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Date:      Sat, 8 Mar 1997 10:35:20 +0100
From:      Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RSA 56-bit key challenge
Message-ID:  <19970308103520.57937@klemm.gtn.com>
References:  <199703012038.PAA01209@crh.cl.msu.edu> <18642.857267867@time.cdrom.com>

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On Sat, Mar 01, 1997 at 05:57:47PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > Im assuming you twiddled the jumpers to get the higher rate, what gives you
> > confidence that your not going to smoke your CPU? :)
> 
> Intel, actually. :) According to what I've heard, even when you get
> the chip hot enough to cause it to shut down, all you have to do is
> wait for it to cool down and it's back in business with no ill
> effects.  I think John tried some pretty hallucinatory clock speeds
> in his own case before finally settling on 233 as the only reliable
> overclock setting. :-)

Does that mean, that the Pentium Pro has a build in heat sensor ? ;-)
My understanding of overclocking && toasting a chip is, that it 
might become true ;-) Any background info on that ... ? A 200PPro
CPU is damn expensive ...

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