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- From: morgan@dl5000.bc.edu (Morgan Stair)
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- Subject: P5 chip and upgrading to VESA motherboard
- Message-ID: <MORGAN.93Jan12163825@dl5000.bc.edu>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 21:38:25 GMT
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- I just got a new 486DX-33 ISA motherboard. The dealer I bought it
- from will let me upgrade it to a LocalBus motherboard for about $100
- more, but he recommends that I stick with what I have because the
- Local Bus motherboards will NOT work with the P5 chip.
-
- It sounds like a bunch of crap to me, but I'd like to know for sure.
- Even if the P5 is 64bit, the VESA standard is upward compatable to
- 64bit.
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- Are there VESA motherboards to stay away from because of this?
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- Will the P5 plug and play in a 486DX-33 motherboard?
-
- If it will plug and play in a 486DX-33, why won't it work in a VESA?
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- Has anyone heard / can anyone guess one way or another about this?
-
- Morgan
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