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From: 6500spyk@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Chris Brooks)
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Subject: Re: Speeding up an Old '286
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Date: 13 Nov 90 07:39:23 GMT
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In article <1990Nov12.221845.21901@icad.com> crm@icad.com (Christopher McConnell) writes:


>I asked this question before, and I received only one reply, which was
>to go all the way and install a new 386 motherboard.  What I really want
>to know is, how does one 'push' their CPU to a faster speed?  Is it just
>changing the crystal, or is there anything more to it?

The answer is yes, there is more to it.  I'm no expert, but it is more than
just the crystal that determines how fast your system will run.  For one,
your 80286 is probably not rated for speeds higher than 8MHz or so.  Also,
your RAM may not be able to keep up with a higher clock speed (without
inserting wait states).  So it is a pretty significant chore to speed it up
(unless of course you know that everything on board can keep up...)


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Christopher L. Brooks                               6500spyk@ucsbuxa.bitnet
UC - Santa Barbara                                  brooks@faulty.ucsb.edu