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From: Blake Patterson
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 00:00

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Jim Harris wrote:
> 
> Just interjecting a very little known fact.  The AMD 5x86-133 is not the
> fasted
> 486 ever made.  AMD made a very limited supply (50 actually) of 5x86 - 150
> chips.  I had an opportunity to purchase one or more of these creatures but
> didn't have the $$$ at the time.  When I went back to get one they were
> already gone.
> 
> The 150s were made for a well known computer vendor but the vendor
> decided that Pentium was the only way to go and scrapped their
> 486/5x86 - 150 project.
> 
> I am not writing this for sake of argument but for information purposes.
> If you happen to come across someone who says they have a 150mhz 486
> you can believe them.


	I had an AMD 5x86 133 running @ 160MHz (40x4) and it worked flawlessly
for a year and a half, until I replaced the whole system w/ K6 233
(running @ 225 (75x3)).  That 5x86 would match a friend's P100.

bp
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From: Blake Patterson <bpatters@cfw.com>
Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
Date: 1997/11/25
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