Ooops this is a late addition, but Happy Birthday Muad Dib.HOPw!

Here is an interesting article on the Intel Celeron chip from my summer professor at Gonzaga University who has moved on to the University of Idaho.

Thanks Madaxe.HOPw! We tried his new server.  He was a 54 pinger and I was a 250 to 288 pinger.  I only got "u_remove" twice on dm2 and not once on dm3. It very smooth so at least we know it can be a good 1on 1 server. I think he will eventually get qwring installed so it will be a team server. Today  it cycles through the maps. Here is the IP 208.149.63.136:27500

"Accubyte has informed me that their SL2W8 surplus is running low, and they are expected to run out in the next 2 to 3 days. If you wanted to buy one, you should do it soon. Other places have them but most cannot secure your step # as being a true SL2W8, so Accubyte is still a good place to buy one.

If you're still unsure of what the SL2W8 is, here is a better description. The SL2W8 is a P2 300 w/ ~ 225 MHz L2 cache (instead of ~ 150 MHz) and a .25 micron Deschutes core. Since Pentium IIs' L2 cache runs at 1/2 speed you can run this P2 300 at 450 MHz without any problems. In fact, it is a TRUE P2 450 (100 MHz x 4.5). Other step #s include the SL2YK (a retail version)."

I'd like to thank Clan Qgirlz for having us as allies.  Thanks Girls!

Tigerlilly wrote: "Im most pleased to announce that the votes have been counted and HOPW..Has been placed on the qgirlz allies page!.....YAHOOO!!!....Wheee!! We Wuv Joo Guyz!! :)"

Here is some more information from Tweak3d about the P2 300 mhz that could be a P2 450mhz in disguise!

"About the prices of the SL2W8 5:00 PM
I have been receiving close to 100 emails per day telling me there are cheaper
places to buy the SL2W8s.

I called Accubyte and talked to their sales department again. They are actually
making special orders to obtain all these SL2W8s. That is why the people purchasing
are ending up paying about $20 more or so then previously stated. Keep in mind,
this is not some huge conspiracy or ripoff. In fact, the price of the plain
SL2W8s have only increased from $202 to $229 (no heatsink/fan/warranty).
If you want the fan/heatsink it'll set you back ~ $260. Still, there are
many reasons to buy from Accubyte over the other places. They have untapped
(no doctoring here) P2 300 SL2W8s. If you buy one from them, you just bought
a P2 450 (for the time being). Other places have been known to replace the cache
w/ the original P2 300 cache (supposedly Intel has done this? Maybe the distributors?
Who knows...). Accubyte will verify that it IS an undoctored P2 300 SL2W8, and
will even tell you that over the phone. Even if they were $400 it would still be an
excellent price on P2 450s.

If you want to save a few dollars by buying the product somewhere else and take the
risk of buying a P2 300 instead of a P2 450 it is your call.. but I take no
responsibility for that. I told you where to get them, and if you are willing
to risk it all for $20 to $50 then that is your choice. Keep in mind that if
you do in fact buy a doctored SL2W8 or a different step # altogether
(and want to return it) you will have to pay for shipping twice, wait for the
whole thing to happen, and even pay a restocking fee.


Tweak3D is not affiliated with Accubyte in any way and does not take responsibility
for any claims made here."

Weezer.HOPw has a new email address reflected on HOPw Roster page and Madaxe.HOPw has a new web page url.

This  news below I saw on http://www.tweak3d.com

Pentium II 450 MHz for $200 5:15 PM

"Keep in mind, I only post this stuff because I love ya all hehe.
The Tale of the SL2W8 etc.
As told by Dan "Tweak Monkey" Kennedy

I don't know if you guys have heard about this, but I'm pretty sure you probably have.
Supposedly, Intel manufactured a bunch of extra P2 450s. They didn't want to flood the market and force themselves to drop their own CPU prices, especially since the less than P2 333s are selling well. So.. they set these P2 450s to run at 66 MHz bus instead of 100, which made them well, P2 300s. There are a few specific step #s that indicate that the P2 300 has the .25 micron and 4.5 ns cache. They are SL2W6, SL2W7, SL2W8, SL2YK, SL2VY, and SL35V. The most common of which, and most likely to reach 450+ is the SL2W8... keep in mind, Intel is trying hard to get rid of these fast so people don't remark them and sell for a huge profit.
Well, this store called Accubyte sells the P2 300 for $202 (their page says $250, needs to be updated). When I called to order, they specifically said "It's the SL2W8". Okay.. so I ordered one.. figured I could have a P2 450 for my Canopus Spectra 2500 review (whoohoo!). It took 5 days to arrive. Blah.. too bad I released the review yesterday... some lame holiday that I didn't even get off for school delayed my FedEX.
I don't know if you guys have heard about this, but I'm pretty sure you probably have.
Supposedly, Intel manufactured a bunch of extra P2 450s. They didn't want to flood the market and force themselves to drop their own CPU prices, especially since the less than P2 333s are selling well. So.. they set these P2 450s to run at 66 MHz bus instead of 100, which made them well, P2 300s. There are a few specific step #s that indicate that the P2 300 has the .25 micron and 4.5 ns cache. They are SL2W6, SL2W7, SL2W8, SL2YK, SL2VY, and SL35V. The most common of which, and most likely to reach 450+ is the SL2W8... keep in mind, Intel is trying hard to get rid of these fast so people don't remark them and sell for a huge profit.
Anyway, I started up my PC. The BX6 set it to 66 x 4.5 (300 MHz), so I entered CPU soft menu, and set it to 100 x 4.5 and enabled turbo mode (just for kicks), didn't tweak the voltage, and didn't enable Speed Error Hold. It booted up. Everything seemed okay. I put it through an hour of nonstop Unreal, 5 Quake II crusher demos, 10 glquake timedemos without a single freeze. Try Unreal at 69 FPS 640x480 (STB Black Magic 12 meg SLI), 104 FPS Quake II 640x480 (demo 1), and 187 FPS GLQuake (demo2). And like I said, not a single crash, cause you're not overclocking. I'm talking about a REAL P2 450 for $200. Just for some more fun, I added a Glacier 4500 on there and set it to 112 x 4.5 (504 MHz) and that worked flawlessly too. If I had better ram, I would put this big ass Peltier thing Computer Nerd sent me on there and set it to 133 x 4.5. But ya know.. 600 MHz seems a little impossible. =)

some more fun, I added a Glacier 4500 on there and set it to 112 x 4.5 (504 MHz) and that worked flawlessly too. If I had better ram, I would put this big ass Peltier thing Computer Nerd sent me on there and set it to 133 x 4.5. But ya know.. 600 MHz seems a little impossible. =)
To sum it up, buy a P2 300 from Accubyte. It will be a P2 300 SL2W8 (ask if you don't believe me =) ). It will run at 100 x 4.5 These are going fast.. so get one soon. Mine was purchased on the 9th FYI. Let me know if any of this information is incorrect or if the SL2W8s are sold out etc."

Check out the HOPw roster page I linked a new Clan Boss wav file off that page.  It came from Flesh.HOPw who got it from Hatriq.HOPw.  Thanks guys!

I finally got around to updating the servers pages.  You will usually find me at the top 5 quake clanring sites I list.  The only page not updated was quake ffa but those still are current but not many HOPw's play quake ffa.

Several HOPw's have new emails.  Blaster, Clipper, Hatriq and  Madaxe.  Check the HOPw Roster page for current email addresses.

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