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- From: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Info on 386slc
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.104138@axion.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 10:41:38 GMT
- References: <psm.726739749@murlibobo>
- Sender: news@axion.bt.co.uk
- Reply-To: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
- Organization: British Telecom Research Labs
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- In article <psm.726739749@murlibobo>, psm@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU
- (Phil Malin) writes:
- |> Hi all.
- |>
- |> I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me about the
- |> 386slc chip brought
- |> out by IBM. From what I've heard it's supposed to be pin
- |> compatible with
- |> the 386sx and includes onboard cache (~2K), instruction
- |> optimisation, etc.
- |> I have a 16MHz 386sx and would like to know if it's
- |> possible to rip the
- |> 386sx chip out and plug this baby in. I also have a
- |> coprocessor (although I
- |> don't see what difference this should make, just thought
- |> I'd mention it).
- |> Is this possible? Is it as simple as this?
- |>
- No, it's easier - it comes on a small board which fits into
- the co pro
- socket (and enables you to refit your co pro to), however...
-
- IBM won't sell you one if you don't have a PS/2, or one of
- their other
- machines which is able to take this device (I think the BIOS
- code has to be
- aware of it). I think this is (also) because of their licence
- agreement with
- Intel over the production of the device. (The cache is 8K I
- believe)
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-
- David J Jackson Telephone +44 473 645805
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