nmiller@mstr.hgc.edu (norman miller) (08/15/90)
In the latest PC Mag, AMD is advertising an 80C287 chip for $99 with a money-back guarantee. Sounds good to me. Does anyone have any cautionary words?
phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (08/16/90)
In article <547@mstr.hgc.edu> nmiller@mstr.hgc.edu (norman miller) writes: |In the latest PC Mag, AMD is advertising an 80C287 chip for |$99 with a money-back guarantee. | |Sounds good to me. Does anyone have any cautionary words? Demand has been much greater than AMD expected and you may have to wait a little while before receiving your order. I understand it is first come first served so you might want to call and get on the waiting list now. I don't speak for AMD. -- Phil Ngai, phil@amd.com {uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil I'm trying hard to visualize world peace. Did it work yet?
bach@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Baskaran Subramaniam) (08/17/90)
In article <547@mstr.hgc.edu> nmiller@mstr.hgc.edu (norman miller) writes: >In the latest PC Mag, AMD is advertising an 80C287 chip for >$99 with a money-back guarantee. > >Sounds good to me. Does anyone have any cautionary words? Can I use this chip in a 80286/16 or 20 Mhz machine? Baskaran.
phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (08/17/90)
In article <6844@vax1.acs.udel.EDU> bach@vax1.udel.edu (Baskaran Subramaniam) writes: |In article <547@mstr.hgc.edu> nmiller@mstr.hgc.edu (norman miller) writes: |>In the latest PC Mag, AMD is advertising an 80C287 chip for |>$99 with a money-back guarantee. |Can I use this chip in a 80286/16 or 20 Mhz machine? I don't speak for AMD but the 287 gets a clock that is 2/3 of the 286. A 16 Mhz 286 would be a little over the 287's 10 Mhz limit (but you could probably get away with it), a 20 Mhz 286 would probably not be a good idea until the 287 comes out in a faster speed. -- Phil Ngai, phil@amd.com {uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil Were the Americans of Japanese descent interned during WWII hostages?
jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca (08/18/90)
In article <1990Aug16.063926.24458@amd.com>, phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: > In article <547@mstr.hgc.edu> nmiller@mstr.hgc.edu (norman miller) writes: > |In the latest PC Mag, AMD is advertising an 80C287 chip for > |$99 with a money-back guarantee. > | > |Sounds good to me. Does anyone have any cautionary words? > > Demand has been much greater than AMD expected and you may have > to wait a little while before receiving your order. I understand > it is first come first served so you might want to call and get > on the waiting list now. > > I don't speak for AMD. > > -- > Phil Ngai, phil@amd.com {uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil > I'm trying hard to visualize world peace. Did it work yet? Kinda makes ya' wonder if Intel's pricing policy isn't a little off, doesn't it? Personally, I'd never had bought one at $250, but it only took me about 2 minutes to make a call at $99. Wonder how many others are out there like me? Are you listening Intel??? Isn't selling 5 units at, say, $50 dollars profit one hell of a lot better than selling one at $200? Just my .05 cents worth. John Garland Bitnet: jgarland@mun Internet: jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca
prisoner@pawl.rpi.edu (Allen S. Firstenberg) (08/18/90)
bach@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Baskaran Subramaniam) writes: >In article <547@mstr.hgc.edu> nmiller@mstr.hgc.edu (norman miller) writes: >>In the latest PC Mag, AMD is advertising an 80C287 chip for >>$99 with a money-back guarantee. >> >>Sounds good to me. Does anyone have any cautionary words? >Can I use this chip in a 80286/16 or 20 Mhz machine? I don't speak for AMD (tho they did bribe me with a free chip) but I've had no problems with it so far on a 386 (yes... three eight six) at 20Mhz. The literature says the chip is designed to run at any speed. Answer to question 1: No cautionary words, but I haven't exhaustively tested it. Answer to question 2: Apparently so. BCNU Priz -- prisoner@pawl.rpi.edu "Do you know what this means?" prisoner@xrdlab1.mat.rpi.edu "Yes, It means I'm free." prisoner@rpitsmts.bitnet "No" -Les Miserables
chao@monsoon.Berkeley.EDU (Chia-Chi Chao) (08/19/90)
In article <0%&%JW|@rpi.edu> prisoner@pawl.rpi.edu (Allen S. Firstenberg) writes: > >>>In the latest PC Mag, AMD is advertising an 80C287 chip for >>>$99 with a money-back guarantee. > >>Can I use this chip in a 80286/16 or 20 Mhz machine? > >I don't speak for AMD (tho they did bribe me with a free chip) but I've >had no problems with it so far on a 386 (yes... three eight six) at 20Mhz. >The literature says the chip is designed to run at any speed. 287 on a 386 motherboard is generally run at 8 MHz, so there should not be any problem with that. For a 286 motherboard, it depends on the manufacturer. Chia-Chi Chao chao@ocf.berkeley.edu ..!ucbvax!ocf.berkeley.edu!chao