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**82C596/A  3/486 Writeback Cache [no datasheet]             <11/11/92
Possibly  two variant,  or one  version with  two names,  one  being a
shorthand:
82C596
82C596A

ftp://ami.com/archive/Other_Manuals/!index.txt
lists the A variant with the date 11/11/92. No date for non-A:
" 
CTQ596.Z06    	88900   12-21-92  3/486 Contaq 596 chipset    06-06 core  
CTQ596A.Z11   	95383   10-07-93  3/486 Contaq 596-A for 11/11/92  
CTQ596_3.Z06   	92195   03-01-93  386   Contaq 596  
CTQ596_3.Z11    98031  	06-21-93  386   Contaq 596
CTQ596_4.Z06    92236  	03-01-93  486   Contaq 596
CTQ596_4.Z11    97602  	06-21-93  486   Contaq 596
CT596A.Z08   	96217   12-09-93  Contaq 596a  
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Note, the column of dates is the file date.

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**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set                           <Sep91
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**82495XP/490XP Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for i860)       06/05/91...
**82496/491     Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P5 Pentium) 03/22/93...
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**IBM AT: MC146818 Real Time Clock                                 <84
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***Features:
o   Low-Power, High-Speed, High-Density CMOS
o   Internal Time Base and Oscillator
o   Counts Seconds, Minutes, and Hours of the Day
o   Counts Days of the Week, Date, Month, and Year
o   3 V to 6 V Operation
o   Time Base Input Options: 4.194304 MHz, 1.048576 MHz, or 32,768 kHz
o   Time Base Oscillator for Parallel Resonant Crystals
o   40 to 200 uW Typical Operating Power at Low Frequency Time Base
o   4.0 to 20 mW Typical Operating Power at High Frequency Time Base
o   Binary or BCD Representation of Time, Calendar, and Alarm
o   12- or 24-Hour Clock with AM and PM in 12-Hour Mode
o   Daylight Savings Time Option
o   Automatic End of Month Recognition
o   Automatic Leap Year Compensation
o   Microprocessor Bus Compatible [this means absolutely nothing]
o   MOTEL Circuit for Bus Univerality
o   Multiplexed Bus for Pin Efficiency
o   Interfaced with Software as 64 RAM Locations
o   14 Bytes of Clock and Control Registers
o   50 Bytes of General Purpose RAM
o   Status Bit Indicates Data Integrity
o   Bus Compatible Interrupt Signals (IRQ)
o   Three Interrupts are Separately Software Maskable and Testable
      Time-of-Day Alarm, Once-per-Second to Once-per-Day
      Periodic Rates from 30.5 us to 500 ms
      End-of-Clock Update Cycle
o   Programmable Square-Wave Output Signal
o   Clock Output May Be Used as Microprocessor Clock Input
      At Time Base Frequency /1 or /4
o   24-Pin Dual-In-Line Package



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