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> From: Cary Hostrawser <caryho at ix.netcom.com>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: Elf Spam (was Re: [RML] Crash and burn)
> Date: Friday, January 24, 1997 5:55 PM
>
> On Sat, 25 Jan 1997 08:23:54 +1100, Andrew Boyd <andrew at pcug.org.au>
> wrote:
> >They have Smokey the Bear to tell kids to not light forest fires, they
need
> >a Compuelf to tell 'em not to overclock CPUs, especially Pentiums ;)
>
> Much of the speed in ic's has to due with improving the manufacturing
> process to reduce the capacitance inside the chip. They're then tested
> for speed and marked. You might get lucky and be able to speed them up
> but then you might have one on the hairy edge of speed it is marked.
> With the small increments in pentium speeds I would expect they've
> tested them very close to their rated speed.
>
> Cary Hostrawser
>
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