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From: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 386 motherboard, and 387
Message-ID: <357@netxcom.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 11:32:41 EDT
Article-I.D.: netxcom.357
Posted: Mon Aug 31 11:32:41 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 4-Sep-87 06:26:43 EDT
References: <2245@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Reply-To: jallen@netxcom.UUCP (John Allen)
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Keywords: Is 387 square or DIP?

In article <2245@bellcore.bellcore.com> hundt@wind.UUCP (tom hundt) writes:
>>>You can try Intel but your best bet is probably Cheetah International.  They
>>>have either the 16Mhz or 20Mhz motherboards.  Try them at 1-800-CHEETAH.
>>
>>...but make sure - as it, get it in writing - that they will accept
>>the 80387 chip. Even Intel's earlier motherboards won't.
>
>Is the 80387 packaged the same as the 80287 (40 pin DIP)?  Or is it
>a square chip-carrier package?  (If so, just look at the empty socket.)

The 387 data sheet from January, this year, describes the device as a
68-pin ceramic pin grid array (PGA) - "square".  Thus it should be obvious
whether a motherboard supports the 287 or the 387.

John Allen
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