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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!incom!orfeo!qb!vhs
- From: vhs@rhein-main.de (Volker Herminghaus-Shirai)
- Subject: Re: Any new instructions in a i486?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.190305.513@qb.rhein-main.de>
- Sender: vhs@qb.rhein-main.de (Volker Herminghaus-Shirai)
- Reply-To: vhs@rhein-main.de
- References: <WAYNE.92Dec20171036@backbone.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 19:03:05 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- In article <WAYNE.92Dec20171036@backbone.uucp> wayne@backbone.uucp (Wayne Schlitt)
- writes:
- > In article <9212200017.12@rmkhome.UUCP> rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
- >
- > < >(somebody)> NeXTStep is said to not run on the Cyrix 486 chips because
- > < >(somebody)> "they are not real 486's". No one has come up with a
- > < >(somebody)> reliable reason _why_ NeXT doesn't think they are "real
- > < >(somebody)> 486's" or why NeXTStep won't run on them.
- > < >
- > < >FUD, FUD. Ah Intel, Intel. :-)
- > <
- > <
- > < I don't see where this has anything to do with Intel. Cyrix decided that
- > < they could make some money by cloning a best selling CPU chip. Obviously,
- > < they have missed something.
- >
- >
- > Well, from the info that has been posted so far, it looks more and
- > more like it is NeXT that screwed something up and doesn't care about
- > fixing it. Chances are NeXTStep won't run on the Pentium either if it
- > is that fragile.
-
- Wrong. NeXT says it will run on 486SX, 486DX, and follow-ups to
- the '86 line. Support for Pentium is for sure. Since NeXT has worked
- together with intel on the port (from what I heard) I'd guess NeXT had
- to sign a contract banning support for Cyrix's part.
-
- --
- Volker Herminghaus-Shirai (vhs@qb.rhein-main.de)
-
- Looks good on the outside, but -
- intel inside
-