On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 11:52:57 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:34:42 -0400, Martin Riddle
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 09:16:51 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

I think it's time I upgraded my 'Spice' machine... my present machine
is as follows... no laughter please... I've successfully done at least
at least 20 chip designs on this machine. What modern equivalent
should I replace it with?

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Computer Profile Summary
Computer Name:Analog3 (in ANALOG)

Profile Date:Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:59:53 AM

Operating System
Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack3 (build 2195)

Processor a Main Circuit Board 2.20 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64

128 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz

BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00PG 07/28/2004

Drives Memory Modules c,d
137.44 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
93.05 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-5232K
[CD-ROM drive]

3.5" format removeable media [Floppy
drive]

WDC WD1600JB-00EVA0 [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) SMART Status: Healthy

1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

...Jim Thompson

Anything would be an upgrade. What is your budget? (willing to spend)

The Dell Workstations are pretty good with their number crunching
Xeons. But even the little NUC's will be faster than what you have.
You'll have to give up the floppy, and get a Lacie usb Floppy

Cheers

Floppy is not an issue... I long ago copied all my 5.25" and 3.5"
stuff onto CD's fearing those drives would fail sooner or later.

What does multi-core buy you? And how many are worthwhile?

...Jim Thompson

And 64-bit versus 32-bit?

...Jim Thompson
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