> Since a pentium comes in such a wide variety of speeds, a 596 is not
> necessarily faster or slower than a pentium, nor will that pentium
> necessarily overload the bus. It just depends on how fast the chip is. We
> can say with assurance that a 486 board can use a 133MHz processor. I
> think it also reasonable to assume that a 300+MHz processor would melt
> your board. It's all about moderation and details.
Actually, not all 486's can take the upgrade. I've got a 486/33 that's
SOUGHTERED TO THE BOARD! Then, my 66 is on a Socket 3, a
board that CAN take the upgrade (but I've never gotten around to
getting it).
http://users.erols.com/chare/486.htm
Here's a web page with LOTS of differant 486/586 processors and
some basic info on each. At the bottom it even mentions some
adaptors that if you have a Socket 3 and a spare PCI card (my
board's only got ISA ;`( ) you can throw in a Socket/Super 7 or
Socket 370 proc (depending on the adapter) on the system. Now
THAT is just wrong. ;`)
John Fielding
Survivor of Windows NT 4.0 Workstation on a 486dx2/66,
16megs RAM, 200meg hard drive for 6 months.
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