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- From: gerry@bluemoon.rn.com (Gerard M. Foley)
- Subject: Re: What is the difference between DX and SX?
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- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 08:53:28 EDT
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- ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
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- > In article <1992Aug15.185130.24702@wyvern.twuug.com> asoper@wyvern.twuug.com
- > >sehari@iastate.edu (Babak Sehari) writes:
- > >
- > >>---
- > >>What is the difference between a DX and a SX specification for 386 and
- > >>486?!
- >
- >
- > DX = DeluXe
- > SX = SuX
- >
- >
- >
- >
- >
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- > Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala
- > Internet: NTAIB@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach
- > Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS !
-
- I believe the 386SX has only eight data lines, in place of
- 16 in the 386DX, and 486SX has no operable mathematics coprocessor,
- while 486DX has an on-chip math floating point coprocessor
- equivalent to the 80387.
-
- This is from
- gerry@bluemoon.rn.com
- who doesn't have his (or her) own obnoxious signature yet
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