RE: Reg Intel Processors

["Atul Chitnis" <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  But I  remember  reading  this  article  in  a  Magazine .  Intel
> marketed
>  486 Sx  as 486 Dx  (  by  incorporating  a  better  cooling  system  )
>  (This  may  be  even  386 ,  quite old  article  ) .  Another  thing
>  they  did  was  provide  the  Pentium  overdrive  which after  being
>   inserted in  the  slot  just  disabled  the  older  processor.
>
>  (The  models may  be  slightly  different ,  Dont  remember  clearly .
>   Got  this  from  EFY /  Dataquest )


I doubt that you got this from DQ! If you did, please let me know the issue
and page number - heads will roll!

The difference between the 486sx and dx models was, as far as I remember,
the absence/presence of a numeric co-processor. (Arun, correct me I am
wrong).

The Overdrive processors were *meant* to disable the existing processor
while the OD was plugged in - because the the OD replaced the processor with
a highspeed one.

Atul


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