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From: msandifo@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Martin Sandiford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Difference between a 386 and a 386sx
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Date: 17 Sep 90 23:23:33 GMT
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From article <935@sppy00.UUCP>, by jaa@sppy00.UUCP (Jeff Anderson):
> In article <1990Sep16.194605.11968@ecn.purdue.edu> tlhilde@ecn.purdue.edu (Troy Hildebrand) writes:
>>I have been warned _not_ to go with a 386sx when purchasing a computer,

This would seem to be a little unreasonable to me.  Maybe this person has
an axe to grind?

> 386sx boards do not support 32 bit bussing.  The processor supports 32 bit
> instructions, but the memory buss (for example) is only 16 bits.  A sx is like
> a 286 with 32 bit instructions and more speed.

It would be more correct to say a 386sx is like a 386dx with a 24 bit bus and
16 bit data path.

Martin.