asciilifeform: no particular point in doing so, x86 gotta die.
asciilifeform: so equally painful as making new comp from 0.
asciilifeform: well no, no decade. but would have to get asic made, for southbridge
asciilifeform: now i've thought about having a mobo for ~classic~ opterons made. but this would easily go 10,000 $ a piece in small qty. and needs docs that i dun have.
asciilifeform: exactly not like. 'test socket' is what folx used to call a 'zif', gizmo for use in factory to test ~chips~ on conveyor, rated for many insertion cycles and easy to open/close
asciilifeform: as in, these are sold wherever. not rarity. and not at all useful for subj.
asciilifeform: the linked item is a socket. as in, solders onto a bare pcb.
asciilifeform: and still fits in stock socket. bringing out certain pins.
asciilifeform: interposer is this condom thing that goes UNDER cpu.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: that's a socket ! as in what goes on a mobo. not interposer.
asciilifeform: gizmolearner: you do it with induced pci write cycles. see 'flashrom' (i have the beginnings of a 'flashrom' back-end to sage, but not finished yet sadly)
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: not a socket-f interposer, certainly. we're talking about a pretty hefty and expensive (impedance-matched, etc) thing.
