I thought the 486 turbo switches cut the speed in half (turbo off mode).
We used to have a 486DX2 which ran at 66MHz.. and 33MHz in turbo off.
<shrug>
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, brian davison wrote:
> bogomips of 8.... sounds like the turbo switch question answer is evident.
> Often the slow speed (non turbo) was set to 8mhz.... So try the other
> position for the turbo switch pins. (if the pins are open now, short
> them''' same as closing the switch''') and see if the speed comes up any.
> brian:)
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> At 03:48 PM 1/12/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >I'm going to attempt to run a DNS server on an old 486DX with 64MB RAM.
> >However, with the current setup it runs really slowly. It's running a fresh
> >RH7.0 install with all of the package updates. I couldn't get /proc/cpuinfo
> >to reveal the clock speed, but bogomips are sluggish, around 8. Seems
> >really slow for a 100 MHz chip. What can I do to get this machine up to
> >speed? And what's with the AuthenticAMD label? This is an intel chip.
> >
> >Also, I couldn't figure out how to wire the Turbo switch. Will the chip
> >default to max speed if I just don't wire it?
> >
> >Drew
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> >/proc/cpuinfo
> >
> >processor: 0
> >vendor_id: AuthenticAMD
> >cpu family : 4
> >model: 8
> >model name : 486 DX/4
> >stepping: 4
> >fdiv_bug: no
> >hlt_bug: no
> >sep_bug: no
> >f00f_bug: no
> >coma_bug: no
> >fpu: yes
> >fpu_exception: yes
> >cpuid level : 1
> >wp: yes
> >flags: fpu
> >bogomips: 7.91
> >
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