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From: koch@motcid.UUCP (Clifton Koch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: XT-286-31 Motherboards (??)
Message-ID: <5272@navy22.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 90 22:26:46 GMT
References: <1990Nov6.212421.12847@sj.ate.slb.com>
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL
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From article <1990Nov6.212421.12847@sj.ate.slb.com>, by poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger):
-> In article <16348@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4824a@prism.gatech.EDU (gt4824a BEKER,PAUL) writes:
->>Recently, I've been seeing ads for "286-XT 31 Mhz" motherboards for
->>~$65 (0K).  I know that 286-XT's exist... But a 286-31 for $65??
->>
->>Is this possible??  I have to assume it is, as I've seen at least two
->>seperate places advertise them, but was hoping someone out there had
->>tried one.
->>
->>Thanks!   Paul Beker .. gt4824a@prism.gatech.edu
-> 
-> 
-> To my knowledge, the fastest certified 80286 is 20Mhz. Anything faster is
-> pushed.

  Outrageous speed claims like this refer to the landmark speed test.  It
is a comparison with a PC running at 4.77 Mhz.  Divide 31 by 4.77 and it
should run about 6.5 times faster than an original PC, so it sounds like
it's a 6 Mhz 286 in there.
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