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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Summary of CPU Replacement
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Date: 6 Sep 89 04:28:41 GMT
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One bit of mis-information needs to be corrected.

An 8087 is run at the *same* clock rate as the CPU (8088, 8086, V20, V30).
This is because it processes the instructions synchronously (in step with the
processor). The other math chips run asyschronously, and are usually run at 2/3
the clock rate of the CPU.
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