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From: jmcvey@hpbsla.HP.COM (John_McVey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Speeding up a 6Mhz AT
Message-ID: <360007@hpbsla.HP.COM>
Date: 16 Feb 89 15:51:37 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Boise R & D Lab
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There was an old issue of BYTE that described the AT speedup.  You can reliably
speed a 6MHZ unit up to 8MHZ by replacing the 80286-6 with and 80286-8 and
changing the crystal from 12MHZ to 16MHZ.  I have done this to my machine with
no problems.

john mcvey
jmcvey%hpbslq@hplabs.hp.com