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Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:01:18 -0800
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On 11 Feb 99, at 23:40, Peter Darrach wrote:

> At 03:51 PM 2/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >I've been looking to upgrade a pentium 75Mhz computer to a 200Mhz
> >(non-mmx)
>
> I don't understand why you want to go non-mmx.

  The issue is probably that the 75 MHz system doesn't provide for the
split voltages required by MMX chips.  So he needs either to find an
old chip, or add a regulator -- which affects whether the upgrade is
affordable/worthwhile....


David G

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