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- From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis) (OS/2)
- Subject: Cyrix 486SLC (was Re: OS/2 bigot and NT)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.071036.12568@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
- References: <8391@lib.tmc.edu> <P4V5wB3w165w@george.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 07:10:36 GMT
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- In article <P4V5wB3w165w@george.UUCP> james@george.UUCP (james shoemaker) writes:
- > Actually the 486SLC is designed to plug into a 386SX socket. the
- >486DLC goes into a 386DX socket. As for compatability, I don't know
- >exactly, but I think they did implement any extensions that the 486 adds
- >except the Math. and the cache is smaller.
- >
- > JWS
-
- Correct.
-
- The Cyrix 486SLC is like the 386SX externally (and therefore almost like a
- 286 externally), and like a 486SX internally. It has the 486 instruction
- set, 486-like instruction execution speed, as well as a 1-KB RAM cache (I
- guess the 486's cache instructions have to do something...). But it moves
- memory externally 16-bits at a time, and has a 16 MB limit for RAM.
-
- This is different from the IBM 486SLC which is just like the Intel 486SX
- series but faster.
-
- ObOS/2: I am using a Cyrix 486SLC-25 to run OS/2 2.0 and it works for me.
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