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**82496/491     Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P5 Pentium) 03/22/93
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**82497/492   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
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**Notes:
You eventually get  to know when a  board is made by PC  Chips just by
looking at it.
 
Here is a test:
1.  No manufacture name, or one of the above.
2.  If the board has a lots of components that sound like a well known 
    part but aren't the well known part. i.e. 'HX Pro' instead of 
    '430HX'
3a. A really good feature set where you think, that's exactly what I'm 
    looking for.
 b. The features don't really work as intended. 
4.  The price is fantastic.
5.  Its disappointing on closer examination.

PC Chips is  renowned for making crap products. Some  are actually not
too bad, they're no worse than  your average brand. However some are a
nightmare either by design or  just poorly made. Fake components glued
on is not  uncommon. Fake labels over other components.  PCB's so thin
they require low insertion force ISA connectors, every trick to save a
few $.

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***Peripheral:
UM2661    Enhanced Programmable Communications Interface (EPCI)
UM2681    Dual Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (DUART)
UM6520/A  Peripheral Interface Adapter(PIA) (MC6820)
UM6521/A  Peripheral Interface Adapter(PIA) (MC6821)
UM6522/A  Versatile Interface Adapter (VIA) 
UM6532/A  RAM, I/O, Timer Array
UM6551    Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter (ACIA)
UM82C01   Capacitance Keyboard Encoder (CKE)
UM82C11-C Printer Adapter Interface (PAI)
UM82C450  Asynchronous Communication Element (ACE)
UM82C451  Parallel/Asynchronous Communication Element 
UM82C452  Single Chip Multi-I/O (Serial/Parallel)
UM82C550  Asynchronous Communications Element with FIFOs
UM82450   Asynchronous Communication Element (ACE)
UM8250A   Asynchronous Communication Element (ACE)
UM8250B   Asynchronous Communication Element (ACE)
UM82C8167 RTC



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