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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 00:03:58 -0700 (MST)
From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com>
To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
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Subject: Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+ 
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On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:

> Not in this case (if it's actually a Cyrix-approved motherboard).
> They specifically designed a 75MHz bus into the chip, for the case
> where you buy a motherboard with a non-Intel (such as SiS, which the
> poster had) chipset that supports 75MHz.

Interesting....  That could be a fairly large performance bonus.  I was
wondering about that, since the Pentium 200 chip does begin to get limited
by the 66 Mhz memory bus in some applications.  I wondered how well the
Cyrix would perform because of this, since it would normally run at 50 Mhz

Later......						<Doug>