Subject: Re: AMD 586 dx4 133 support
To: Sean Berry <spberry@iastate.edu>
From: Rahim Azizarab <ray@tezcat.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/10/1996 19:46:00
On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Sean Berry wrote:
> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:39:09 CDT
> From: Sean Berry <spberry@iastate.edu>
> To: -Vasily Lewis <vlewis@iastate.edu>, port-i386@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: AMD 586 dx4 133 support
>
>
> >> On Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:33:59 -0500
> > That would be me that flipk is buying the board/chip from. I think it
> >might be important to note that for all discernable purposes the chip is
> >nothing more than a 133mhz 486. The whole naming scheme for the chip
> >(which is officially Am5x86(tm)-P75) seems to be just a marketing scheme
> >for AMD. All the digs on the chip can be seen here if you're curious:
> >http://www.amd.com/html/products/prodads/am5x86ad.html
>
This chip actually can do 160mhz if it says ADZ on it. You need to set the
jumpers for 40MHZ then the chip will do 160mhz. I have one of these it does
160mhz.
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