Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!accucx!aceverj From: aceverj@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Jaap Verhage) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: What Math Coproc. chip should I use for 16/20Mhz 80286 machine? Message-ID: <632@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> Date: 22 Aug 90 21:54:30 GMT References: <6845@vax1.acs.udel.EDU> Reply-To: aceverj@accucx.UUCP (Jaap Verhage) Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands Lines: 13 In article <6845@vax1.acs.udel.EDU> bach@vax1.udel.edu (Baskaran Subramaniam) writes: >In our lab we are thinking of buying an 80286/16 or 20Mhz machine. We want >to use an 80287 chip in this machine. What speed chip should I get? >Is an 80287-12 chip ok? Is there any better chip available? That depends on the speed your machine runs it's coprocessor socket. See my previous posting about this (should be rather close to this one). --- Regards, Jaap. Jaap Verhage, Academic Computer Centre, State University at Utrecht, Holland. aceverj@cc.ruu.nl +<-*|*->+ I claim *every*thing and speak for myself