Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!wind!tr
From: tr@wind.bellcore.com (tom reingold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Old business (AT's and clock speed)
Message-ID: <5471@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Date: 14 Feb 88 01:34:16 GMT
References: <3415@sphinx.uchicago.edu>
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In article <3415@sphinx.uchicago.edu> cjdb@sphinx.uchicago.edu
(Charles Blair) writes:
$ I have a "vintage" IBM PC/AT with a 6 MHz clock that I would like to
$ upgrade to 8 MHz. What's the best chip to buy for this, and are there
$ potential problems? (Also, what's the approximate cost?)

The reason people started changing them to 8 MHz is that they
noticed that the AT was built to a tolerance that would allow that
speed.  You don't have to change the chip.  You just have to buy a
crystal.  It should cost you about $5.

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