Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 01:31:02 -0500 (EST) From: "matthew c. mead" <mmead@goof.com> To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 66 -> 80 Message-ID: <199503210631.BAA03687@goof.com> In-Reply-To: <199503210624.WAA03958@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Mar 20, 95 10:24:20 pm
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Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > DO NOT attempt to run a 66Mhz part at 80Mhz, it will not work.
> >
> > I know several people that due just fine running their 66 chips at 80,
> > but they'll probably end up replacing the CPUs soon... :-)
>
> And what are the running on it at 80Mhz, DOS? You might get away with
> this in DOS/windows, but you won't running FreeBSD.
Well, the three people I was talking to are running Linux. *grin*
Considering how slow it is on a friend's Pentium, it can't be doing much more
intensive stuff than dos does. :-)
> The only other thing, is do these people happen to have recent AMD DXL2/66's,
> that are really probably 80Mhz 5V die that failed AMD's final test and
> where packaged as 66Mhz parts.
Hmm. One has an AMD 66, and the other two have Intel 66's.
> AMD has had to stop manufacturing there 66Mhz parts, but Intel has yet (and
> probably wont) stop them from making the 80Mhz parts.
Because of some lawsuit?
-matt
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