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- From: dsmith@dcs.simpact.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: AMD rubbish????
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.144547.34@dcs.simpact.com>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 14:45:47 PDT
- References: <1992Dec8.093121.89@roads.sa.gov.au: <1992Dec12.032716.16273@sugra.uucp>
- Organization: Simpact Associates, San Diego CA
- Lines: 20
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- >>In article <1992Dec12.032716.16273@sugra.uucp>, ken@sugra.uucp (Kenneth Ng) writes:
- >> In article <1992Dec8.093121.89@roads.sa.gov.au: wilsonn@roads.sa.gov.au writes:
- >> :I'm thinking of buying a PC, either a AMD386DX40 or an Intel 486SX25 - 33. I've
- >> :been told that the AMD chip is unreliable and would appreciate some feedback.
- >> :Comments on relative speed between the machines also would be helpful.
- >
- > If the AMD chip did not perform completely like an Intel, you would see Intel
- > plastering that all over their advertisements.
-
- This is not exactly true. The AMD part is exactly the same for most almost
- all PC applications.
-
- We designed a specialized board using the Intel 80386 and the Intel 82380 chip.
- The Intel 82380 was a specialized chip that included timers, CPU interrupt
- support, DMA channels, etc. The AMD part will not work in our design for
- some strange reason. When we mentioned this to AMD, they responded that they
- knew that it was not compatible with the 82380. Intel must use some
- un-documented features.
-
- Dave Smith
-