Looks like an Athlon to me

[universal4]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/...3100.html?vp=1

This story has made the ropunds a few times, and I recall reading it before when it first hit.

Well today Yahoo had re-run the story (they do this frequently) but today I noticed something I had not before.

Any idea what he has in his left hand?

Looks like the underside of an Athlon to me....of the socket 462 variety....lol I doubt it is an XP, since it appears to be ceramic and not fibre.

Rick
Universal4

[Renee]

How can you even see what he has in his hand in that photo!?

[louie.wilson]

Can't see anything.
Could be a lighter. Anything

[universal4]

Well it appears perfectly square, which socket 462 cpu's are.

I have even cut out the image and tried making it larger, and it continues to look like a cpu up until the point it pixelates and is no longer distinguishable...lol

Rick
Universal4

[Renee]

[universal4]

Damn I thought I got rid of all the old pics out there.....lol....

Is that a TRS 80 in the background.....

....hmmmm do geeks always see old tech in pictures......LOL

Rick
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Side note: By the way, I almost always catch things that look like old cpu's since I try and keep up with items with high gold content in them. Did you know that a Pentium Pro has approximately .9 of a gram of gold in it?

[DaftDog]

Could be a box of matches as he appears to have a cigarette in his other hand.

[Doolally]

Rick, you need to take a break.

[xecutable]

Snap he is talking about his left hand. Indeed it does look like a brown Ahtlon with them gold color pins on the side. I personally had 3 of those, managed to burn all 3 of them :P Could be a Sempron as well.

[universal4]

I still got close to a dozen sitting around....and at least half are tested....lol

Rick
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[xecutable]

Sell them, people pay big money for old stuff :P Old SD Ram costs almost twice as DDR around here.

[universal4]

I do sell them on eBay occassionally.

I also sell some of the old cyrix and pentium pros for gold reclamation when I have enough of them.

It just isn't worth a big time investment if I only have a few.

Rick
Universal4

[Renee]

I think it can definitely be confirmed that I am a geek, not a nerd.

Now I'm going to run off to tell our IT guys because they don't believe me.

[Anthony]

I can't tell what it is. Your eyes (or glasses) are better than mine Rick!