Messages in this thread | | | From | alex.buell@tahallah ... | Date | Tue, 4 May 1999 09:36:35 +0100 (BST) | Subject | Re: /proc/cpuinfo wrong for Intel 486SX-33!! |
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On Tue, 4 May 1999, Robert G. 'Doc' Savage wrote:
> IIRC IBM produced a 486-like chip under license from Intel for their > short-lived PS/1 line. This chip had no FPU and was similar, but not > 100% identical, to Intel's 486SX. I believe IBM called it a 486SL and > soldered it directly to the PS/1 motherboard. That improved the > PS/1's reliability, but made it impossible to upgrade.
The quick and dirty solution here I think, is for the system to just put "Braindead '486" in the cpu model. Presently it does identify it as '4' correctly.
Cheers, Alex -- "A mind opened by new ideas cannot return to its original limits"
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