21 Nov
2007
21 Nov
'07
1:38 a.m.
Ensor wrote:
Most "Turbo XT" motherboards which I saw
topped out at 10MHz, though I
have a vague recollection of hearing about a manufacturer which produced
a 14MHz (or possibly even 16MHz) board and then had to quickly withdraw
it due to MAJOR instability problems.
I saw a 14MHz 8088 clone when I was in college in 1990. It was
perfectly stable, which makes sense if you consider it ran at a clock
division of 1...
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