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echo: aust_ads
to: Russell Brooks
from: Randall Lane
date: 1997-01-29 22:41:04
subject: 6X86 CPU, MOTHERBOARD AND 32MB E

Hello there Russell ....



 WC>> Hi, If you did'nt already know this, the reason most 64

 WC>> bit Video cards don't run on 586's is that they are 64 bit and

 WC>> 586's run on a 32 bit external data path. 586's are just beefed

 WC>> up 486's. cya



 RB> Then I had better stop using my PCI S3 trio 64+Mpeg video

 RB> card in my 5x86-160 PCI motherboard before it hears this dribble

 RB> and stops working.



Hee, hee, hee. Yep, I already took mine out and replaced it with my

Trident 8900C. Lost a lot of speed but at least it works on the 586.

I'll just have to wait til this goose says it'll work so I can put it

back.



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