I'm not sure if this would qualify as classic
or not, but I have a
little VLB 486 machine that needs a 32-bit Ethernet BNC NIC.
Hmm, IIRC VLB hasn't been around for 10 years, but I am curious to know
if anyone made a VLB network card, I don't recall ever seeing one. I
have some 486's running miscellaneous NT chores that could use a boost
on network I/O.
Along those lines, and closer to that 10 year limit, has anyone ever
tried to overclock the Cyrix 486DLC or Dr2 replacement CPUs for 386DX's?
Or for that matter, the Cyrix 586 CPUs that fit in 486 sockets? As in
running a 586-120 at a base 40Mhz, upping it to 160Mhz?
Jack Peacock
Jack -- there were Novell NE2000 clones in VLB format. That's about
all I know. Since ethernet tops out at 10MB theoretical you really
shouldn't have to go VLB for the Ethernet, a good SMC 8013/8216 should
do just fine.
Bill
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