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**82C591/2  3/486                                               <Mar92
The BIOS companion. (Croucher, Phil) available here:
https://archive.org/details/pc_engineers_vol1_BIOS

Lists this as:
82C591/82C592 WriteBack

Also listed in:
ftp://ami.com/archive/Other_Manuals/!index.txt
"
CTQ3591.Z12     55546   03-17-92  386   Contaq 82c591 chipset  
CTQ4591.Z12     57510   03-17-92  486   Contaq 82c591 chipset  
CTQ591A.Z11    	84994   02-08-93  3/486 Contact 591-A chipset  
"

Indicating there is an A variant of the 82C591, the 82C591A.

**82C593    3/486 [no datasheet]                                <May92...
**82C596/A  3/486 Writeback Cache [no datasheet]             <11/11/92...
**??????    486 EISA chipset [no datasheet]                     <Feb93...
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**82496/491     Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P5 Pentium) 03/22/93
***Notes:
Date source: TimelineDateSort7_05.pdf

Information taken from: 
            1995_Intel_Pentium_Processors_and_Related_Components.pdf*
                                         8249x Cache controllers.pdf**

>*  Datasheet dated Oct'93
>** Datasheet undated, whole document dated '95

The info and features section have  been solely sourced from the first
source.   The  second source  provides  far  more detail.   Additional
information in  the configurations section  has been sourced  from the
second.

This  chip was  used on  the Pentium  66MHz CPU  complexes of  Intel's
Xpress platform.   Specifically the  BXCPUPENT66 (Single  66MHz, eight
82491s) and BXCPU2XPENT (Dual 66 MHz,  eight 82491s). Also found on P5
60/66MHz CPU complexes of IBM 9595/PC Server 300/500 systems.

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**82497/492   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
**82498/493   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
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**HTK320        386DX Chip Set                                 c:Sep91...
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