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- From: banshee@cats.ucsc.edu (Wailer at the Gates of Dawn)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Re: 486DX 33 & 486DX2 "50"
- Message-ID: <1eedi5INNt1b@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 21:45:41 GMT
- References: <1992Oct20.120625.2937@animal.inescn.pt> <1992Oct21.220040.22080@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1992Nov17.191513.10714@news.mentorg.com>
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- davidr@davidr.mentorg.com (David Ransier) writes:
- >Check with the person selling the computer. I just bought a 486DX2-50 that
- >will accept any chip from a 386 up to a 486DX2-66 (a jumper changes the clock)
- >and will accept the P5 when it is available. the difference between the
- >486DX-33 and the 486DX2-50 was about $50. The DX2-50 was clearly the better
- >choice for me.
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- Don't count on the P5 Pentium fitting into any 486 box. Intel will no doubt
- market a damaged version (like the 486sx) which will plug in but the performance
- WILL NOT be nearly as good as that of a system designed with the pentium in
- mind. I hate to see peoples hopes up.
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