Re: Is it worth it?

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From: Rajesh Varia
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 00:00

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In article <1Yc1wHAXthwwEwPA@guitar.demon.co.uk>
           marcus@guitar.demon.co.uk "Marcus Bainbridge" writes:

> In article <160534448wnr@drpc.demon.co.uk>, Doug Ritchie
> <doug@drpc.demon.co.uk> writes
> >In article: <418191308wnr@hardings.demon.co.uk>  Simon Harding 
> ><Simon@hardings.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> >> My question is  - Is it worth buying a P75?  I currently have a 486DX2 
> >> 66, so how much faster will a P75 be?
> >
> >The processor is twice as fast, but you would be going down from 33 meg to 
> >25 meg bus speed, so the disk and video will be slower. 
> 
> Are you sure?  I thought the P75 was a 50MHz bus with a 2:3 clock
> multiplier.
> 
> -- 
> Marcus Bainbridge      http://uptown.turnpike.net/~marcus/
>        H A V E  Y O U  B E E N  S P A N G L E D ?
> 
Memory access at 50 MHz, bus speed is 25 MHz.

I noticed somebody selling a P90 for 100 in uk.forsale

-- 
Rajesh Varia     raj@c4rv.demon.co.uk

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