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- From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 bigot and NT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.023720.22106@wam.umd.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan9.012848.3728@wam.umd.edu> <1iqhtjINNdav@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 02:37:20 GMT
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- In article <1iqhtjINNdav@gap.caltech.edu> scratchy.caltech.edu!kasturi (Tejaswi Kasturi) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan9.012848.3728@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu
- >(Yamanari) writes:
- >> The one that doesn't--or *suppposedly* doesnt (I don't believe
- >> it for a second) is NeXT486. Supposedly, it will only run on
- >> a genuine Intel 486SX or DX. The Cyrix 486slc (?) is a full
- >> 80486 sans coprocessor (and Cyrix's external is faster than the
- >> DX's internal one). NS486 will probably run fine--but NeXT
- >> says no.
- >
- >The Cyrix 486slc does not have the full Intel 486 Instruction set and thus
- >will only run 386 capable apps and not 486-specific apps.
- >
- >The name 486slc is a misnomer since it is really just a 386sx with cache
- >(much like IBM's 386slc chip)
-
- <sigh>
-
- This has been gone over a number of times before. The Cyrix 486
- chips (slc, dlc) have the full 80486 instruction set minus the
- FPU instructions.
-
-
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