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"David G. Bell" <dbell@zhochaka.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> Which will be better the 486DX/100 or the NexGen?

> If I remember right, the CPU external clock for the 486 is 33MHz.  If 
> the NexGen chip has a faster external clock (A genuine Intel P90 
> certainly does) that will give it an edge.  I doubt that the FPU will be 
> missed.

I'll look into that, I think the documentation tells me somewhere.

>> Also I have a choice of SCSI or IDE disks, SCSI will probably be a
>> 2742 controller (VL-bus), again which will be better?  I am leaning
>> towards SCSI but I'm not totally convinced.

> SCSI can be a bit confusing in all its variations, but looks to be the 
> way to go.  I'm a little puzzled by the reference to a VL-bus card--does 
> the NexGen P90 use a 486-motherboard?  

The NexGen chips are unique and have to have a motherboard designed
specifically for them.  They come in VL-bus with/without FPU and in
PCI bus forms.  The commonest one is the one I have two of, a NexGen
P90 on a VL-bus motherboard with two VL-bus slots.

Thanks for the feedback.

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