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- From: ekrimen@wet.UUCP (Ed Krimen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: New operating systems (OS/2-TOS)
- Message-ID: <4278@wet.UUCP>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 17:09:25 GMT
- References: <H.JHXj&6Ouz4Y@marsu.tynet.sub.org> <1992Aug26.182907.28894@ra.msstate.edu> <1992Aug26.202952.26085@nosc.mil>
- Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco
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- In article <1992Aug26.202952.26085@nosc.mil> healy@nosc.mil (Mike Healy) writes:
- >
- >As far as running 68040s at higher than rated clock speeds, we use
- >25 MHz 68040s and FORCE has glued industrial strength heat sinks
- >directly onto the 68040 chips because these suckers run hot at
- >25 MHz. Now this 60 MHz thing is from Germany, right? And I
-
- Can someone explain what a heat sink does and how it works? I get the
- impression that it provides a larger surface area to the chip so that it
- can dissipate heat faster. I think I've seen what they look like too;
- it looks kinda like a vent, with the tall ridges. But how does it work?
- It only looks like it's clamped onto the chip. And why is it that only,
- at least from what I've heard, 80486 and 68040 chips need these?
-
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