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Article #981Re: 387 chips
From: MYRON A LIEBERMAN
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 06:27
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 06:27
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>I recently purchased a 387 co-processor, but I am having some second >thoughts about it. Becasue, the model number is A80387-16 and it says >SX829 on it. The place where I bought it from swears that it is a DX, >32-bit co-pro. It works fine on my machine, but it fails to fill up the >outer row of pins on the socket which leads me to believe that it is >a 16 bit version for an SX. Any information would be greatly appreciated. > >Greg The -16 indicates 16 MHz and the SX829 is a "step number". The part is not a 387SX but it may be an older version of the 387 before DX or SX were indicated on the part number. There should be no problem using it with an 80386DX.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!drchip From: drchip@cup.portal.com (MYRON A LIEBERMAN) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: 387 chips Message-ID: <66816@cup.portal.com> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 23:27:09 PDT Organization: The Portal System (TM) References: <27SEP199216045687@summa.tamu.edu> Lines: 12