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From: jdu4855@cs.rit.edu (Unrue Jack D)
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Subject: Re: '386's SX's and DX's
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Date: 27 Jul 90 14:46:22 GMT
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In article <56069@microsoft.UUCP> steveha@microsoft.UUCP (Steve Hastings) writes:
>
>The 386SX has a 16-bit bus, which means that to do things in 32 bits
>requires two bus cycles.  You could therefore run OS/2 2.0, or any other
>386-specific software, on a 386SX.  It will just be slower.
>

I have received a good amount of e-mail and have read several postings which
point out the error in my previous posting, wherein I stated my mistaken
opinion that OS/2 and the SX don't go together. 
 
In particular, Doug MCDonald illustrated this by writing,

      "You are arguing the same as 'the 8088 has an 8 bit bus, so it can't
       run MS-DOS, a 16 bit OS,' which is equally wrong."


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Jack Unrue
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