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- From: mikem@misg.csd.harris.com (M. K. McCole)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: 386 replacement chip
- Message-ID: <1detbaINNile@travis.csd.harris.com>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 22:58:50 GMT
- References: <1992Nov5.033718.20455@u.washington.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov5.033718.20455@u.washington.edu> newsman@stein.u.washington.edu (Christian Ricci) writes:
- -I just saw an ad for an Intel built 80386 replacement chip called the
- -RapidCAD Engineering CoProcessor. It is supposed to give up to 70% improve-
- -ment for technical applications. It comes with two chips. One replaces
- -the 80386 and one goes in the 80387 slot. Any idea what this thing is and
- -how it speeds up the computer?
-
- Chris
-
- I've seen the Rapidcad, it's been out for a long time. Basically it's a
- 386 with an integral math co-processor. The chip that goes in the '387
- slot has a couple of gates on it to fool the bios into thinking it's a
- co-processor. The thing smells like a 486 with 386 pinout and no cache
- to me.
-