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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Discussion of P5-SX in Computer Shopper is outrageous
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:00:55 GMT
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- In article <10DEC199218440882@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu> jbc@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu (CASSEL JAY) writes:
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- >I'm not buying a 486DX with local bus until I can get one with the
- >240 pin upgrade socket for a 586sx (P24T) chip. Dell and Zeos have
- >them now -- I'll wait for Gateway and Micronics to get their
- >collective act together. I do hope that Intel doesn't disable the
- >P24T's FPU or seriously reduce its power in some other way, to make
- >the upgrade less useful to me; but I'm waiting for the socket to be
- >there just in case it is worth it.
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- The one thing to think about, though, is whether the P24T will be
- available to _individuals_ for less than the P5 would cost to _OEMs_.
- If this isn't true, then perhaps using it as an overdrive chip on
- a 486 system wouldn't make too much sense.
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- Does a 487SX make sense? Only if it were cheaper than a 486DX. Which
- it isn't.
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