Anyone need 486 motherboards?

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Wed Oct 30 08:43:13 2002

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Tothwolf wrote:

> > > Are they ALL DX2-50's? I'm looking for a DX-50.
> >
> > I'll double check, but yeah, I am pretty sure these 4 are DX2-50.
> >
> > I also have a small stack of 486 CPUs (cpu chip only), and there might
> > be a regular DX in there (I know there are some SX and DX2's... as well
> > as a few that the chip is glued to the heatsink, so I'm not sure what
> > they are)
>
> If your board can accept one, a DX2-66 performs better than a DX50. The
> DX2-66 only has a 33MHz clock, but if the motherboard has VLB slots, a
> 33MHz bus is a must, since anything faster causes timing problems. (A
> 40MHz bus can be made to work, but it isn't fun...) If the board has an
> oscillator can or speed selection jumpers, it should be easy to use a
> DX2-66 instead of a DX50.

I am looking specifically for a DX-50 for something special.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Wed Oct 30 2002 - 08:43:13 GMT

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