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seems no matter  how hard I try  my fingers hit 't'  twice when typing
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BTW, "110" port is  an "I/O" port that has been OCRed  badly, as is an
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**A note on VESA support of 486 chipsets....
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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
***Notes:
date source: none direct, however:
InfoWorld Jan 20, 1992 p98 - Compaq Deskpro 486/50L 
mentions it has this chip
Network World Sep 2, 1991 p20 - Advert for new Compaq Deskpro 486/50L
mentions 256K cache
so assumed to be sometime before sept 1991.


Information taken from: 82495DX.pdf (Oct '92)

***Info:...
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***Features:
o   50 MHz Intel486 DX CPU 
    - RISC Integer Core with Frequent Instructions Executing in One 
      Clock
    - 160 Mbyte/Sec Burst Bus
    - 41 Dhrystone MIPs
    - 11.5M Double Precision Whetstones/Sec.
    - On-Chip Cache and FPU
o   Highly Flexible
    - Supports 128 Kbyte and 256 Kbyte Configurations
    - Complete MESI Protocol Support
    - 32- or 64-Bit Memory Bus Width
    - Synchronous, Asynchronous, and Strobed Memory Bus Protocols
    - Variable Cache Line Sizes and Sectoring
    - Cache Data Parity Option
o   High Performance Second Level Cache
    - Two-Way Set Associative
    - Write-Back or Write Through Cache
    - Zero Wait State Cache Access
    - Concurrent CPU Bus, Memory Bus, and Internal Array Operation
o   Full Multiprocessing Support
    - Implements MESI Write-Back Cache Protocol
    - Low Bus Utilization
    - Automatically Maintains 1st Level Cache Consistency
    - Supports Read-for-Ownership, Write-Allocation, and Cache-to-
      Cache Transfers

**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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