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- From: hm@opus40.ix.de (Harald Milz)
- Subject: Re: Simple CPU Questions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.174517.27553@opus40.ix.de>
- Sender: hm@opus40.ix.de (Harald Milz)
- Organization: iX-Redaktion
- References: <72263@cup.portal.com> <1993Jan5.121048.9355@uxmail.ust.hk> <1993Jan5.212031.29177@ptdcs2.intel.com> <1993Jan6.151714.14179@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:45:17 GMT
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- |> I believe the first 486SX chips *were* in fact 486DX chips with the copro
- |> disabled. Intel used another design in later versions of the SX
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- Yes, Leo. Actually, Intel had problems with their early 486DX's
- that wouldn't work even at 25 MHz. They un-bonded the copro and
- named it 486SX. Today, it's intended to beat the Am386-40.
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