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From: james@bigtex.cactus.org (James Van Artsdalen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 287 in a 386-33 system?
Message-ID: <54839@bigtex.cactus.org>
Date: 19 Feb 91 18:46:03 GMT
References: <1991Feb19.080902.21887@amd.com>
Reply-To: james@bigtex.cactus.org (James Van Artsdalen)
Organization: Institute of Applied Cosmology, Austin TX
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In <1991Feb19.080902.21887@amd.com>, indra@brahms.amd.com
	(Indra Singhal) wrote:

> Do 386 machines have a socket that allow using a 287?

Not any more.

> For a 33 Mhz 386 machine, what speed 287 should be used?

Won't work.  Intel dropped the 287 support from the 386 back with the
D step I believe.  All 33MHz parts are D0 steppings or later, so
there's no way to get a 287 to work.  Besides, a 287 never really
worked right with a 386 anyway.
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