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**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
***Notes:...
**82396SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90...
**82485       Turbo Cache (and 485Turbocache)                      c90...
**82489DX       Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller    10/12/92...
**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set                           <Sep91...
**82495XP/490XP Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for i860)       06/05/91...
**82496/491     Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P5 Pentium) 03/22/93...
**82497/492   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
**82498/493   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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***Notes (Unverified Information!):...
***VT82C691/2BX     Apollo Pro & Pro II           May 98...
***VT82C693         Apollo Pro+                   Dec 98...
***VT82C693A        Apollo Pro 133                Jul 99...
***VT82C694X/MP/Z/A Apollo Pro 133A, 133+ & 133Z  Oct 99...
***VT82C694T        Apollo Pro 133T...
***VT8601           PN133 (ProSavage) (mobile)
Chips:
[VT8601] (North Bridge)
[VT8231] (South Bridge)
CPUs:          Pentium III, Pentium II 
Bus Speed:     66/100/133 MHz
DRAM Types:    PC100/PC133 SDRAM, VCSDRAM 
Memory bus:    100/133 MHz 
Max Mem:       1.5GB
ECC/Parity:    ?
PCI Bus:       2.1 
AGP speed:     4× (Integrated S3 Graphics Savage4)

***VT8601/A/T       PM601, PLE133, PLE266 & PLE133T (ProMedia)...
***VT8604/T         PL133 & PL133T (ProSavage)...
***VT8605/6         PM133 & PM133T (ProMedia-II), (ProSavage)...
***VT8607/8         PM266 & PM266T (ProSavageDDR)...
***VT8613           PN266T (mobile)...
***VT8633           Apollo Pro 266                Sep 00...
***VT8653           Apollo Pro 266T & PX-266...
***VT8622/23        CLE266 (mobile)...
***VT????           CM400                         Jan 04...
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