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To: Shahen Petrosian who wrote (48309)	2/20/1998 9:27:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Shahen - Re: "Thanks for your posts, helped me keep cool when the chips were down. " You're entirely welcome. It's tough to keep your head when almost everybody around you is losing theirs. Re: "...will a sub1000 buyer be able to upgrade from a Covington to more powerful PIIs easily?" As long as Intel and the motherboard manufacturers use the same socket and guideposts as the existing Slot 1 design, then a standard Pentium II/Deschutes cartridge should fit in. One caveat - Intel seems to be steering the Covington to a 66MHz 440LX -based motherboard. These are now only about $125 in my area. It may be of limited benefit to swap out a Covington with a standard Deschutes cartridge. For a few hundred bucks more, a new MB could be added with 100 MHz 440BX and 100 MHz SDRAM. Paul