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From: rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 16mhz 386sx running at 20mhz
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Date: 16 Aug 90 12:05:40 GMT
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This seems to be a popular practice of clone manufacturers.
I have a 24MHz '386DX board with a CPU stamped as 20MHz. It works well,
no problems at all. And the machine runs often 12 or 16 hours a day.
I know the dealer personally and he does not have any failures with the
boards of this type (he sold a lot of them).

What method use the people at Intel to determine, if a particular chip
can be rated 16, 20, 25 or 33MHz?

Kai Uwe Rommel

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