Channel Title: CPU Galaxy Channel Description: My name is Peter and I'm a passionate collector of CPUs and old computer hardware. On my channel CPU-Galaxy I would like to share my hobby with you and inspire you with interesting videos to maybe start collecting and saving historical computer hardware yourself. In the videos you can see many different processors and benchmarks as well as all kinds of mainboards and various hardware. You will also find something more special on the channel, such as very old hard drives or unusual displays as well as repairs or instructions for restoring boards. CPU Galaxy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cpugalaxy If you want to donate old hardware to CPU Galaxy, I am of course always very happy! Just write an email to cpugalaxy@gmx.at. I also appreciate monetary donations and serve to support the channel so that I can continue to produce interesting content. Please donate through PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cpugalaxy Thank you very much! Peter <video> 286 Boost! Upgrade to 386 or additional Cache ~~ODD PARTS~~ Description: In this video we will review and test 2 odd upgrade possibilities for 286 plattforms. First a CPU upgrade which allows to put a 386 CPU into the PLCC socket of an 286 board. Second a upgrade adapter which should provide you some cache on your old 286 system. Everything will get tested and benchmarked. So be curious about the outcome and how much performance we could get by using those weird parts. Music licensed through Epidemic Sound Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://paypal.me/cpugalaxy​​​​​​​​ If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://www.twitter.com/cpugalaxy​​​​​ </video> <video> TI486SXL2-50 OverDrive for 386 Boards / Benchmark and Tutorial Description: In this video I will show how to setup the TI486SXL2-50 CPU. This great upgrade for 386 boards is a bit tricky with the internal clock doubbling. I will show you how to do so and some cache settings to get this cpu working in high performance mode. Download here the softwaretool: https://www.cpu-galaxy.at/download/cyrix.zip Music licensed through Epidemic Sound Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://paypal.me/cpugalaxy​​​​​​​​ If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://www.twitter.com/cpugalaxy​​​​​ Visit also my friend Bruno on his great retro computer channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2r9ork83kGjXp5uP9cu71Q </video> <video> 7" Amber Flat Screen on VGA Feature Connector / Playing Doom / TFEL Display Description: In this video I will show you a very interesting diplay technology I have never came across so far. Its not plasma, not LCD its a TFEL (Thin Film Electro Luminiscence Display. Interesting and nice amber color and connected to the VGA Feature connected which you can find on older VGA cards. Testsystem is an FIC VA-501 board, a trident TVGA8900 and a Pentium 200 MMX CPU. Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cpugalaxy If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://twitter.com/cpugalaxy </video> <video> Pentium PRO Single Board Computer / Intel Pentium II OverDrive / Testing with Voodoo 3dfx Description: In this video we will have a closer look at a great single board computer (SBC) made by Texas Microsystems, the P6000FX. Its a socket 8 SBC with an Intel Pentium II OverDrive at 333 MHz. A Matrox G450, Voodoo 2 and a SB-Live completes this unique setup to something very interesting. Testing under DOS and Windows 98 will give you a quick overview what this setup is able to perform. Games as Quake, Quake III Arena, Testdrive 5 and Motoracer 2 are shown in this video. Link to the specs of the SBC: http://www.uncreativelabs.de/th99/m/S-T/34357.htm If you want to support this channel or you want to send me some old hardware please contact me by mail: cpugalaxy@gmx.at donation through paypal are also appreciated: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cpugalaxy Visit me on Twitter to see more interesting stuff: https://twitter.com/cpugalaxy Thank you very much for watching, Cheers, Peter music licensed through epidemic sound. </video> <video> RAID 1 on 486 Setup / TekRam DC-680T VLB Controller / Live Test of failing HDD Description: In this video we will check out a very rare RAID controller made by TekRam. The DC-680T is a smart VLB controller which can nicely handle RAID 1 to ensure perfect data safety. All that on a common Socket 3 mainboard with an Intel 486DX2-66 and two Seagate ST3660A IDE HDDs. We will simulate a HDD failure and see how the controller is behaving. Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cpugalaxy​​​​​​​​ If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://twitter.com/cpugalaxy </video> <video> Intel 486SX-16MHz Benchmark and Upgrade to Kingston Turbochip at 133MHz (AMD 5x86-133) Description: In this Video I am showing the slowest 486 which was ever produced. The Intel 486SX at 16 MHz. We will do some intesive benchmarks on a propper board of its time, an early 486 board with just ISA bus. The second chip which will get tested and benchmark is the Kingston Turbochip which is an upgrade chip and contains an AMD 5x86 at 133 MHz and will give our old board an exreme boost like from 0 to Hero :-) The usual benchmark programms as speedsys, norton sysinfo and checkit as well as some games are completing here our results. Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cpugalaxy If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://twitter.com/cpugalaxy Used hardware in the video: Motherboard: Chaintech 425SX Intel CPU: A80486SX-16 SX548 Upgrade CPU: Kingston Turbochip 133 Video Adapter: Tseng ET4000AX I/O Adapter: Tandon PCBA 190870 Drive: IDE - CF Adapter with 4GB CF Card Link to Necroware Youtube Channel for XT-IDE Network Boot-ROM. Actually there are 5 Vidoes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCdQ6MWnNpU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivB2oEVkfoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofZLDAOmZYU&t=3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSrRtYKMVFE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEDehjy09fg&t=126s </video> <video> Mailbag #01 / Unpacking a Lot of Intel CPUs and Interesting Stuff Description: Hello to all. This is my first mailbag video where I am unpacking some nice stuff some viewers were sending in. Thanks to all who donated already something. You are just great! Here the link to the UMC 486: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GX5_pgicGw&t=111s If you want to donate something to my channel please contact me by mai cpugalaxy@gmx.at or if you like to donate by paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cpugalaxy You can find me on twitter as well: https://twitter.com/cpugalaxy </video> <video> 486SX Industrial Computer Board Cleaning & Overdrive Upgrade, Testing and Gaming Description: In this video I am cleaning an industrial single board computer which I found at the trash yard. Fully covered in dirt it will shine like new after my treatments. The board contains an Intel 486SX-25 and will get upgraded with an Intel DX2-66MHz OverDrive. Explaining the board, cleaning and benchmaking is part of the video as well as playing Doom, Prince of Persia and Pinball Dreams under Microsoft DOS. Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cpugalaxy​​​​​​​​ If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://twitter.com/cpugalaxy </video> <video> AMD X5-133 OC to 200 MHz & Peltier Cooling / DOS & Windows 98 Benchmarks 3DFX / Worlds Fastest 486 Description: #486quakerace In this video we will push the AMD X5-133 to its limits. With active cooling by using a peltier element and a final temperature at around 0 degrees I could achieve here a new record in the Quake benchmark on a 486 setup. here the link to my 180MHz OC Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPRSHI4JoWI&t=866s Used hardware: Lucky Star LS-486e Motherboard Creative CT6760 3D Banshee 3Dfx 60 ns 16MB EDO memory Links to shown Youtube Channels and related videos: SUCRA: https://www.youtube.com/c/sucra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDUDxcKcO3k&t=28s RetroTechBytes https://www.youtube.com/c/retrotechbytes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-bQs-uxr7A&t=741s This Week in Retro https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisWeekinRetro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNByP2Fee-4&t=182s Music licensed through Epidemic Sound Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://paypal.me/cpugalaxy​​​​​​​​ If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://www.twitter.com/cpugalaxy​​​​​ </video> <video> New Old Stock 286 Mainboard at 20MHz, Battery Repair, Testing and Gaming Description: In this video we are going to unpack a brand new 286 Mainboard made by Eversource International Corporation. It is equipped with a Harris 286-20 CPU. A 30 years old board needs to get the battery replaced and populated with the rest as RAM Math coprocessor and so on.. Used hardware: Mainboard: Source G2 286-20 Video: ATI Wonder 800+ Sound: Creative Soundblaster PRO CT1600 FPU: Intel 80286-XL HDD: NEC D3735 43MB If you want to support my channel and send me material please contact me by email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at or if you want to donate by paypal: https://paypal.me/cpugalaxy Follow me also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cpugalaxy Thank you for watching. C U, Peter </video> <video> IBM S/3090 Mainframe TCM Monster CPU - TEARDOWN Description: In this video we will have a closer look at a IBM 3090 Thermal Conduction Module or TCM from the 80s. Some technical details and a guideline how to disassemble this TCM to get the MCM (MultiChipModule) out without damaging. Interesing teardown of a CPU which you won't see every day. Mainframe stuff from the 80s ist just so cool and collectible.Enjoy. Link to the IBM document shown in the video: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/3090/G580-1005-0_The_IBM_3090_Processor_Family_Jul87.pdf Link to my video "Teardown IBM 9121 TCM" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7lVfOi7su4&t=5s Music licensed through Epidemic Sound Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://paypal.me/cpugalaxy​​​​​​​​ If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://www.twitter.com/cpugalaxy​​​​​ </video> <video> CRAY X1 Multi Chip Module - Monster CPU with 8 Cores - Teardown Description: In this video we will have a closer look at a Multi Chip Module (MCM) out of a CRAY X1 Vector Parallel Super Computer. Byside the beautiful ceramic part with its 8 silicon dies we will also have a closer look at the very innovative cooling assembly. Links: Cray Engineers explaining in detail the X1 Computer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW4o1xGEyOs&t=499s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl_RB5Snhr4&t=109s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeSkIFQhHHs Saymour Cray Lecture from 1988: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z9VStbhplQ&t=968s Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cpugalaxy If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://twitter.com/cpugalaxy </video> <video> Weitek 4167 Floating Point Unit / CPU Galaxy Chip Rating Description: its time for another CPU Galaxy chip rating video. In this video we will have a closer look at the Weitek 4167 floating point unit and at the end you will get a rating about rarity and if this chip is collectible or not. Link to "what exactly is the CGCR (CPU Galaxy Chip Rating)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHWTWd3jdJE&t=67s Link to the excel & pdf file of all ratings which were done by CPU Galaxy so far: https://www.cpu-galaxy.at/cgcr.pdf https://www.cpu-galaxy.at/cgcr.xlsx Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cpugalaxy If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://twitter.com/cpugalaxy </video> <video> Military 286 Intel CPU / Gold Bars & IIT Coprocessor Unpacking - Most Beautiful 286 Board! Description: In this video we will repair and upgrade a nice 286 to its fully beautyness. First a new socket for a PGA cpu to place a nice military graded 286 cpu and lot of other purple ceramic chips with gold caps... Unpacking of an IIT Advanced Math Coprocessor. Testing the system with benchmarks is a part of this video as well a review of some nice games which can played on a 286 machine. Download here the IIT 2C87 FPU Tool https://www.cpu-galaxy.at/download/iit.zip Used hardware: Chaintec 286 Mainboard ELT-286-1000B ATI Wonder 800+ Video Card Creative CT1600 Soundblaster Pro 2 Adaptec AHA-1542C SCSI Controller Fujitsu M2624FA 520 MB SCSI HDD Intel MG80C286-10 CPU IIT 2C87-12 Math Coprocessor Music licensed through Epidemic Sound Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://paypal.me/cpugalaxy​​​​​​​​ If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://www.twitter.com/cpugalaxy​​​​​ </video> <video> 386SX-40 Single Board Computer with ALI M6117C Embedded CPU - Testing & Gaming Description: In this video we will review an interesting SBC or Single Board Computer. It contains an Intel compatibel 386SX CPU clocked at 40 MHz which is included in a very integrated device, the ALI M6117C. Reviews, Setup - Built, Testing and Gaming is part of this video. Checkout here how good this cpu will perform in DOOM, Wolfenstein 3D, Pinballdreams and other games. Used Hardware: Rocky-318-M4 SBC Cirrus Logic VGA Card GD5428 Creative AWE-64 Sound Card ISA Backplate Thanks for watching. If you want to donate or support this channel: https://paypal.me/cpugalaxy​​​​​​​​ If you want to donate material or getting in touch with me just comment below or send me an email: cpugalaxy@gmx.at Find me also on https://www.twitter.com/cpugalaxy​​​​​ </video>

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My name is Peter and I'm a passionate collector of CPUs and old computer hardware.
On my channel CPU-Galaxy I would like to share my hobby with you and inspire you with interesting videos to maybe start collecting and saving historical computer hardware yourself.
In the videos you can see many different processors and benchmarks as well as all kinds of mainboards and various hardware.
You will also find something more special on the channel, such as very old hard drives or unusual displays as well as repairs or instructions for restoring boards.

CPU Galaxy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cpugalaxy

If you want to donate old hardware to CPU Galaxy, I am of course always very happy!
Just write an email to cpugalaxy@gmx.at.

I also appreciate monetary donations and serve to support the channel so that I can continue to produce interesting content.
Please donate through PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cpugalaxy

Thank you very much!
Peter

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