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RE: Socketed 750 CPU's



>> The 750CE uses a 486DX2.  As does the 755 series.  But the 750CE is an
>
>No.  The 755 uses the DX-4.
>
>Sorry, misprint.  I _had_ a 750C, but I replaced it with a 755C.  The 755C
>has either a DX4-50 or a DX4-75.  I purchased the DX4-75 which were rare at
>the time.  I was originally approached by IBM to purchase the DX4-50 laptop,
>and they would just replace the chip with a DX4-75. 

Whoa, the TP755 can use a DX2/50 (not a DX4/5) or a DX4/75, right?
Is there such a beast as a DX4/50? If so, why?

>This implied to me that the chip is socketed, and that the motherboard
>somehow autosenses which chip is socketed.  One of the selling points of the
>DX-50 laptop was that you could upgrade it someday to a DX4-75 by merely
>dropping in a new chip.

Can the same motherboard handle the DX4/100 (since it's a different
frequency)?
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