[plug] New Toys

[Gary Allpike]

Hi :)

I *am* overclocking the CPU's - presently at 464MHz & 2.1V CPU Core - the
fans I had to get because the OEM Celerons dont have any sort of heatsink
or fan attached.

To quote the i2c web pages:

The IC-Bus is a simple 2-wire bus that allows micro-controllers and
computers to connect to
specialized IC's like videotext-decoders, DTMF generators, and many
others. There is also a wide range
of other IC-bus chips that offer a more wide-range application like ad/da
converters, switches, digital
potentiometers et. al. Most of the frame grabber and TV tuner cards on the
market use the bus, as another example.

more info at: http://www.tk.uni-linz.ac.at/~simon/private/i2c/

regards

Gary Allpike


On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Peter Wright wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 10:25:13PM +0800, Gary Allpike inspired us all with
> the funkiness of his new linux box thusly:
> > 
> > 2.2.x - havent fiddled much yet :)
> > 
> > I do have the i2c stuff compiled, so know all my voltages, fan speeds
> > temps etc, also have my TV tuner card working - with Teletext :)
> 
> Cool. Hmmm, you might be able to help me out here...
> 
> Like probably quite a few others on the list, I'm thinking seriously about
> purchasing myself a shiny new dual Celeron box very soon now. I wasn't
> actually intending to play with overclocking the CPUs until then novelty of
> measuring kernel compiles in minutes instead of 0.5-1 hours had worn off :).
> 
> However, your comment above makes me wonder... are you actually overclocking
> your CPUs at the moment? If not, did you really need to purchase the
> (extra?) fans?  Or is it just a good idea to have extra cooling stuff
> happening for a dual CPU box in any case?
> 
> Oh, and just for a bonus annoying question :), what is this i2c stuff? Some
> sort of CPU/mboard information utility?
> 
> > toys toys toys
> 
> I agree. Wheeeee. :)
> 
> > :)
> > 
> > G
> 
> Pete.
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> 
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>