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- From: mgvdmeer@cs.vu.nl (Marcel G. van der Meer)
- Subject: Re: 486sx upgrade (hey Steve Larsen!)
- Message-ID: <BxzM4z.AG0@cs.vu.nl>
- Sender: news@cs.vu.nl
- Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
- References: <1eg6e9INNaht@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:48:34 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- at887@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Scott Butler) writes:
-
-
- >On Aug 26, Steve Larsen (larsen@unislc.uucp) posted a message about
- >a 486sx m'board he bought from "a local distributor" for $239. It
- >was pin compatible so that you could pull the sx and pop a dx in,
- >hardware configurable between 25, 33, and 50 MHz, and had a 128k
- >external cache.
-
- That's very well possible. I recently purcashed the same board myself.
- It can accept the following processors:
- 486SX
- 486DX
- 487SX
- 486DX-2
- Overdrive (to place in UPS/487SX slot)
- Overdrive-R (replacemnt dor 486DX)
-
- It can work from speeds up to 50 MHz
- The speed it will work at is only dependant on which
- frequency the oscillator is (and that can be replaced with any speed,
- 20/25/33/40/50)
-
- It has 128 Kb cache, upgradable to 256 Kb
- It uses an SIS chipset, is bay size (8" x 8")
- It works great!
-
- Since I live in Holland, Europe, the price is not comparable, but
- USD 239 seems about right. If you can get it, buy it
- You can upgrade to DX2-100 if you want
-
- >*I WANT ONE!* I've tried mailing Steve but have gotten no response.
- >Does anyone know who manufactures this board or one similar to it?
- >Is Steve Larsen lurking about reading this? Who invented liquid soap
- >and why? Please e-mail any responses and I will post any useful
- >info I get back here.
-
- >Thanx,
- >Scott
-
- >--
-
- Marcel (ihih, I hope it helps)
-
-