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Re: Pentium Overdrive chips

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From: Niall Leonard
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 00:00
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On Sat, 18 Nov 1995 16:42:02 -0000, Guy Gascoigne - Piggford
<guy@wyrdrune.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Has anyone got one of these beasts yet (the 83MHz Pentium overdrive chips)? 
>Looking at Intel's figures it looks like it should fit in somewhere between 
>the P66 and a P75 which wouldn't make it that bad an upgrade for me.  Can 
>anyone substantiate this?
>
>As an aside, can anyone recommend a source of info on the various Pentium 
>chips, say internal/external clock rates etc, I had a look at Intel's WWW 
>pages and didn't see it.  Did I miss something?
>
>ATB Guy
>
>
I had the same upgrade in mind but I came across a posting yesterday
from someone using DoubleSpace whose disk was trashed by a Pentium
Overdrive.  I thought it was in this group.  Makes me hesitate, for
one...
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From: niall@hooligan.demon.co.uk (Niall Leonard)
Subject: Re: Pentium Overdrive chips
Date: 1995/11/22
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