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- From: terryfry@access.digex.com (Terry Fry)
- Subject: Re: "586" rumours?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.043702.13165@access.digex.com>
- Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
- References: <1992Aug07.203524.7205@sco.COM> <4254@inca.comlab.ox.ac.uk> <MKAHN.92Aug11144300@hopi.sedona.intel.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 04:37:02 GMT
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- In article <MKAHN.92Aug11144300@hopi.sedona.intel.com> mkahn@hopi.sedona.intel.com (Mitch Kahn) writes:
- >] Yes, I can. The 386SX is a little slower than the 286 when executing
- >] some code at the same clock speed. It's certainly no faster. Now, I
- >] wonder why the 386SX is selling *a little bit* faster than the 286?
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- >Huh? You aren't talking about a 386SX in *virtual 86" mode are you??
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- There are several instructions that will execute faster on a 286 than a 386.
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- I think one of those is MOVS, but I can't be sure.
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