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[James Knott]

So, they were soldered.

Justin Zygmont wrote:
> the pins were joined to the board, I had to cut them off with a straight 
> screwdriver.  And what's interesting is that the chpi would never heat up, 
> and was smaller than most cpu's on the whole board:)
> 
> 
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Robert Brockway wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Justin Zygmont wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>They were pin-compatible with late model 286s which meant they could get
>>>>them to market quickly (by shoving them in 286 boards & makign sure the
>>>>board didn't collapse under the higher clockspeed :)  I'm not sure if
>>>>anyone actually upgraded a 286 to a 386SX (ie, replacing the chip) but it
>>>>was supposed to be possible.
>>>
>>>not very likely, many boards back then weren't even socketed.  sx's were a
>>>great value for the price.
>>
>>Hehehe :)  How were the 286s afixed to the board?  Not anything as crude
>>as solder I hope :)  Thinking back they seemed to be as integrated as any
>>other component (the 386SX board I had for a while certainly was).
>>
>>Rob
>>
>>
> 
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