gt4824a@prism.gatech.EDU (gt4824a BEKER,PAUL) (11/04/90)
Recently, I've been seeing ads for "286-XT 31 Mhz" motherboards for ~$65 (0K). I know that 286-XT's exist... But a 286-31 for $65?? Is this possible?? I have to assume it is, as I've seen at least two seperate places advertise them, but was hoping someone out there had tried one. Thanks! Paul Beker .. gt4824a@prism.gatech.edu
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (11/07/90)
In article <16348@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4824a@prism.gatech.EDU (gt4824a BEKER,PAUL) writes: >Recently, I've been seeing ads for "286-XT 31 Mhz" motherboards for >~$65 (0K). I know that 286-XT's exist... But a 286-31 for $65?? > >Is this possible?? I have to assume it is, as I've seen at least two >seperate places advertise them, but was hoping someone out there had >tried one. > >Thanks! Paul Beker .. gt4824a@prism.gatech.edu To my knowledge, the fastest certified 80286 is 20Mhz. Anything faster is pushed. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254
koch@motcid.UUCP (Clifton Koch) (11/15/90)
From article <1990Nov6.212421.12847@sj.ate.slb.com>, by poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger):
-> In article <16348@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4824a@prism.gatech.EDU (gt4824a BEKER,PAUL) writes:
->>Recently, I've been seeing ads for "286-XT 31 Mhz" motherboards for
->>~$65 (0K). I know that 286-XT's exist... But a 286-31 for $65??
->>
->>Is this possible?? I have to assume it is, as I've seen at least two
->>seperate places advertise them, but was hoping someone out there had
->>tried one.
->>
->>Thanks! Paul Beker .. gt4824a@prism.gatech.edu
->
->
-> To my knowledge, the fastest certified 80286 is 20Mhz. Anything faster is
-> pushed.
Outrageous speed claims like this refer to the landmark speed test. It
is a comparison with a PC running at 4.77 Mhz. Divide 31 by 4.77 and it
should run about 6.5 times faster than an original PC, so it sounds like
it's a 6 Mhz 286 in there.
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