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From: tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 8087 speed question
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Date: 31 Aug 89 18:19:34 GMT
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Is it possible to use an 8087 rated at 5 MHz in machine running at
8 MHz?  If so, does this slow down the processor when accessing the
math chip, or all the time?  Has anybody done this?

Please email; I'll summarize if there's interest.

					\tom haapanen
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