Ten Years Ago Today

[Phoenix333]

I never had any real problems with the clip-style heatsinks. No scratched boards, and no broken chip dies. Anyone remember chip sockets before ZIF sockets came about? It was always fun removing a math coprocessor off a 386.

 

[sfsuphysics]

I miss having pins to allow your CPU to slide into, rather tan flat surfaces and the mobo has little copper "fins" that touch each surface pad which if you breathe too hard on them will bend

 

[jojo69]

I miss having pins to allow your CPU to slide into, rather tan flat surfaces and the mobo has little copper "fins" that touch each surface pad which if you breathe too hard on them will bend

yeah, pretty sure that was the CPU manufacturers pawning the pin liability off on the MOBO outfits

sucks

 

[Atl530i]

Ah those were they days! Kids now a days have it easy.

Yep. When everything started to get color-coded, it was the beginning of the end.

 

[stealthy123]

I ran a hedgehog back in those days, and it was glorious.