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Article #144Re: 486sx questions
From: Deac Moo of the UGC
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:09
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:09
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In article <DOCONNOR.92Jul30130104@potato.sedona.intel.com>, doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor) writes:
>Both the Intel486(tm) SX and DX have 32-bit external busses.
>The Intel486 DX has an FPU, the Intel486 SX does not. And the pinouts
>are a tiny bit different. If your 486SX board has the right stuff ( either
>a "Vacancy" socket or signal-routing jumpers ) you can upgrade
>it to an Overdrive processor ( equivalent to a clock-doubled 486DX ),
>or maybe to a DX.
Ohhh. Ok. Now I am confused... so you can go from S(u)X to a DX2? I thought
the only upgrade path before was from S(u)X to DX? ...
Not that Intel doesn't get roasted enough already, but it's pretty hellaciously
confusing these days.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!decwrl!mips!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!socrates!DOUG@UC780.UMD.EDU From: doug@UC780.UMD.EDU (Deac Moo of the UGC) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: 486sx questions Message-ID: <1992Jul31.150936.4633@socrates.umd.edu> Date: 31 Jul 92 15:09:36 GMT References: <1992Jul27.135047.13578@nstn.ns.ca> <76814@ut-emx.uucp>,<DOCONNOR.92Jul30130104@potato.sedona.intel.com> Sender: news@socrates.umd.edu (News) Reply-To: doug@UC780.UMD.EDU Organization: The University of Maryland, University College Lines: 18