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- From: wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank)
- Subject: Re: Motorola pricelist (was RE: CPU MHz in A1200+)
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- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 18:54:25 GMT
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- Shaun C. Murray (scm@mfltd.co.uk) wrote:
- : In article <wfblanDL65sp.H0w@netcom.com>, wfblan@netcom.com says...
- : >Also, keep in mind that a 486DX2-66 is only being accessed from the Mother
- : >Board at 33MHz... Still within the 70ns range. Same with 486DX4-100, but
- : >its only 25MHz in this case.
-
- : Sorry, this is another Intel marketting ploy. The DX4 chips are clock tripled.
- : The 100Mhz uses a clock tripled 33.2 Mhz giving 99.6Mhz. I presume Intel
- : have some clever reason why they call it the DX"4".
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-
- My mistake... This is correct. The Mother Board is accessing at 33Mhz in this
- case too then.
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- On a different reply, someone seemed to indicate that at 33MHz, 30ns RAM is
- really 'needed'. In strict theory, without a 'real world' situation, this
- is of course true. However, when you have to factor in the workings of your
- computer, layers, intuition, BIOS, and whatever else interacts and sets
- between your CPU and RAM, this goes down to the 70ns/60ns arena.
-
- Rob Bamford
- (wfblan@netcom.com)
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