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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!convex!egsner!shyguy!bmyers
  3. From: bmyers@shyguy.lonestar.org (bob myers)
  4. Subject: Re: Pentium P5 (586) vs. i486 upgradable socket?
  5. Message-ID: <C0ou2z.6z6@shyguy.lonestar.org>
  6. Organization: 3-B Technology
  7. References: <1993Jan7.165948.28260@athena.mit.edu> <1993Jan7.180205.7927@samba.oit.unc.edu> <taudas.726558661@ais.org>
  8. Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 11:47:21 GMT
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  12. One thing to keep in mind; on some of the 486 motherboards, the open socket
  13. is for a Weitek coprocessor chip.  (I believe that the feeling was that 
  14. Weitek had a faster number cruncher than the 486's internal).
  15.  
  16. -bob
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  19. Bob Myers                        | You gotta watch out for those
  20. Shyguy's AT&T SVR4 Unix/Uniboard | shy guys....you never know 
  21. Email:bmyers@shyguy.lonestar.org | what they're thinking..:)
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