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From: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall)
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Subject: Re: Wanted: Advice on Buying a 386 SX
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Date: 14 Nov 90 20:40:05 GMT
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>>One confusing thing is that although the 386SX CPU was labeled as 16MHz,
>>the LM benchmark showed 26. When he checked with other dealers before, all
>>the LM numbers of 16 MHz 386SXes were between 20 or 21, though they are
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>Even though the CPU was labeled 16Mhz, this does not reflect the clock speed
>it is being run at. You need to check the speed of the crystal for the CPU.
>Many vendors "push" the CPU's at speeds faster than they are certified for.
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The "landmark" speeds are NOT measurements of crystal frequency, but off
effective computing speed. (whatever that means) My SX was advertised as
a 16MHz SX but runs at 27.x MHz. Not to worry. Unless you want to 
worry about the *110W* power supply.		-ted-
 

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