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- From: petitc@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit)
- Subject: Re: 16 bit graphics or cpu?
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- References: <1992Dec21.223418.12136@clark.edu> <1992Dec22.013710.10535@netcom.com> <1992Dec22.181725.4145@clark.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:59:18 GMT
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- gsnow@clark.edu (Gary Snow) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec22.013710.10535@netcom.com> primus@netcom.com (Robert keng) writes:
- >>
- >> Kind of like buying a new system. Really, this mirrors the case
- >>with the 486SXes (you know, how the CPU is turned off when you add in the 487?)
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- >Huh, isn't the 80487 a math co-processor, why would your main processor be
- >turned off by adding one?
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- Because Intel's 'math coprocessor' is really the entire CPU. The 486SX, if
- I heard correctly, just has a pin or two bent so you can't use the FP math.
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