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From: bright@Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Detecting an 80486
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Date: 22 Aug 90 23:15:35 GMT
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I don't have an 80486 manual, but perhaps a more reliable way to detect
a 486 would be to detect a difference between an 80487 and a 387. Since
486's always have a 487 on board, this could work.

Are there any differences between a 387 and a 487?

Are FWAITs *never* necessary with a 487?