Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwvax!rocky.cs.wisc.edu!g-tookey From: g-tookey@rocky.cs.wisc.edu. (Richard Schaut) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 286 BIOS question Message-ID: <8014@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 27 Jul 89 14:10:07 GMT References: <8009@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <26458@srcsip.UUCP> Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu Reply-To: g-tookey@rocky.CS.WISC.EDU (Richard Schaut) Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 31 In article <26458@srcsip.UUCP> rogers@falcon.UUCP (Brynn Rogers) writes: >In article <8009@spool.cs.wisc.edu> g-tookey@rocky.CS.WISC.EDU (Richard Schaut) writes: >>I wouldn't think of buying a "compatible" without Phoenix. I don't know, >>however, if the Phoenix has problems at 20MHz. > >>BTW are you aware that Intel does NOT warrant the 80286 for anything >>beyond 12.5 MHz? Those who sell 20 MHz 286's field test them at that >>speed for a period of time, and if nothing goes wrong they call it a >>20 MHz CPU. I would want to know EVERYTHING about how a particular >>machine was tested before plunking down any bucks on it. > >Right. Intel doesn't want anything to compete with it's 386. The 286 can compete with the 386? If the only thing that the 386 has over the 286 is speed, then Intel does have a problem with second sourcing. But try telling someone running MS Windows/386 that the 386 DOESN'T have anything more than speed over the 286. Rick Please send e-mail to: schaut@madnix.UUCP ArpaNet: madnix!schaut@cs.wisc.edu UseNet: ...uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!schaut {decvax!att}! Madison: an alternative to reality I am posting this through a friend's account. His consent to my use of his account in no way implies his consent to responsibility for the opinions expressed herein.