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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: AMD's 80C287
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Date: 6 Jul 90 07:08:03 GMT
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In article <2347@mindlink.UUCP> a72@mindlink.UUCP (Raman Anand) writes:
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|I have a baby 286 12Mhz motherboard. I would like to know if its okay to
|install an AMD 80C287 math co-processor in it. Has anybody done this?

Speaking of the Am80C287, there seems to be some misunderstanding
about the extent of the product offering.  The product is being
advertised in the US. I don't think AMD is ready to go international
with this yet. Readers outside the US should probably wait until
they see advertisments with availability information.

Discussions on USENET do not constitute an advertisment or an
official offer of availability.

Mr. Anand, you seem to be in Canada so I don't know exactly where
that leaves you. Why don't you try the 800 number and see if the
call goes through.

I believe the 287 gets a clock 2/3 of the 286, so a 10 Mhz 287
should work just fine.

Of course, I do not speak for the company.

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