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- From: Richard.Kooijman@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl (Richard Kooijman)
- Subject: Re: 16 bit graphics or cpu?
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- Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- References: <1992Dec21.223418.12136@clark.edu> <1992Dec22.013710.10535@netcom.com> <1992Dec22.181725.4145@clark.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:09:03 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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- A 486SX is a 486DX without FP unit (the first versions were reported
- to have faulty FP units which were shut down manually).
- A 487DX is a 486DX. The case may be different, I don't know about that.
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- Richard.
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