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From: John Dyson <dyson@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: P5 vs. P6 performance
To: clintw@colorado.cirrus.com (Clint Wolff)
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 17:51:11 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <9611272118.AA16802@longs.colorado.cirrus.com> from "Clint Wolff" at Nov 27, 96 02:18:40 pm
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> 
> Everyone I have talked to about buying a single pentium 200 and adding a 
> second one later has cautioned against it... Apparently, Intel recommends
> only using dual processors with the same S-Spec number (I assume this is
> the stepping)... Buying one now and one later doesn't give you any 
> way of insuring this...
> 
Per the P6 errata, there isn't much of a problem.

John