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From: dbearly@vax1.tcd.ie (BIG BAD DOM)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: /286 processor speeds:question
Message-ID: <3492@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 13 Nov 89 17:22:28 GMT
Organization: Computer Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin
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I have been examining a /286 machine recently which runs at a speed
of 8 Mhz.Now it seems a bit pointless to me that the faster processor
should run at the typical speed of the slower 8088/8086 type machines.

Could someone please tell me does a 286 @ 8Mhz run any faster then
an 808/86 @ 8MHz ?

If so is it not pointless to produce such a machine as 
the extra price is not justified??

			Big Bad Dom.
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