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to: William Cook
from: David Drummond
date: 1997-01-28 06:11:40
subject: 6X86 CPU, MOTHERBOARD AND 32MB E

William, at 00:56 on Jan 25 1997, you wrote to Glenn Alderton ...

WC> If you did'nt already know this, the reason most 64 bit 
WC> 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 
WC> beefed up 486's.
WC> cya

What a load of shit!  The internal workings of the video card are 64 bit,
NOT its connection to the Data BUS. PCI is PCI - if a card is PCI, it works
in virtually any PCI mother board.

David
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