years, remember adding a creative labs multimedia kit, came with a sound blaster pro and a 1x caddy loading cd-rom drive, many great memories on that thing (still have most of it)... enjoy all your videos, even the newer xeon stuff (I am still rocking a 1366 xeon setup at home, and a dual 1366 workstation at work)

[pc-sound-legacy]

Hey Phill, i'm happy you still offer real old retro-stuff from time to time. You offer a good mix from previous-gen multicore budget builts to real old stuff like this. Thank you!

[devblognet]

I love such retro videos! I finally built a 486 after searching months for working parts and an authentic case.

[CiroAMD]

You have one of the best hardware channels! I love you retro videos, I can't wait to see a Season 3 of AMD vs intel!
Greetings from Brazil!

[briangleeson]

What a great video! My first PC was a 386sx-40 with 4MB of RAM. I remember playing Doom shareware and Wolfenstein. We upgraded that machine with a sound card and 4x CD-ROM. I am currently working on building a 386dx-40. I am jealous of your motherboard, good affordable ones are hard to find. I would be interested in seeing a math co-processor video or a 486 comparison would be cool. Keep up the good work, Phil.