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- Subject: Re: Why shouldn't I buy Cyrix
- Message-ID: <92256.003216I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- From: Spartacus At Cuny <I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Date: Saturday, 12 Sep 1992 00:32:16 EDT
- References: <81.327.uupcb@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us>
- <Bu9urG.7zu@nntp-sc.Intel.COM><92252.163135I18BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- <markg.11.716181526@county.lmt.mn.org><1992Sep11.212021.22690@hellgate.utah.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep11.212021.22690@hellgate.utah.edu>,
- clark%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Charles Clark) says:
- >
- >Mark Gilbert offers some info about the Cx486DLC from the uP report:
- >>Here is some information about the chip from the Microprocessor Report. The
- >>Cyrix 486DLC does not include any on-chip floating point hardware. It does
- >[Lots deleted]...
- >>Cyrix will also offer 33 MHz and 40 MHz versions of the 486DLC, which may
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >According to articles in PC Week and InfoWorld, which appeared in June '92,
- >Cyrix intended to sell clock-doubling versions of their 486DLC as upgrades
- >for 386DX based machines. Cyrix demonstrated a clock-doubling chip, running
- >in a Compaq PC designed for the 386DX, at PC Expo. The article notes that
- >no BIOS changes were necessary for the upgrade. They had 16/32 and 20/40
- >MHz versions, and were working on a 25/50 MHz processor, according to the
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >articles. A retail version was to be available in 4Q '92.
- >
-
- Hmm, this sounds good. I suppose it will be called the 486DLC2 :-)
- Hmm, I get the feeling those older 386 machines will have a come back
- and kick 486 butt (at least with the slower 486 machines). I wonder
- what intel has up its sleeve (besides the p5) to counter this.
-
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- ------------------------------+ All The Best,
- Reply To: |
- | Edward Galarza,
- I18BC@CunyVM.Cuny.Edu | Brooklyn College Of The
- I18BC@CunyVM.BitNet | City University Of New York
- ------------------------------+ "Que viva el OS/2!"
- New accounts above 8-)
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