Re: Can I use 8087 on 80286 motherboard?

Article View: comp.sys.ibm.hardware

Article #10

Back to comp.sys.ibm.hardware Previous Next

#10

From: CHU JEFFREY
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 00:23

11 lines
1216 bytes

>big bridge to sell you...  Or perhaps the Eiffel tower is more your speed??
>
>  The Math Co. for the 487 is *built in*.....

Yes, on the 486DX it has a built-in co-processor, but it also has a slot
for another math co-processor called the Weitek 4167 (25/33).  They
price around $500.00 (last year cost wholesale cost).  It is suppose
do 3x the performance compare to the built-in co-processor.  All 486DX
(exception of a few) have the Weitek slot.  My 486-25 last year didn't but
when I got my 486-33DX last summer replacing the 486-25, it had the Weitek
slot.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1992Aug1.002327.15715@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!boulder!ucsu!horton.Colorado.EDU!chuj

References:

<1992Jul28.044519.9681@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1992Jul30.191748.29517@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1992Jul31.111725.21557@dragon.acadiau.ca>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!boulder!ucsu!horton.Colorado.EDU!chuj
From: chuj@horton.Colorado.EDU (CHU JEFFREY)
Subject: Re: Can I use 8087 on 80286 motherboard?
Message-ID: <1992Aug1.002327.15715@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
Sender: news@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (USENET News System)
Nntp-Posting-Host: horton.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
References: <1992Jul28.044519.9681@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1992Jul30.191748.29517@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1992Jul31.111725.21557@dragon.acadiau.ca>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1992 00:23:27 GMT
Lines: 12

Reply to Parent Message