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- From: oliver@earthview.cms.udel.edu (Oliver Weatherbee)
- Subject: Re: SX vs DX
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- Organization: Marine Studies, University of Delaware
- References: <1993Jan5.162310.14870@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 18:22:31 GMT
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- In article 14870@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu, jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu () writes:
- > In article <1993Jan5.130856.1@vax1.umkc.edu>, edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
- > > In article <4188.5.uupcb@uttsbbs.uucp>, john.lechmanik@uttsbbs.uucp (John Lechmanik) writes:
- > >>
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- ***** lots of stuff deleted *****
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- > Time out. We began this discussion first about 387 math coprocessors,
- > then it changed into SX vs DX. An overdrive
- > chip is not a math coprocessor, but it is installed in the coprocessor slot.
- > As far as I know, it can be used on a SX or DX, but
- > I don't know much about them, other than that propoganda film that Intel
- > puts out, but I would have to say that whether a graphics accelarator
- > speeds it up more than an overdrive chip would be purely application depen-
- > dent. On the other hand, an overdrive chip would speed up all apps, DOS or
- > Windows, while a graphics card would only affect Windows and graphics
- > packages.
- >
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- > | John Carmack | "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" |
- > | Academic Computing Service | -Mad Hatter |
- > | Miami University | |
- > | Oxford, Ohio | |
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- >
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- I'll simply preface this with the statement " I know this is probably a stupid
- question, but what the hell:"
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- Is there an overdrive chip available for 386sx systems? Mine is pretty much maxed-out
- except for that nagging coprocessor slot which I can't bring myself to fill because
- it wouldn't really do me much good since I'm not a big spreadsheet/database user.
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- Thanks,
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- Oliver Weatherbee
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