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From: williams@cs.umass.edu
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Subject: Re: SYS V R4 - When will it be released for Generic 386 boxes?
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Date: 11 Nov 89 08:09:30 GMT
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In article <1989Nov10.180048.24410@telly.on.ca>, evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes...
>I was at the Intel announcements. They said that there are no plans for
>any software especially for the 486. Everything for V.4 will be done in
>386 code and will treat the 486 as just a fast 386.
> 
Huh?  I thought the 486 WAS just a fast 386 with builtin
cache and fpu!  No new instructions, modes, etc.