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Article #500Re: i860/i960 swaping?
From: william E Davidsen
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 20:28
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 20:28
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In article <1992Aug18.165919.1@sscvx1.ssc.gov>, schludermann@sscvx1.ssc.gov writes:
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| I'm considering buying a computer from hauppauge computer works that has
| the i860 and 486 cpu's. The question is, can the 860 be upgraded to the 960
| at a later date?
Except for the pinout and the instruction set set they're compatible.
In other words it won't work. And I highly question the idea that the
960 is an upgrade. It's a totally different animal, and I don't think
it's reasonable to compare.
--
bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
I admit that when I was in school I wrote COBOL. But I didn't compile.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!rpi!crdgw1!rdsunx.crd.ge.com!ariel!davidsen From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: i860/i960 swaping? Message-ID: <1992Aug19.202827.152@crd.ge.com> Date: 19 Aug 92 20:28:27 GMT Article-I.D.: crd.1992Aug19.202827.152 References: <1992Aug18.165919.1@sscvx1.ssc.gov> Sender: usenet@crd.ge.com (Required for NNTP) Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: ariel.crd.ge.com