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From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly)
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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Subject: Re: Should I buy a Cyrix processor? 
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 04:54:25 GMT
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On Thu, 04 Dec 1997 18:12:32 -0800, "Jordan K. Hubbard"
<jkh@time.cdrom.com> wrote:

>> Pentium Pro 180's are a real bargain. Plus, you can safely
>> overclock them to 200, or even 233                  ^^^^^^

>I can attest to this - my dual P6/180 (Tyan 1668) became a 
>dual P6/233 with no trouble at all and probably represents
>the cheapest reasonably-well-performing SMP box you can buy
>right now. :)

Well, Jordan, since you said it's "safe" now I guess you'll be happy
listen to bug reports from overclockers, eh?  ;-)

John