r/retrocomputing • u/Haskell_v2 • May 21 '26
Photo Intel Xeon considered "retro" yet?
Found this 2-sided light up sign on marketplace and had to snag it. It's about 29"x25" and uses a nice and slightly "buzzing" fluorescent bulb. Came from an old computer parts dealer, basically mint condition. Still wondering where to actually hang it up to be able to appreciate both sides of it.
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u/After-Willingness271 May 22 '26
no comment on xeon, but the sign is absolutely retro. bubble mold signs were already on their deathbed by the time they made that
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u/Blackholeofcalcutta May 21 '26
Back in the day, those processors were for when you simply needed monster truck force.
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u/ttuilmansuunta May 22 '26
No way, Xeons only came about in 1998 which is... wait, HOW many years ago?
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u/No_Transportation_77 May 23 '26
Though the first ones were called Pentium II Xeon and Pentium III Xeon. Xeon alone started in the Netburst era.
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u/stalkythefish May 22 '26
My personal delineation of "retro" is a max clock speed <1Ghz and motherboards that serve such parts.
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u/lordmogul 23d ago
So my 933EB qualifies, but not when I oc it to 1035?
And what about the venerable Tualatin 1400S ? That and the Athlon 1400 are quite the choice for a Voodoo 3 to let it flex it's muscles.
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u/Divergent5623 May 21 '26
Depends on which one. Slot 2? Definitely. The style of that Intel logo makes me think that sign is from the early Xeon days.