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From: chao@monsoon.Berkeley.EDU (Chia-Chi Chao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: The AMD 80C287 chip
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Date: 18 Aug 90 17:59:44 GMT
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In article <0%&%JW|@rpi.edu> prisoner@pawl.rpi.edu (Allen S. Firstenberg) writes:
>
>>>In the latest PC Mag, AMD is advertising an 80C287 chip for
>>>$99 with a money-back guarantee.
>
>>Can I use this chip in a 80286/16 or 20 Mhz machine?
>
>I don't speak for AMD (tho they did bribe me with a free chip) but I've 
>had no problems with it so far on a 386 (yes... three eight six) at 20Mhz.
>The literature says the chip is designed to run at any speed.

287 on a 386 motherboard is generally run at 8 MHz, so there should not be
any problem with that.  For a 286 motherboard, it depends on the manufacturer.

Chia-Chi Chao     chao@ocf.berkeley.edu   ..!ucbvax!ocf.berkeley.edu!chao