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- From: jbc@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu (CASSEL J BRIAN)
- Subject: Re: "p24t" upgrades
- Message-ID: <22NOV199213305567@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu>
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- Keywords: upgrade, P5, P24t, Zeos
- Sender: jbc@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu (CASSEL JAY)
- Organization: Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, New York
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- Date: 22 Nov 1992 13:30 EST
- Lines: 39
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- In article <360@snll-arpagw.llnl.gov>, hwstock@snll-arpagw.llnl.gov (stockman harlan w) writes...
- >Howdy--
- >
- >I'm considering getting a new 486 DX2/66, but I would like to be able to
- >upgrade to the "P24t" -- the 32-bit bus version of the P5.
- >
- >Several companies (e.g., Zeos; possibly Northgate, Hyundai) offer 486's with
- >ZIF sockets; at least with Zeos, the ZIF supposedly has an extra row of holes
- >for the newer, larger P24t chip.
- >
- >Is this upgrade route just a marketing ploy? Has Intel given Zeos and others
- >enough info to ensure that the P24t will actually function in the ZIF ...
- >with/without major BIOS upgrades? Last year Zeos offered motherboards with
- >"upgradable" processor modules, even for 486/33 systems. I now doubt they even
- >offer a 486DX2/66 upgrade module.
- >
- >Opinions -- informed, rational or otherwise -- are welcomed.
-
- I sent email to Ken Germann at Zeos asking specifically if there was
- any *guarantee* from Zeos about the compatibility of the p24t with
- the zeos motherboard / socket and his reply was:
-
- "Zeos is advertising it. We have to support it. The p24t specs
- haven't been made public yet."
-
- As you can see, no guarantee. So do you go with Zeos now, or wait
- for others (Dell, Gateway, etc.) to come up with similar options
- several months from now?
-
- And by the way, this is the best upgrade option I've seen to date,
- since it takes me from a 32-bit machine to a 64-bit machine
- without me choking on the original investment... but what are we
- going to do with our 64-bit processors when we have them? Run
- our 16- and 32-bit software really, really fast??
-
- Brian Cassel
- jbc@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu
- ======================== disclaimed as my own opinions.
-
-