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Article #1194Can 16MHz 80387 be installed in a 33MHz 80386 system?
From: Tom Griest
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 15:12
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 15:12
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I have been told that you can install a 16MHz '387DX in a coprocessor socket to work with a 33MHz '386DX and it will work ok (running Math instructions at the 16MHz rate). I am not convinced. Has anyone done this? How does it work? Are their any jumpers that must be set? Tom
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!ajpo.sei.cmu.edu!griest From: griest@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Tom Griest) Subject: Can 16MHz 80387 be installed in a 33MHz 80386 system? Message-ID: <1992Dec15.101259.6401@sei.cmu.edu> Keywords: 387 Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews) Organization: Software Engineering Institute Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 10:12:59 EST Lines: 9