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In <1992Apr16.184626.24134@col.hp.com> mdk@col.hp.com (Mark Keisling) writes:

>The upgrade path that Intel is recommending is for the motherboard 
>manufacturers to provide an upgrade socket on the motherboard.
>This socket is different than the Weitek socket.  Intel plans to put
>the 486DX2 in two different packages.  One package has the identical
>pinout to the 486DX.  The other package has a pinout compatible with
>their specification for the upgrade socket.  This upgrade socket
>strategy started with systems built around the 486SX.  The upgrade
>socket in these systems allowed an end users to upgrade to the 486DX.

>If you have a 486DX system that has a socketed 486DX, a compatible BIOS,
>and enough ventilation to keep the DX2 cool, then you could buy the
This part bothers me. Is the DX2 even hotter than the DX (nice to use
for boiling egs BTW :-). I have a 486/33 board and want to upgrade to
486/66 as soon as possible.

>486DX2 and replace your 486DX with it.  You can also try selling your
>spare 486DX.  
This is true for the DX2/66 as well (not only DX2/50).
BTW anyone knowing when the DX2/66 will arive?

>Mark Keisling

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