quite seriously, i'll say this: should anyone have a classic pentium
motherboard that they'd be willing to _give away_, email me. i don't have
money and can't buy one even though they are ungodly inexpensive now.
if you have one to *give* (and i emphasize *give*) privately email me and
let me know. i am sick of this stupid 486.
- mike
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On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Rene Herman wrote:
RH>Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 03:51:54 +0200
RH>From: Rene Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RH>To: Steve Allinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tom Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RH>Subject: IDT WinChip C6 / IDT WinChip 2 / AMD-K5 / Cyrix 6x86
RH>
RH>Hi Steve.
RH>
RH>>>I'm looking for a real cost effective (very cheap :-) solution,
RH>>>which means holding on to my current MB. It supports bus speeds
RH>>>up to 66 MHz, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 multipliers (200MHz max,
RH>>>therefore), and only single voltage CPUs, either 3.3V +/- 5% or
RH>>>3.45-3.6 (VRE).
RH>
RH>>You dont say which CPU you are currently using but I can confirm that
RH>>the CPU voltage EXCLUDES all the recent cheap IBM/Cyrix CPUs which
RH>>run on 2.9v.
RH>
RH>I am currently using an Intel Pentium 133. And unfortunately, it seems
RH>you're right :(
RH>
RH>Just in case anyone else is interested in upgrading their classic Pentium on
RH>an old motherboard, I'll summarize. The fastest CPUs available for the board
RH>mentioned above from the different manufacturers seem to be:
RH>
RH>1. Intel Pentium 200 (pre MMX)
RH>2. AMD-K5-PR166. K6 and anything more recent don't fit the voltage specs
RH>3. Cyrix 6x86-PR166+. 6x86L and anything more recent don't fit the voltage
RH>specs
RH>4. IDT WinChip 2 (3D) 266
RH>
RH>The IDT would run at 66x4, the WinChip interprets 1.5x as 4x (thanks Andy!
RH>Would have completely missed that one otherwise...) Guess I'll reconsider
RH>the IDT chip then, since it has both MMX and 3DNow...
RH>
RH>Many thanks to all!
RH>
RH>Rene
RH>
