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: >486DLC-33mhz CPU's Made by Cyrix/TI, $35 ea
: >8 pieces available.

: What kind of a socket do these fit into, a i386 or a i486 ?

The price is just for the chip, I'm sure.  I bought one brand new several
months ago for $79.

The Cyrix/TI 486DLC chip (whether 30 or 40 MHz) is a 486 with 386 pinouts.
It has a 1K internal cache and plugs into your 386 socket.  Make sure you
get the right clock speed.  I replaced my Intel 386DX-33 with the
486DLC-33.  All I had to do then was setup the CMOS to my liking.

Beware, they are not true 486's since they have 386 pin configurations. 
You will see a small speed increase (I noticed it playing DOOM), but
nothing that will blow you away.  Also, since it is basically a souped-up
386, you can only use one local bus card at a time.  I bought a local bus
hard drive controller and my throughtput increased from 800K/sec to
1100K/sec.  DO NOT RUN TWO LOCAL BUS CARDS AT ONCE WITH THIS CHIP (i.e.
local bus hard drive controller and local bus video card).  If you do you
will burn up the chip.  Same goes with a 386.

If you don't have the money to upgrade to a new MB and 486 cpu, this is a
good chip to replace your 386.  It will tide you over for a little while.

$35 is a good price, IMO.

- Chris

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