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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!palms.znet.net.au!nigel From: nigel@znet.net.au (Nigel Gorry) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Cyrix P166+ CPU patch - is it available? Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 09:22:27 Organization: Customer of Access One Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 16 Message-ID: <nigel.8.0009600F@znet.net.au> References: <Pine.SUN.3.93-heb-2.07.970116185536.7861A-100000@actcom.co.il> <5bmd7a$ni9@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <E4BCLq.4BI@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> <32E3B407.167EB0E7@consys.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: palms.znet.net.au X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34040 > Otherwise I would have a bought a P5-133. From the >scuttlebut on the net it appears that the P166+ is roughly >equivalent to a P5-166, except for floating point, where >it is about equal to a P5-133. And it is about $25-$30 >cheaper than a P5-133. Here in Australia, the Intel's aren't worth considering. An Intel P166 is A$565 and a 686-133 (P166+) is only A$219 I certainly couldn't justify the extra cost. Cheers Nigel Gorry http://www.palms.znet.net.au