How hot can the 486-50 cpu run ?

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From: fevrier Ian Fevrier EE
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 02:26

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Can someone tell me just how hot the 486-50 is supposed to run. 
I just got a 486-50 with 8 mb and a 256k cache and I am a little concerned 
about the heat it generates. It gets too hot to keep a finger pressed
against the 486 chip for more than 5 seconds. Is this normal ????

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