Mark,

Hate to be picky but "socket 7" is not the top.  The 387 pin variety is
"socket 8", which is used for the Pentium Pro.

Jeff Mayem
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Roberge <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Monday, March 23, 1998 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Socket?


>HI;
>The sockets referred to here are the sockets for the processor. They
started
>at one and are now at 7. Socket 4 was used for the first Pentium P 60 and
>66. The sockets have different configurations for the chip. They can also
be
>called zero insertion force(ZIF) sockets. Because they require no force to
>insert the chip into the socket. If you want more on this feel free to
>e-mail me.
>
>Mark D. Roberge
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>
>
>>I have been reading PC-Build, PC-Soft, and VPlanets lists with interest
for
>>about a month now and even asked a few questions most of which were
>>answered.  I have answer several questions to the best of my ability.   I
>>read several times about terms which I don't understand.  One of them is
>>'SOCKET 7'.  What is SOCKET 7?
>>Ron