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- From: S_JUFFA@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Norbert Juffa)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: Can 16MHz 80387 be installed in a 33MHz 80386 system?
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 12:55:20 GMT
- Organization: University of Karlsruhe (FRG) - Informatik Rechnerabt.
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- In-Reply-To: griest@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu's message of Tue, 15 Dec 1992 10:12:59 EST
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- In <1992Dec15.101259.6401@sei.cmu.edu> griest@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu writes:
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- > I have been told that you can install a 16MHz '387DX in a coprocessor
- > socket to work with a 33MHz '386DX and it will work ok (running Math
- > instructions at the 16MHz rate). I am not convinced. Has anyone done
- > this? How does it work? Are their any jumpers that must be set?
- >
- > Tom
- >
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- Tom:
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- To the best of my knowledge, you can't do it. Only the Intel 387 (and none
- of the compatible chips from IIT,Cyrix,ULSI,C&T) supports running the CPU
- and the coprocessor asynchronously. Not all motherboards supports this option
- as there has to be a socket for a second oscillator and a jumper to select
- either the CPU or altaernate oscillator for the coprocessor. However, Intel
- docs state that the ratio of the respective frequencies has to be roughly
- between 2:3 and 3:2, which tells me that a 33 MHz CPU wouldn't work with a
- 16 MHz copro. Sorry!
-
- Norbert
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