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- From: khoo@husc3.harvard.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
- Subject: Re: 486DX2 upgrade for Model 70 A21's?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.141721.15157@husc3.harvard.edu>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 18:17:21 GMT
- References: <1992Aug25.080850.15081@husc3.harvard.edu> <1992Aug25.152508.2014@honte.uleth.ca> <1992Aug26.164438.2545@ttinews.tti.com> <1992Aug26.231108.21085@panix.com>
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- >> Also, I spoke with Cyrix two weeks ago, they will have their 386/486
- >>combination chip (I forget it's name, 486DLC?) some time fourth quarter.
- >>I was told it's completely pin-compatible with the 386, just plug-and-play.
- >>And, should list for < $300! This is an end-user upgrade package so when
- >>it comes out it may be well worth the price of admission!
- >
- > Wouldn't the above paragraph obsolete all daughterboards and mca processor
- > upgrade cards? The simplicity and elegance of pulling out the 386 and putting
- > in a Cyrix 486DLC? sounds like the way to go barring any major disadvantages
- > in performance.
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- That would be great. But, the Cyrix chip is not a pull, plug and play
- proposition. I has some timing differences with the 386 chip, and I don't
- think it will work in an unmodified 386 machine.
- (BTW, it's called the 486SLC chip)
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- khoo@husc3.harvard.edu Lawrence Khoo Computer Consultant
- khoo@husc9.harvard.edu (617) 496-8992 Econ. Dept, Harvard U.
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