(Relatively) Cheap Thrills: AMD K6-III+ CPU Upgrade

[R. Quenett]

mutilated misquotes 
from Leon Goldstein's 10 Mar 2004 classic prose
may follow:

" So, I decided to take a chance with an upgrade to a K6-III.  I bought a
" K6-III+ 450 mHz CPU from
" http://www.upgradeability.com/K6plus/index.htm?source=AdWords1
" after detailed correspondence with the owner.

I can confirm that this works, but I'm not sure how really cheap it 
is compared to today's prices on new boxes.  I'm running a K6-III+ 
overclocked to 600 mhz right now and have been for quite a long time. 
I too got one from the above source and another from ebay (though the 
supply there seemed to have dried up a while ago).  The reports I 
read suggested that getting this specific chip up to 700mhz 
successfully was not uncommon.  

The key as to whether or not the K6-III+ will work seems to be the 
motherboard and bios.  See

http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm

I'm looking for a really good, really cheap used socket 7 mobo to put 
my spare k6-III+ into.  I'd appreciate hearing about any available.

R
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