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- From: larsen@unislc.uucp (Steve Larsen)
- Subject: Re: Does a 487sx shut down the 486sx??
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- References: <1992Aug19.155448.18248@ilinx.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.173519.22421@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:35:19 GMT
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- Brian J. Murrell (brian@ilinx.wimsey.bc.ca) wrote:
- : ks3l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kenton Shaver) writes:
- :
- : >Could anyone clear this up for me?
- : >I read it in some magazine, but my ECE
- : >friend is credulous. Will my 487sx
- : >just shut the 486sx down and take over?
- :
- : That's what I heard. IMHO the 486sx is a *big scam*.
- :
- : To get your 486sx you buy a chip which is a functional 486dx with the
- : co-pro disabled (yes more work than a regular 486dx - yet cheaper!).
-
- Ah, but there is not more work, actually less. The reason that they
- offer this chip for less is that they don't have to spend the man-hours
- testing the coprocessor. It is also artificially deflated in price
- because Intel wishes to make it the entry level processor and knock
- AMD and others out of the water with their 386 chips. However, Intel
- has acknowledged at least part of this to the public.
-
-