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From: dmurdoch@watstat.uwaterloo.ca (Duncan Murdoch)
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Subject: Re: 386 Sx & 387 maths chip (16 Mhz) or 386/25 and no maths chip ??y
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Date: 22 Jul 90 20:26:17 GMT
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In article <6499.26a985cd@uwovax.uwo.ca> baer@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
> c) the 386dx with
>cache without a math chip is a slight bit slower than a 286 + 287 at 10 Mhz.
>(287 running at 2/3 clock speed of course).

This makes it sound as though the 20Mhz 386 would also be slower than my 8 Mhz
8086+8087 on math intensive calculations.  Makes me feel a little less
obsolete :-).

Duncan Murdoch