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From: pajerek@usenet@kadsma (Don Pajerek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Intel Processors
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Date: 30 Jul 90 14:33:53 GMT
Reply-To: pajerek@kadsma.UUCP (Donald Pajerek)
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A brief question for the net:

The 286 chip is called the 286.  The 386 chip is called the 386.

Why is the 80486 chip always referred to as the i486?

Is this some sort of protocol that Intel wants the world to observe?


- Don Pajerek