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- From: zstern@adobe.com (Zalman Stern)
- Subject: Re: Any new instructions in a i486?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.043040.28363@adobe.com>
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
- References: <1992Dec21.190305.513@qb.rhein-main.de>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 04:30:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.190305.513@qb.rhein-main.de> vhs@rhein-main.de (Volker
- Herminghaus-Shirai) writes:
- > 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.
- >
- Its almost certainly true that NeXT has Pentium hardware in house and is
- working closely with Intel. I doubt they signed a contract boycotting Cyrix
- though. Having such agreements in writing looks bad during Federal Trade
- Commission investigations if you know what I mean...
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- Zalman Stern zalman@adobe.com (415) 962 3824
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- "Yeah. Ask 'em if they'll upgrade my shifters too." Bill Watterson
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