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- From: scvalentine@hou.amoco.com (Steve Valentine)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Pentium P5 (586) vs. i486 upgradable socke
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 22:32:19 GMT
- Organization: Amoco
- Lines: 29
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <1iib1jINNr74@alasp46.hou.amoco.com>
- References: <1993Jan7.165948.28260@athena.mit.edu>
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- In article 28260@athena.mit.edu, Alex Nemirovsky <AN72958%LTUVAX.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu> () writes:
- >just a quick questions.. rumor has it that the P5 is going to be a
- >100 MIPS machine... and most highend 486's are about 20 MIPS.
- >
- >does anyone know if the upgrade socket on i486's allows you
- >to stick in a P5 or something of that nature?
- >
- >I have heard (again hearsay) that is there is a chip in the
- >upgrade slot the orginal Cpu is bypassed.
- >
- >if anyone knows... please straighten me out.
- >
- >just to know if I can upgrade if a decide to go with a 486 and not wait
- >for the P5 whick might not be supported by Linux anytime soon.
-
- This is all hearsay from the net. Intel hasn't released any official specs.
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- Some of the new motherboards ( AMI, ZEOS, Micronics, etc ) have a P24 socket.
- This socket has an extra row of pins which will allow a "downgraded" version of
- the Pentium. Rather like the RapidCAD for a 386 motherboard. From what has been
- rumoured the P24 will **not** work in an overdrive socket.
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