April 5, 201114 yr Nice pics! Man did I hate those cyrix chips. Ran hot, ran slow, ran cheaper... What's that IBM chip in there?
April 5, 201114 yr Crew Nice pics!What's that IBM chip in there? IBM produced Cyrix clones. Both the one in the center and on the edge are PR200 - making them 6x86.
April 5, 201114 yr Author True, there are Cyrix CPUs but labeled IBM Like my i486s labeled Texas Instuments
April 5, 201114 yr Crazy, no wonder Intel changed plans for 586 and beyond. I didn't know there were that many people with 486 clones!
April 5, 201114 yr Crew Christian Ney, not "labeled". Cyrix made a technology and IBM produced their own chips based on Cyrix license. So they manufactured the chips but didn't develop them. Bobnova, the 6x86 series aren't 486 clones - it's an independent technology developed by Cyrix. It was AMD who produced clones of 286-486. Only K5 was the first CPU that they developed from zero point.
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.