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Re: Tiny 486/25SX upgrade - what's the fastest processor for it ?

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From: George Wood
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article: <828430256snz@hemel.demon.co.uk>  brian hunt 
<brian@hemel.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> In article <827907249snz@hemel.demon.co.uk>
>            brian@hemel.demon.co.uk "brian hunt" writes:
> 
> > Title say's it - what fastest speed and should I try and get intel 
?
> > 
> > Please email as well as posting to this group.
> > 
> > Thanks for any help.
> > -- 
> > Brian Hunt
> > brian@hemel.demon.co.uk
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the comments to date - what I was planning to do was 
replace
> the existing intel 486/25SX  with a 486/66DX.  The socket will allow 
this 
> and AMD/Cyrix 486/66X processors are only around 20.  The m/board is 
an 
> Opti 486 Vesa Local Bus and the handbook gives settings for a 
DX2-66.  So it 
[snip]

Your about to do exactly what I did and with exactly the same board!

It *does* work succesfully and an Intel chip is perfect for the job.  
I got an Intel Overdrive, single chip and did a stright swap - 
switched on  and was in business.

The bigest problem is getting the old processor out from under the 
drives!

Best of luck, hope it goes OK.
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| George Wood    EMail george@highrise.demon.co.uk              |
| My thoughts may be disconnected but at least they are my own. |
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From: George Wood <George@highrise.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Tiny 486/25SX upgrade - what's the fastest processor for it ?
Date: 1996/04/02
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