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Re: Why shouldn't I buy Cyrix

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From: Charles Clark
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 03:20
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Mark Gilbert offers some info about the Cx486DLC from the uP report:
>Here is some information about the chip from the Microprocessor Report.  The 
>Cyrix 486DLC does not include any on-chip floating point hardware.  It does 
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>Cyrix will also offer 33 MHz and 40 MHz versions of the 486DLC, which may 
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According to articles in PC Week and InfoWorld, which appeared in June '92,
Cyrix intended to sell clock-doubling versions of their 486DLC as upgrades
for 386DX based machines.  Cyrix demonstrated a clock-doubling chip, running
in a Compaq PC designed for the 386DX, at PC Expo.  The article notes that
no BIOS changes were necessary for the upgrade.  They had 16/32 and 20/40 
MHz versions, and were working on a 25/50 MHz processor, according to the
articles.  A retail version was to be available in 4Q '92.

Are the 33 MHz and 40 MHz versions of the 486DLC clock-doubling processors?

	--Charles
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References: <81.327.uupcb@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us> <Bu9urG.7zu@nntp-sc.Intel.COM> <92252.163135I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET> <markg.11.716181526@county.lmt.mn.org>

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From: clark%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Charles Clark)
Subject: Re: Why shouldn't I buy Cyrix
Date: 11 Sep 92 21:20:21 MDT
Message-ID: <1992Sep11.212021.22690@hellgate.utah.edu>
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Summary: Clock Doubling and the Cx486DLC
Sender: Charles Clark
Organization: University of Utah, Dept. of Computer Science
References: <81.327.uupcb@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us> <Bu9urG.7zu@nntp-sc.Intel.COM> <92252.163135I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET> <markg.11.716181526@county.lmt.mn.org>
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