[ale] Chip upgrades and making them work

[NEWCOMBE at aa.csc.peachnet.edu (Daniel Newcombe)]

> }"Dan Newcombe" <newcombe at aa.csc.peachnet.edu> writes:
> }\ You would DEFINITELY need to buy a new motherboard.  this is like
> }trying  \ to fit a V12 in a Ford Escort!!!  you can get a board for the
> 
> You mean it would be real ugly but really scream...?????

No...I mean it wouldn't fit - not without cutting parts off.  A 486 
chip is about twice as big as a 386dx and 4 times as big as a 386sx.

    -Dan

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