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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:23:15 +0100 (MET)
From:      Didier Derny <didier@omnix.fr.org>
To:        Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au>
Cc:        hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Functional differences between various 486 CPUs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951023121728.4354A-100000@zapata.omnix.fr.org>
In-Reply-To: <199510230945.JAA20420@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au>

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Hi

I found a nice 486 Motherboard for 125$
AL3 Acer Labs chip set Onboard 16550 + fast ide + parallel
works fine with the AMD 486 DX4-120 (140$)

I get 141000 dhrystone/secondes with FreeBSD 2.1-stable

the price have been converted on the 1$ (US) = 5 FFR basis

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| Didier Derny        |
| didier@omnix.fr.org |
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On Mon, 23 Oct 1995, Stephen Hocking wrote:

> I've just laid hands on a cheap 33Mhz 486 motherboard to replace my 25MHz 
> 386sx/387sx setup (yeah, well educating a kid, marriage problems & a mortgage 
> tend to drain the supply of ready cash) and am hunting around for a CPU to put 
> in it. So far I've seen the following - 
> 
> Clock	Manu.	Chip	Price (Oz dollars, don't panic!)
> 66MHz	IBM	486	$93
> 66MHz	Intel	486	$199
> 100Mhz	Intel	486	$264
> 100MHz	AMD	486	$156
> 100MHz	IBM	486	$145
> 
> Which ones are 5v and 3.5v, which 3.5v parts have the onboard regulator to 
> allow using them in old motherboards like mine, and what differences are there 
> in regard to cache & onboard maths copro presence?
> 
> I'm lusting after one of the 100Mhz parts, but accept giving budget that I'll 
> probably end up getting the 66MHz IBM unit iff it'll go in my 486 m'board and 
> it has a math-copro. For the heat sensitive units, my case has a 15cm fan 
> blowing over the motherboard. It's noisy enough and shifts a fair bit of air.
> 
> 	Stephen
> -- 
> 
>         I do not speak for the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland -
>                      They don't pay me enough for that!
> 
> 
> 



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