Re: [SLUG] how many types of Celeron are there.

[DaZZa <dazza@nospam.zip.com.au>]

On Sun, 5 Dec 1999 jimd@nospam.paddy.wahroonga.com wrote:

> I'm trying to build a twin-Celeron machine using
> a Mainboard BP6, which claims to be able to
> accept one or two Celeron 300A~466.
> I have been offered two Celeron 433 chips but the
> barcode label glued onto their boxes says
> FOR UNIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS ONLY.
> 
> What's going on, please?

In a word, Intel.

Apparently, they don't like the fact that people are getting cheap multi
processor machines out of the Celeron, and are foresaking the Pii/Xeon
processors Intel _want_ you to run in multi-processor machines, so they've
begun disabling the pins which allow multi-processor installation on the
newer Celerons, in effect making them useless for SMP motherboards.

I read about it on one of the chip comparison web pages - can't remember
which one. It's a very Microsoft tactic. Can't half tell Intel and
Microsoft sleep in the same bed.

DaZZa

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