<CLOSED> WTB: Intel 486DX2-66

[someguynamedmatt]

<< UPDATE - PURCHASED >>

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Evening, gentlemen!

No, this is not a joke. I'm looking for a very specific processor to complete a retro ~1990 build I've got going right now complete with VLB video, a 300MB SCSI HDD, and all the other works!

What I'm trying to find is an Intel 486DX2 66Mhz, model SX731 or SX759; these are the two models with an adhered blue heatsink from the factory:

No bent pins, no physical damage.
I'm willing to do $50 shipped (to zip code 16563 in the US) through PayPal if you happen to have one you're willing to part with. The 486 isn't exactly an uncommon processor, but these particular chips from Intel are a bit hard to come by nowadays. I feel the price is more than fair.

I'm frankly not expecting this to turn any results, but it's at least work asking around for. Much appreciated!

 

[OriginalCadaver]

Wow, the last pre-fab PC that I bought had this processor. It was a Tandy that I got from Radio Shack, but I don't remember the model/name. Had this thing until I finally built something with an AMD k6-2 in it. Good luck finding one man, I tossed mine a few years ago when moving.

 

[someguynamedmatt]

Yep - they don't make PCs like they used to. There's just something different about building an old system, then rebuilding it five more times until you realize that two cards are jumped to the same IRQ. I have an ATI Mach32 VLB video card with 2MB of VRAM for it, along with a VLB SCSI/FDD controller, a serial/parallel controller, ethernet, and a Sound Blaster AWE32 CT3990 - the best sound card ever made by mankind. I actually found a blank ATX I/O shield from SuperMicro for one of their server systems, which I plan on punching a single hole through for the AT keyboard connector. Newegg's supplying a case with no front USB or IO, along with a 'modern' Athena AT power supply that I might beef up a bit via our equipment here at the university and a bit of DIY power.

It's funny - building newer and faster systems is something limited only by the amount of money you throw at it, but you can only go back so far in time before things just stop being possible to pull together, expensive or otherwise.

 

[someguynamedmatt]

UPDATE:

Wow. I was not expecting that. A member of the Vogons Forums has offered to sell me one of his (multiple) 486DX2 Overdrives (ODPR drop-in) at 66Mhz, which I'm willing to settle on. I suppose I can't be too particular about the color of my heatsink. Sorry for the short listing, and thanks for the interest if anyone stopped by to look!