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Re: Popular Science



The company in question is probably kryotech.  They have gotten x86 and alpha
class processors to run at pretty amazing speeds and have avoided the 
condensation issues, somehow.

I don't think it would be much help for a GS though.

On Sat, 08 Aug 1998 +0000, Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:
>No, the speed of the IIgs is fixed because a lot of the parts on the main
>logic board operate at a fixed speed. You'd have to redesign the IIgs
>to get the main logic board to run faster. The only practical way to
>accelerate a IIgs is to use an accelerator card.
>On the other hand if your talking about cooling the accelerator card, it
>would probably help a little. When upgrading a card its not unusual to
>have it become unstable when it heats up. I've heard of people pointing
>a fan at the accelerator or using a processor heat sink with attached
>fan. I'm not sure I'd like the idea of frost on my circuit boards. I can't
>think of any practical way for the average person to cool it down to
>those temperatures.
>
>      Wayne
>
>Ronald, Clark wrote:
>
>> I saw in Popular Science that they use a in the New computer a super cool
>> the CPU down to -40 c and they can get a the cpu faster( saw it in the
>> september 1998) I was wounder if we could use it on the GS to get it
>> faster.
>> will it work?
>
>
>


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