Do all 486 mobos have room for two processors?

[Atlantean]

I cracked open my old 486 the other day, and I was taking it apart when I noticed that there was room for 2 processors. I never knew that the 486 had a dual processor motherboard.

 

[Don66]

It could have a math co processor socket.

 

[CZroe]

Or, more likely an Intel Overdrive upgrade socket.
You would leave your old CPU unused in there and make use of the new one.
Sick, I know, but true.
The 486DX had the math coprocessors built in.
The one's that passed only the CPU core inspection were sold as 486SX's with the math coprocessor disabled.
Therefore, I don't think it's designed with the ability for an external math coprocessor.

 

[Windogg]

The 80487 math co-processor was a fully functional 486DX CPU. When you installed this "addon" it simply disabled the 486SX processor.

Windogg

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< The 80487 math co-processor was a fully functional 486DX CPU. When you installed this "addon" it simply disabled the 486SX processor.

Windogg >>


wow thats interesting

 

[Rand]

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<< The 80487 math co-processor was a fully functional 486DX CPU. When you installed this "addon" it simply disabled the 486SX processor.

Windogg >>


wow thats interesting >>



Indeed, Intel got a lot of negative press about that when it was first revealed.