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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!news.clark.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!news.iij.ad.jp!vcmei!percy!c3po!ntanaka From: ntanaka@trl.mei.co.jp (Nobuaki Tanaka) Subject: Re: 386 TO 486 CONVERSION Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <k+DDP.ntanaka@trl.mei.co.jp> Sender: news@trl.mei.co.jp Reply-To: ntanaka@trl.mei.co.jp (Nobuaki Tanaka) Organization: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. References: <3d70p5$fq0@hawk.ee.port.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by vin2.0) Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 01:20:22 GMT Lines: 20 On 12/21/94(01:29) "martin.andrew.char" <mb3x_520@mech.port.ac.uk> wrote in <3d70p5$fq0@hawk.ee.port.ac.uk> (comp.os.386bsd.development:2578/c3po): |I have a 386 pc and am interested in upgrading to a 486. The |motherboard is 'upgradable' and there is a spare 486 carrier alongside |the 386 chip. The 386 is an Am386dx/dxl 25 (at least thats whats |written on it) made by Advanced Micro Devices. | |What I'd like to know is how easy would it be to upgrade to a 486 |sx 25 and would it be worth it. Such chips are available at the local |emporiom for about 50 quid (GBP) which, being a student is just about |within reach. Is this all I'd need, ie unplug the 386, fling in the |486 and bobs your uncles, flo's your aunt or is there a whole can of |worms associated with such a change. PC MAGAZINE U.S. edition, Vol.13, No.19 (November 8, 1994) will give you helpful information. The topics of the issue is "CPU UPGRADE". ------------------------------------------- Nobuaki Tanaka ---- ntanaka@trl.mei.co.jp AE86 VT250-Spada ZEOS Linux PENTAX Z-5 ---------------------------------------------------------------