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• The Cyrix Investors Forum - Talk about Cyrix stock and issues surrounding Cyrix all day and all night.
• The AMD Investors Forum - Talk about AMD stock and other current AMD issues.
• comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips - Get the latest and greatest information available about Alternative processors.

Feature Articles

Entertaining articles about Cyrix.

• An in-depth article from the EETimes that talks about the high and low points of the Cyrix 6x86 design teams during the 6x86 design. This article is dated, but it is still very interesting.
• On December 3, 1996, PC Magazine presented the ultimate PC buyers' guide! They have reviews of 51 200-MHz–class PCs based on Intel's Pentium and Cyrix's 6x86 processor.
• PC Magazine did a major piece on how to determine The Best CPU for Your Next PC. It is the most comprehensive and informative CPU comparison guide performed by any of the major PC magazines to date. They put 12 of today's leading x86 processors, including the K6 and 6x86MX, through their benchmark and applications suites. You shouldn't be left guessing which CPU is right for you after reading this fine piece of journalism.

Hardware

• Home of Cyrix
• Home of IBM
• Home of AMD
• Tom's Hardware & Performance Page - The place to go for motherboard information
• The System Optimization Page - A great place to go for system pointers and links to other system resources
• Sandpile.org - Hardcore detailed technical information about x86 microprocessors.
• Anand's Hardware Tech Page - An excellent hardware page.
• Wim's BIOS Page - The King of BIOS sites.
• Kevin's Bus Mastering Driver Page – Get the latest busmastering IDE drivers for both the Intel and SiS Chipsets.
• Tweak It – The home of the best side by side comparison of motherboard performance benchmarks that I have found on the net.
• How to build a computer - A PC building tutorial for those who have always wanted to build their own PC
• Motherboard Homeworld – Motherboard and chipset information including the most comprehensive article on chipsets that I have seen on the net.
• The Heatsink Guide - An awesome site that covers the intricate details of heatsinks, thermal compounds, peltier coolers, and other CPU cooling related issues.
• The PC Guide - This site isn't flashy, but it includes a tremendous wealth of PC reference information
• The Processor Upgrading FAQ -  This site by Chris Hare reminded me mine when I was just starting out. It has a lot of potential. I know a good FAQ when I see one. If you are ready to upgrade your current CPU to a new one but are unsure of what your options are or how to do the upgrade, check out this FAQ.
• PC Mechanic - An excellent source for do-it-yourselfers to learn computer hardware.
• Brotherhood of the CPU - Another site dedicated to supporting alternative processor owners.
• The Storage Review  - Everything Storage
• Alternative x86 Central - The mission of Alternative x86 Central is to inform the public of alternative x86 processors.

Software

• Rhusoft - Home of Online. Online is a shareware program that posts your dynamic PPP Internet address to a HTML Document, allowing others to look up your current Internet address and contact you.

Online Search

Alternatives to the mainstream search engines such as Altavista and Excite to find Cyrix information.

• ZD Net Search - Search the entire Ziff-Davis Net line of periodicals
• TechWeb - Search TechWeb - the technology supersite
• DejaNews - Search the largest collection of indexed archived Usenet news available. It gives you access to Usenet posts ranging back to March, 1995.
• Webopedia - The number #1 source of for accurate, up-to-date information about computers.

News

• News.com - Lots and lots of technical news.

Price Watchers

Comparison shop among leading mail-order vendors offering computer products. I guarantee that you will find prices lower here than any you can find in Computer Shopper.

• PC Catalog Buyer's Directory
• Price Watch
• KillerApp
• Bottom Dollar

Revised: February 22, 1999