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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Does a 487sx shut down the 486sx??
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- References: <1992Aug19.231651.12970@wam.umd.edu> <26#n0bc.parag@netcom.com> <1992Aug24.202205.26297@crd.ge.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:37:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug24.202205.26297@crd.ge.com> davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
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- >The SX and DX2 are not pin compatible, that may help explain the
- >problem. I believe the Overdrive chip /is/ SX pinout. I have no idea
- >what made Intel think a new pinout was remotely a good idea, they could
- >have just left off the FPU.
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- I was my impression that the Overdrive chip (NOT the OEM DX/2) is pin
- compatible with the _387SX_, not the 386SX. I think the OEM DX/2 is pin
- compatible with the DX.
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