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- From: rszeto@wc.novell.com (Ron Szeto)
- Subject: Re: Cyrix RU2 is available
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.230119.5784@novell.com>
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- Organization: Novell, Inc. - Walnut Creek
- References: <4fNNAye00WBNI4OLEi@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:01:19 GMT
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- In article <4fNNAye00WBNI4OLEi@andrew.cmu.edu> "Stephen M. Lacy" <sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware: 26-Jan-93 Cyrix RU2 is
- >available by Ron Szeto@wc.novell.com
- >> I called Cyrix last Friday. I was told the RU2 is available from
- >> 1-800-BUY-BELL. The cost is $399 and it is an upgrade for 16/20 Mhz 386.
- >> According to Cyrix tech support, the 33 Mhz RU2 will be coming out this
- >> March. Cyrix tech support can be reach at 1-800-327-6284. --Ron
- >
- >And what exactly is this thing? I'm assuming its the 486 thats
- >pin-compatible with a 386 upgrade package from Cyrix. Any more
- >information? Average speedup?
- >
- >Steve
- >
- Steve is right. The RU2 is supposed to be the Cyrix DLC running twice the
- speed internally. I was told the speed improvement is about 75%. I
- think the Dec issue of BYTE has an article about this chip. By the way,
- has anyone try this chip on a PS/2? --Ron
-