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- From: dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: 386/486 clock (1x or 2x)?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.212827.2839439@locus.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 21:28:27 GMT
- References: <3713@svin02.info.win.tue.nl> <TMH.92Jul22194404@keks.first.gmd.de> <1992Jul22.210053.10960@gandalf.ca>
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- In article <1992Jul22.210053.10960@gandalf.ca> jmclaugh@gandalf.ca (Jim Mclaughlin) writes:
- >In article <TMH.92Jul22194404@keks.first.gmd.de> tmh@keks.first.gmd.de (Thomas Hoberg) writes:
- >>
- >>Hmm, I was always under the impression that even the 486 used a 2x
- >>clock up until the 486DX[2]50, which uses a 1x clock. Anyway I have a
- >>66MHz oscillator on my 486/33 motherboard.
- >>---
- >I'm looking at page 2-177 of the 1992 Intel Microprocessor data book
- >
- >For the 50 MHz 486 part the minimum input frequency is 16MHz, and the
- >maximum input frequency is 50MHz. There is a note for this saying that
- >it is a 1x CLK to Intel 486. The spec also calls for the clock symetry
- >to be no worse than 56-44, with .1% stability.
- >
- >For those out there with a 2x oscillator on the motherboard, it is likely
- >that the support chip set needs the 2x, cause the CPU don't.....
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- Also, keep in mind a 2x clock may be divided by a simple clocked flip-flop
- to derive the clean 1x clock.
-
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