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John Naismith <John@naismith.demon.co.uk> writes:
> J A F Bradbury <Julian@xabcs.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > 
> > Kevin Poole <poole@draycot.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > > Both offered identical boards - UMC chipset, 1 VLB slot, a few PCI, 
> > > etc, 4X30 pin, 2x72 pin SIMM sockets, and, in the front right 
> > > corner, two square chips, soldered in (tiny pins all round the 
> > > edge), each marked "Write Back" and a load of numbers, none of which 
> > > looked like a size or speed indicator.
> > 
> > They are fake cache. I've seen 3 pentium m/bs with them, but
> > they also came with a COAST socket & 7ns PB module which is ok ;)
> > 
> > As long as there is a real-cache option, then it's ok.
> 
> No they're not. Whoever told you that this was the cache didn't know 
> what they were talking about. They are the cache *controllers*.

That I can confirm after rather close inspection myself  :)


There is a program nucache.exe which purports to identify 
cache and provide an idea of timings. May prove useful.
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Julian AF Bradbury            http://webzone1.co.uk/www/3b