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- From: goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal)
- Subject: Can software be 486-specific?
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- Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 05:54:16 GMT
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- Hello.
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- I have heard/read that Windows NT & NeXTSTEP 486 will *require* 486 chips.
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- Is this possible?
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- If so, does it apply to 486DX or DX & SX?
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- Is it really possible to write software that will run on a 486SX that
- will not run on a 386DX(or SX)?
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- That seems silly, since a 386DX-40 performs about 95% of a 486SX-25.
- (ie-no real world difference) and since 386-40's are selling like
- hotcakes, & mathco's are cheap, it would seem silly to exclude this
- market, the whole 386 market in fact, from you product.
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- Thanks.
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