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<font size="+1"><tt>Hi CLUEbies,<br>
<br>
I'm grasping at straws here but thought I'd see if anyone out there has
a suggestion.<br>
<br>
We have a single board computer with a 486DX2 chip on it. The board is
end-of-life and the CPU is soldered to the board (probably BGA). There
are PC104 and PCI connectors on the board. Can anyone thing of any way
we could keep using this board for a little while longer (until the
R&D is done on the new system architecture) but with a faster CPU?<br>
<br>
We think we remember seeing (long ago) CPU or coprocessors you could
put in an ISA or PCI slot or something. They would either coexist with
or replace the CPU, or something. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Can you suggest any way we could get the board to be faster? We tried
& won't be able to desolder the 486 chip to replace it with a
faster chip. If only it was a socket!<br>
<br>
ObLinux: the OS that is on the hard drive for this SBC is Red Hat 7.2.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Jim<br>
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Jim Ockers, P.Eng. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ockers@ockers.net">ockers@ockers.net</a>)
Contact info: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ockers.net/msi.html">http://www.ockers.net/msi.html</a>
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