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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan3 who wrote (91687)	2/5/2000 10:26:00 AM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 1575887

FC-PGA -> PPGA Converter (HARDWARE) Posted By Brian Neal Wednesday, February 2, 2000 - 11:18:47 AM *PowerLeap now has a converter that allows users to install Coppermine processors, as well as VIA's upcoming Joshua, into Socket 370 motherboards.* This product, the PL-S370, should allow Celeron owners to easily upgrade to Pentium III Coppermine processors. Of course, there are a few caveats. The Socket-370 motherboard must support bus frequencies of 100 MHz and 133 MHz to effectively use the Pentium IIIs. *Also, it is unlikely that SMP will be possible, as it has been disabled* on the new Pentium IIIs.** For those wondering when this converter will be available, you should be able to purchase it directly from the PowerLeap website starting in March for under $20. Thanks to JC for the link. aceshardware.com

To: Dan3 who wrote (91687)	2/5/2000 12:20:00 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 1575887

Re: "The lost-in-the-hills-mine keeps up only with near unavailable and horribly expensive chipsets and memory. " If it was "lost in the hills" it still sold well over 2X the Athlons sold and did so in a capacity constrained manufacturing system. Imagine what it will do when the capacity issue is resolved? Re: "With the specter of Willamette looming, clearly the end is in sight": With the copper products of Dresden looming, clearly prospects have never been so bright! Good one Dan but you should have said: looming and looming and looming and looming and ....... EP