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I just bought a 486DX2-66 "Overdrive" processor off eBay and when it arrived the From: address seemed very familiar...

Dave Stevenson and the address included a road name containing "Primrosebank".

Could this be one of those "it's a small World" events?

It could

and it is !

Good job you didn't come here to complain about some deluded, ebay-scalper from Scotland. That could have been embarrassing!

Give it time !

That might be his next post

I never thought of advertising it here . . .

I couldn't get it to fit into my MTX's expansion socket

Dave wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022 15:27 Give it time !

That might be his next post

Nah... I gave a good review.

Dave wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022 15:29 I never thought of advertising it here . . .

I couldn't get it to fit into my MTX's expansion socket

Hmm.. a 486 co-processor add-on for the Memotech. That would be fun.

stephen_usher wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022 15:47
Hmm.. a 486 co-processor add-on for the Memotech. That would be fun.

I'll have a word with my engineer, the only Co-pro so far is the 6502
http://primrosebank.net/computers/mtx/p ... xcopro.htm

Dave wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022 15:29 I couldn't get it to fit into my MTX's expansion socket

That’s what a jigsaw and angle grinder are for…

Mark

Dave wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022 15:59

stephen_usher wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022 15:47
Hmm.. a 486 co-processor add-on for the Memotech. That would be fun.

I'll have a word with my engineer, the only Co-pro so far is the 6502
http://primrosebank.net/computers/mtx/p ... xcopro.htm

Actually I did get an offer one time of some 80188/80186 CPUs. However I'm not sure there's a great deal to be gained by fitting an X86 to the MTX.

The prototype 6502 board at least runs BBC basic at 14mhz+. Microsoft Basic on early 12mhz intel doesn't have quite the same appeal!