Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Intel Coprocessors for sale Message-ID: <22d600e3@ralf> Date: 9 Jul 88 11:17:55 GMT Sender: netnews@pt.cs.cmu.edu Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: <5371@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> In article <5371@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles Lord) writes: }and yes, you can usually push an 80287 up one notch (8 Mhz in 10 Mhz }machine). With a heat sink you can sometimes go even further but you }risk losing data, accuracy, and the co-processor chip. Most ATs and AT clones run the coprocessor at 2/3 the speed of the CPU, thus a 12 MHz machine runs the 287 at 8Mhz. -- UUCP: {ucbvax,harvard}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=-=- Voice: (412) 268-3053 (school) ARPA: ralf@cs.cmu.edu BIT: ralf%cs.cmu.edu@CMUCCVMA FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/31 Disclaimer? I |Ducharm's Axiom: If you view your problem closely enough claimed something?| you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.