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Hi netters!

I am posting this to inform you that 486DX2-66 systems are now available.
At least one of the larger chain of computer stores (ESCOM Office) here 
in Germany now has them in stock. I have taken a quick look at the 486DX2-66
at the local branch of ESCOM Office and run some benchmarks on it. While the 
benchmarks showed appropriate speedup from a 486DX2-50, the machine doesn't
feel that much faster. This is probably because the peripherals are not
speeded up (same hard disk and graphics card as in their 486DX2-50) linearly
with the CPU. The 486DX2-66 sells for about US$400 more than the same
configuration with a 486DX2-25. The store manager told me they have an 
extra fan mounted on top of the CPU in all their DX2 systems. At 4 and 5
Watt power dissipation for the 486DX2-50 and DX2-66 according to the Intel
data sheets, this makes a lot of sense to me.

Norbert
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