do any of these support multiple processors?

[calgar]

well, i sorta have quite a few of these hanging around and was thinking of trying to make some kind of use of them (some kind of basic server or a machine to leave on downloading stuff)

anyway, do either Pentium 1s, pentium mmxs or amd k5 processors support multiple processors?

[GrahamGarside]

I do believe there were dual socket 7 boards, the tyan tomcat range is worth a look

[Repo Man]

Graham is correct. But they'll only work with Intel processors. Neither the K5 or K6-2 will work in multiprocessor motherboards. I don't know enough to know why, just that they won't. Apparently they weren't engineered for such.

[calgar]

thanks for that.

now, im guessing matching the stepping numbers on these things is still nesessary on such old procs?

where can i find the stepping number?

i will post pics of the three types of pentium processors i have as soon as i find my camera cable -_- if that will help

[GrahamGarside]

It will likely be written on the core on the underneath of the cpu (before the core was moved to the top for cooling)

[calgar]

would somthing like SL27K be a stepping number?

and were there ever tri or quad processor socket 7 mobos?

also, im kinda having trouble finding dual socket 7 mobos, dont suppose you know where i could get one? even ebay has let me down

[GrahamGarside]

Thats the stepping yes.

They are long since past production, ebay is yor only hope and even then I doubt it's economical, you're looking at about £5-10 for the board, and another £5 or so on postage
They are likely very rare, I doubt many would have been used in personel computers, most likely in pro servers and workstations, the kind of systems that end up in a land fill

I don't know about quad processor boards, I don't think you'd find anything like that older than a Pentium Pro

[Tyler]

I believe I've seen a quad-processor motherboard from pictures... Good luck finding one now though. Your best bet is probably to get a cheap PIII Dual rig.