Custom-built Cyrix MII PC resurrected

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  • Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
  • I brought my custom-built Cyrix MII (a.k.a. 6x86MX) computer out of hiding to copy some old data off of it. It had not been turned on since 2007.
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  • @TunsaMcHaggis
    @TunsaMcHaggis 8 років тому +38

    I always loved Cyrix's cheeky stab at Intel with the "CyrixInstead" tag line

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 7 років тому +11

      Genuine Intel
      Cyrix Instead
      Authentic AMD
      Those were the text you get when you execute the cpuid instruction in your program.

  • @hene193
    @hene193 11 років тому +6

    I watched this two times because i love those old computers! More please!

  • @MrSunezata
    @MrSunezata 10 років тому +13

    15:25 8 years!

  • @vwestlife
    @vwestlife  11 років тому +13

    Westlife videos, not porn.

  • @vibingwithvinyl
    @vibingwithvinyl 8 років тому +4

    I remember building the first Cyrix 6x86 machine back in 1996... the processor fan was so incredibly noisy that I thought the hdd bearings had failed. The diameter of the fan was fairly small but man it revved like mad. Those early processors ran pretty hot since they were still using 5V power iirc.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 8 років тому

      +Mawerick77 Think about the Pentium 4.
      These early Chips might need much voltage but the actual power draw was pretty small. Even a P III with ober 1 GHz didn't use more than about 40W

  • @grimreboot
    @grimreboot 2 роки тому +4

    Oldie but goodie :)

  • @AshtonCoolman
    @AshtonCoolman 8 років тому +7

    A couple of hours ago I went to Goodwill's computer store. I picked up an eMachine with a Cyrix M-II 333 in it. I have a K6-2 300 or maybe my P233MMX that I'll swap in its place tonight.

  • @PatrickBaptist
    @PatrickBaptist 8 років тому +10

    Ohh man a Cyrix CPU, my first computer I built myself had a 333MHz Cyrix LOL, circa 1999
    LOL I am running WinAmp 2.91 still to this very day LOL.
    Quantum and Maxtor hard drives were such junk.

  • @dant5464
    @dant5464 2 роки тому +3

    7:03 that QuickTime popup has (I presume) an early instance of a "Later" button, instead of "No, don't ask me again" which seems to be rampant nowadays.

  • @chefsolidOriginal
    @chefsolidOriginal 11 років тому

    Phrozen Crew 97 :-) a blast from the past indeed :-) Happy Xmas.

  • @i_am_raph
    @i_am_raph 3 роки тому +3

    11:30 love how rgb in 2000 was achieved using holographic stickers

  • @5roundsrapid263
    @5roundsrapid263 8 років тому +2

    My wife had a Cyrix MII system when we first met. It was a hunk of junk. It only lasted a year or two. I had a K6-2, which was pretty powerful for that time. I think she got a Celeron system after that, which was a huge upgrade.

  • @polygondwanaland8390
    @polygondwanaland8390 7 років тому +1

    I got here from my recommended videos...those speakers were the first computer speakers I ever owned!

  • @wildbilltexas
    @wildbilltexas 7 років тому +5

    I used a Cyrix 6x86 166 in 1997 but it always ran hot. I later replaced it with a AMD K6 200 which ran much cooler. Those baby AT cases were always fun to work on with all those cables crammed inside!

    • @j.celgoog3275
      @j.celgoog3275 7 років тому

      I remember I overclock my P-150+ from 120 to 133 MHz and I used a software called "rainfall" or something like that.
      Damn, that was a good CPU for that money.

    • @GGigabiteM
      @GGigabiteM 7 років тому

      Cyrix CPUs were pretty electrically inefficient, which coupled with the high core voltages resulted in lots of heat. The weird bus speeds also caused many issues because neither RAM or motherboard cache at the time could cope with 75/83 MHz bus speeds.

    • @wildbilltexas
      @wildbilltexas 7 років тому +1

      I agree, I got that 6x86 as a package deal with a "Opti Viper" motherboard, a real piece of junk. The power heatsink would get red hot too. Cyrix did make lower power CPU's later on, but I heard the MII CPU's could also get hot under a load. AMD's K-6 and K6-II were much better and cooler running Super 7 CPU's.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 7 років тому

      In 1997, I bought my first PC for 1552$CAN, taxes included. I guess it would be 3000$CAN with today's dollar. I didn't include a CD drive to cut costs and bought a cheap 15 inch screen. It was a TTX.
      It was a Cyrix 686 P200L. The L means Low Voltage. This is the version that you want to buy.

    • @wildbilltexas
      @wildbilltexas 7 років тому +1

      I wish i had that version, I might have hung onto that setup longer. The 3.52v 6x86 gave me the impression then that all Cyrix CPU's ran hot. But for a few years they were very popular with the OEM Mom & Pop computer stores here in Texas. A friend of mine picked up a couple of old computers from a business that had been used for years. When we dismantled them for parts I was surprised they all had Cyrix or IBM CPU's.

  • @vwestlife
    @vwestlife  11 років тому

    I originally had an older 6x86-PR166+ on the board. Around 1999 or 2000 was when I upgraded it to the MII-PR266 (which is overclocked to 3 x 75 MHz here, a speed normally used with the PR300).

  • @martinda7446
    @martinda7446 5 років тому +1

    Seeing Quicktime start up brought back memories...Holy sh*t.

  • @CavemanPerson
    @CavemanPerson 11 років тому

    I had a P2-450 based Deskpro back in 2000, and it too had a ghetto CPU cooler. The passive heatsink would get scary hot under load, so I wrapped a thick rubber band around the CPU cartridge to hold three 40mm fans to the heatsink. It actually worked quite well!

  • @skypedog221
    @skypedog221 11 років тому

    I remember a computer in the computer lab at our school have those same speakers. They were hooked up to a slim Dell OptiPlex GX470 P4 system. They are some good sounding speakers for being two-channel. And that they're harmon/kardon speakers.

  • @jturner718
    @jturner718 8 років тому +2

    ATX was around since about 1996. It only really caught on around 1998-1999.

  • @ManiacalMichael504
    @ManiacalMichael504 11 років тому

    Cool build from back in the day. I had no idea you could still get an AT-style mobo in 2000. And SIMM memory for that matter! I had a hell of a time finding some for a computer I had back then.

  • @NJRoadfan
    @NJRoadfan 11 років тому

    Computer show special indeed. That board is from 97-98, by 2000 it was clearance parts. ATX machines appeared in 1997 and new AT boards were pretty much gone after 1999. I recycled a Bigfoot from a Compaq at one point too. The machines I built for people during 2000 were Socket 370 Pentium III based!

  • @ipullstuffapart
    @ipullstuffapart 10 років тому

    Oh wow, I actually have one of those Bigfoot's lying around. Where I live I've never seen any other lying around, but it was from my very first computer. The massive size of them makes them look good on a shelf of hardware.

  • @Jerkwad152
    @Jerkwad152 10 років тому +6

    CoolEdit Registered to Phr0zen crew 97. :D

  • @vwestlife
    @vwestlife  11 років тому

    Correct, it is a standard VGA monitor, model 8518. The model 8514 is the oldest IBM monitor to support 1024x768 graphics, although it can only display interlaced video at that resolution.

  • @sffitx
    @sffitx 11 років тому

    Always nice to resurrect a thing you though was dead, it's like giving a second life to it.

  • @matthewdspanner
    @matthewdspanner 11 років тому

    Very nice collection mate, Keep it up :-)

  • @SJLGG
    @SJLGG 11 років тому +2

    UGH I REMEMBER THOSE RIBBON CABLES!!
    PTSD!!!
    FUUUUUUUUUUU

  • @vwestlife
    @vwestlife  11 років тому

    The board does have a pinout for USB connectors, but the chipset was based on an early beta version of the USB standard which didn't work correctly with real USB 1.0 devices, so PC Chips permanently disabled it in the BIOS. And yes, I was using it with an external modem, which I did a video on a while back ("Phoebe Micro 56K V.92 external modem").

  • @Jallge
    @Jallge 11 років тому

    Those IBM monitors are really nice and sharp.

  • @hubzcaps
    @hubzcaps 8 років тому

    fast lil machine there

  • @IamFat32
    @IamFat32 11 років тому

    in 2000 I was rocking a PIII with 3Dfx voodoo graphics, it was a beast back then.

  • @marknc9616
    @marknc9616 2 роки тому +1

    I had a Compaq Presario 5304 with a M II 366 chip purchased in 1999. I thought the M II must stand for a Pentium II and bought this inexpensive computer. It later had blue screens with system failures. My friend who is a system admin found that his wife had purchased the same computer before they had married. She was having the same problems with it. My friend researched it and found that it was a Cyrix M II chip. Cyrix was an independent chip manufacturer that had gone out of business and had known chip stability problems. My friend coordinated me to replace my chip with an AMD chip while he was replacing his wife's PC's chip with an identical AMD chip. After this, the computer ran like a champ. It was replaced a couple years later with a newer, faster PC.

  • @raydeen2k
    @raydeen2k 9 років тому

    I can't believe the Bigfoot is still running. My brother-in-law worked at a computer store back in the '90's and the Bigfoots seemed to fail on a monthly basis. You must have gotten lucky. :)

  • @williamcroysdill1823
    @williamcroysdill1823 7 років тому +1

    yes in 2000 they had ps2 ports and USB ports. I custom built a brand-new Intel pentium 4 2.0 ghz. given to me by Intel with the mother board. that was before the initial launch in November I had to sign a waiver stating I would not allow any one to see the inside of my computer untill public release. which was a few months this later.
    a perk for paying attention about features while they trained us to sell them in stores and what the benefits were over buying AMDs processors it was pretty much the Front side buss.

  • @tomtom98
    @tomtom98 11 років тому

    I recognize it right away haha. I have a quantum Bigfoot in my dell optiplex because the original seagate scsi drive is failing. It's also the same model as your Bigfoot too as well as the same size

  • @francistheodorecatte
    @francistheodorecatte 11 років тому

    I resurrected an IBM Aptiva a couple months ago that hadn't been plugged in for the better part of a decade (latest date modified tag I could find was from 2003.) Date was spot on, and the time was only an hour and a couple minutes off.

  • @krist0sh
    @krist0sh 11 років тому

    Old computers, love them :) I have tons of good AT keyboards, but no computers to hook them up to whatsoever.

  • @armankordi
    @armankordi 10 років тому

    Wow, I have a simalar case with an older Cyrix 6x86 PR166 made by IBM. It had windows 98 for some strange reason with a still-working Maxtor 800MB disk. I bought it for 5 dollars in 2005!

  • @asdf_
    @asdf_ 8 років тому

    I found a custom built P II machine with alot of cards, PCI and ISA, and I also found a custom Socket 7 Pentium MMX.

  • @alk7934
    @alk7934 3 роки тому +1

    Man I knew so many people with bigfoot drives. I had an 8gb got it with my maximus PC!

  • @MixerVM
    @MixerVM 11 років тому

    Those Sony/Liteon CD drives are notorious for yellowing.

  • @skypedog221
    @skypedog221 11 років тому

    Well, for some things, I can stand interlaced video. Some interlaced video (i.e, 1080i) I cannot. I really do not use CRT monitors as primary displays; because 1) they sometimes have low resolutions, 2) they smell bad when they're dusty and hot in use, and 3) THEY'RE HEAVY!
    But it would be cool to have an old IBM CRT. They're getting rare...

  • @tony714keene
    @tony714keene 7 років тому +3

    windows second addition 98 is I found is the best.

  • @RetroVintageItems27
    @RetroVintageItems27 11 років тому +1

    Seems pretty fast, not laggy! Our computers until about 2007 we crappy and took 1/4 of a muinate to load. Slow!

  • @andygozzo72
    @andygozzo72 5 років тому +1

    i have that same motherboard, spookily also has a cyrix cpu in it 😁

  • @TheFlyingScotsman
    @TheFlyingScotsman 10 років тому

    BBMak - Back Here. TUNE!

  • @Gmoney6422
    @Gmoney6422 8 років тому +1

    Usb was around but was a premium. I have a compaq deskpro en from the year 1999 and it has usb but at that point if you had a smaller budget then usb probably wasn't needed

    • @morganrussman
      @morganrussman 3 роки тому +1

      True, and, from what I understand, USB 1 was the butt of a joke being that it was often called useless serial bus instead of universal serial bus until about usb 2 came around.

  • @brenty4110
    @brenty4110 10 років тому +18

    Cool edit registered to PhRoZeN CReW 97. LOL looks like a pirated copy possibly?

    • @vwestlife
      @vwestlife  10 років тому +19

      brenty4110 Yes, it was.

    • @brenty4110
      @brenty4110 9 років тому +3

      Hahahaha nice!

    • @kylethedford
      @kylethedford 8 років тому +4

      +brenty4110 I see I wasn't the only one to catch that.

  • @AmEv7fam
    @AmEv7fam 11 років тому

    They did have ATX in 2k. Have a PIII motherboard from '98.

  • @Infinitrium
    @Infinitrium 11 років тому

    I remember this one time I used a computer with an M2 cpu in it, and thinking how much slower it felt than my 300mhz AMD K6 powered Compaq Presario 2256. I think I have an IBM branded 6X86L in a box somewhere in my closet.

  • @TVismyopiate
    @TVismyopiate 11 років тому

    The PC Chips PC I had to work with (at length) had that chipset, and you're right about the onboard video, it was really worthless (used it as the 2D for a Voodoo2 12MB, which thankfully didn't require an IRQ)! I've tried all sorts, but have to say that Intel helps (and so what if that's due to better software support? I need a working system not a tweak-practice just to achieve stability) My computers these days can run 24/7 rock solid, or I get rid of them. So, PCChips taught me well, in fact!

  • @CobsTech
    @CobsTech 8 років тому

    I still have an original Windows 95 Disc, and a 95 with USB Support, which came with an Internet Explorer 5.0 CD-Rom, all of them still work!

    • @nitrate92
      @nitrate92 8 років тому

      -_- I thought Windows 95 didn't have USB support.

    • @CobsTech
      @CobsTech 8 років тому

      Halen Martini They soon released a Windows 95 with USB support disc, for higher end computers of the time. I'l take a picture of it if you don't believe me

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 7 років тому

      I use to have the update file for USB for Win 95. I downloaded from microsoft but I deleted it or lost it. I also had a infra-red support file from them and another update. It was 3 EXE.
      I have the Win 95 OSR2 CD.

  • @TooleboxGaming
    @TooleboxGaming 11 років тому

    It's amazing how technology has changed in 10 years. 10 years ago people were rolling on Pentium IIIs with 1 core and a 600-1200mhz sort of clock speed. Now slow is considered a 3ghz dual core!!!

  • @tefatronix
    @tefatronix 11 років тому

    nice

  • @RiaRadioFMHD773
    @RiaRadioFMHD773 11 років тому

    " OOOOOOO wishing you were here.." LOL Chicago FTW

  • @Blaze-zm7zt
    @Blaze-zm7zt 2 роки тому +2

    you hadn't done a drive scan for 8 years and 5 days.

  • @microsoftafu
    @microsoftafu 8 років тому

    Every Quantum drive has a LED activity light :P

  • @NomadColossus
    @NomadColossus 8 років тому +7

    How many computers do you have in your collection now?

  • @mikemarino5762
    @mikemarino5762 8 років тому +1

    In order to get plain text at 10:44, you have to go to the windows folder and delete logos.sys.

  • @groenekever
    @groenekever 8 років тому +3

    my pc XT pentium 1 166mhz from 1997 had usb 1.1 and win 95c with usb drivers

  • @Jerkwad152
    @Jerkwad152 10 років тому +1

    All you have to do to get the text-mode shutdown message in 9x is delete logos.sys

  • @BilczaTheHedgehog
    @BilczaTheHedgehog 4 місяці тому

    Btw, to enable the text-mode-message, you need to move "LOGOS.SYS" from the root directory to another folder of your choice. It contains the same message as a graphic, which in this case, if not found by the system as expected, goes back to text mode.

  • @skypedog221
    @skypedog221 11 років тому

    I believe that that specific model of IBM CRT runs natively at 640X480 @ 60 Hz. There might be other models that can do 800X600 or 1024X768, but that one is too old for higher resolutions...

  • @aleculunguleac
    @aleculunguleac 5 років тому +2

    It's not a PC Chips motherboard. It is an Amptron PM8600A.

    • @connorm955
      @connorm955 2 роки тому

      Right. The PC CHIPS M863G V5.1A motherboard is red.

  • @Neodestro
    @Neodestro 11 років тому

    yeah me 2 I remember got PIII with 3Dfx voodoo 3 graphics card

  • @Trance88
    @Trance88 11 років тому

    I really want one of those CRT IBM monitors. It's a very old school classic looking monitor. What's the highest resolution and refresh rate it can produce? I'm surprised how quick that old computer still runs.

  • @tony714keene
    @tony714keene 7 років тому +1

    the clock speed mite be steeling some of the speed 4 otherthings

  • @LazoeJSCREI
    @LazoeJSCREI 8 років тому +8

    Why does the Windows 98 startup sound always skip a little?

    • @brianlandsberger
      @brianlandsberger 8 років тому +1

      +skil3z #becausewindozed

    • @ViperJay5
      @ViperJay5 8 років тому +1

      +𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝟯𝘇 It seems that it does on older hardware, on a SoundBlaster Audigy, it doesn't do that.

    • @AshtonCoolman
      @AshtonCoolman 7 років тому +6

      I think the CPU is at 100% utilization and it chokes a little. On faster CPUs it doesn't do it, in my experience at least.

  • @effectpower
    @effectpower 11 років тому

    Yeah i have A Pentium Socket 7 board that is ATX. An Intel Orginal board. With the HX chipset.

  • @Carambal81
    @Carambal81 11 років тому

    The BIOS date is from 1997, so it's a bit older than you think!

  • @HappyDiscoDeath
    @HappyDiscoDeath 11 років тому

    ROFLMAO Internet Exploder.
    heh. Llama whippin's winamp FTW

  • @Lachlant1984
    @Lachlant1984 11 років тому

    You have an ESS video card with a speaker output and volume control? Do you by any chance mean ESS sound card with speaker output and volume control?

  • @nickwallette6201
    @nickwallette6201 4 роки тому +1

    This Version is Rather Old

  • @gentuxable
    @gentuxable 7 років тому +1

    Ok I'd have guessed a Western Digital judging the hollow rattling but the spin-up sound like a jet engine should have lead me to the bigfoot. Had a 4 GB bigfoot once, was just awful slow but otherwise quite reliable. We still have that drive somewhere I think. The second drive you have looks suspiciously like a Maxtor old stock that has been bought out and relabeled by Quantum because original Quantum 3.5 inch drives traditionally had more a brick shape with a flat top plate.

    • @vwestlife
      @vwestlife  7 років тому +1

      Actually it was Maxtor who bought out Quantum. At that point the existing Quantum drives were relabeled as Maxtors, including the Fireball series.

    • @gentuxable
      @gentuxable 7 років тому +1

      VWestlife
      Yes you're right had seen some Quantum Fireball-ish Maxtor drives around 2000... must have got confused what went on. But was there another third party manufacturer where Quantum sourced drives from and relabeled them? But can't find anything useful about it.

    • @aleculunguleac
      @aleculunguleac 4 роки тому

      @@gentuxable Another manufacturer that relabeled Quantum Drives was Nikimi. I had a 15GB Nikimi (Quantum-based) which had the motor dead.

  • @Bluetailvappy
    @Bluetailvappy 11 років тому

    2925 days is pretty much exactly 8 years and a few days

  • @CuteLittleNeko
    @CuteLittleNeko 11 років тому

    4:45 I checked out the website. They call them self's LitePC now. :O

  • @DvdXploitr
    @DvdXploitr 11 років тому

    I'm just waiting on him to play a sound clip from Pansy Division LOL

  • @pentiummmx2294
    @pentiummmx2294 8 років тому +1

    can i put a pentium 1 cpu in a emachines 366c motherboard? its socket 7 so maybe it will work.

    • @vwestlife
      @vwestlife  8 років тому +5

      I don't know. Did you try Googling it?

  • @offensivejerk
    @offensivejerk 11 років тому

    maybe that text mode turn off comes from win lite.

  • @martinda7446
    @martinda7446 5 років тому +1

    Random and slightly irrelevant fact. Harrison's marine chronometer H5 built in 1750 ish had an accuracy of +/- 0.2 secs a day. It would have lost or gained maybe 5 or 6 minutes in 5 years...As long as you kept it wound up...

  • @MrEthan043
    @MrEthan043 10 років тому

    10:12 KYW

  • @connorm955
    @connorm955 2 роки тому

    So the last disc check was in 2005

  • @tristan2203
    @tristan2203 8 років тому

    Do you have any modern hardware?

  • @EastAngliaUK
    @EastAngliaUK 11 років тому

    That is interesting I use a site called fmscan.org for all this it seems to cover both Europe and the US.

  • @armankordi
    @armankordi 11 років тому

    I have a simalar 6x86 cyrix.

  • @hubzcaps
    @hubzcaps 8 років тому

    got any orchid cards yo

  • @ThePowerMacGalaxy
    @ThePowerMacGalaxy 11 років тому

    LOL That's the most ghetto CPU cooler I've seen yet. Seems like a interesting PC though.

  • @danthompsett2894
    @danthompsett2894 3 роки тому

    So whats the difference between an 6x86MX and a Cyrix thats actually named Cyrix MII as aposed to the afore mentioned 6x86MX?

    • @vwestlife
      @vwestlife  3 роки тому +1

      They're the same thing. The 6x86MX was renamed to the MII.

    • @danthompsett2894
      @danthompsett2894 3 роки тому

      @@vwestlife yeah seems so having read Wikipedia

  • @aly369
    @aly369 11 років тому

    2925/365= 8 Years Ago.

  • @finncook5332
    @finncook5332 11 років тому

    i had a bigfoot in my old w 98

  • @thecomputernerd1482
    @thecomputernerd1482 8 років тому

    12:40 Japan STD. LOL!

  • @simonhangan2571
    @simonhangan2571 7 років тому +1

    What song is at 14:40?

    • @vwestlife
      @vwestlife  7 років тому +2

      Chicago - "Beginnings"

  • @HappyDiscoDeath
    @HappyDiscoDeath 11 років тому

    I love the Windows 98 startup sound; I ripped it off an old laptop a couple years back to stick it on my Windows 7 machines.

  • @Veso266
    @Veso266 7 років тому

    Does anyone know how to change graphic shutdown text into text one?

    • @vwestlife
      @vwestlife  7 років тому

      It's a setting in MSDOS.SYS.

  • @blooder81
    @blooder81 11 років тому

    my 200mhz and less socket 7 cpus
    pentium 75mhz
    pentium 133
    pentium 200 mmx
    cyrix 6x86mx pr200

  • @abdulazizaltalhi7866
    @abdulazizaltalhi7866 3 роки тому

    2021

  • @TheLemminkainen
    @TheLemminkainen 7 років тому

    Ihad 1,2gb Bigfoot and Cyrix 6x86 133 :)

  • @Veso266
    @Veso266 7 років тому

    Can you share MW Database Viewer and database?

    • @vwestlife
      @vwestlife  7 років тому

      web.archive.org/web/20010619230504/members.stratos.net/nsadams/

    • @Veso266
      @Veso266 7 років тому

      Thanks but Internet Archive didn't archive download links (but it did archive all .DAT Files) so I am still looking for MW Database Viewer 1.0B - 16 Bit (for Windows 3.1) and MW Database Viewer, Version 1.5 (final beta) - 32 bit for Windows 95/NT
      and it didn't archive FCC Database: web.archive.org/web/20010605003725/www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Databases/ITFS.zip
      Thanks for Anwsering

    • @Veso266
      @Veso266 7 років тому

      members.stratos.net/nsadams/mwv10bs.exe (Not Found
      The requested URL /nsadams/mwv10bs.exe was not found on this server.
      Apache/1.3.9 Server at members.stratos.net Port 80
      )
      members.stratos.net/nsadams/mwdv15b5.exe (Not Found
      The requested URL /nsadams/mwdv15b5.exe was not found on this server.
      Apache/1.3.9 Server at members.stratos.net Port 80
      )

  • @nitrate92
    @nitrate92 8 років тому +7

    I remember when the Japanese made everything back then. What a shame that now, we have the Chinese give us cheap goddamn bad-quality everything.

  • @lnro4494
    @lnro4494 8 років тому

    You have used that computer 8.013698630136986 years ago.

    • @simonro9168
      @simonro9168 8 років тому

      I was searching for that command cause im too lazy to calculate it...