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From: brim@cbmvax.commodore.com (Mike Brim - Product Assurance)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: 80386-33 and "double sigma rule" ??
Message-ID: <15944@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 19 Nov 90 13:29:06 GMT
References: <3720001@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com> <15882@cbmvax.commodore.com> <2275@jwt.UUCP>
Reply-To: brim@cbmvax.commodore.com (Mike Brim - Product Assurance)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <2275@jwt.UUCP> john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes:
> In article <15882@cbmvax.commodore.com> brim@cbmvax.commodore.com (Mike Brim - Product Assurance) writes:
> >If you are referring to the "16-bit only operation" bug, that occurred only 
> >with early 16MHz 80386 CPUs (and the 1st 20,000 of them).  20MHz and greater
> >do not have the problem.  The buggy 16MHZ 80386's are also suppose to have 
> >markings on it stating that the chip is for 16-bit operation only.  
> 
> I have an 80386-20 at work imprinted with "16 BIT S/W ONLY" on the CPU, so
> the above information is not correct.  This is in a Proteus system that's
> 2 or 3 years old.

Interesting...does the 386CPU actually say 80386-20 or 80386-16?  Some companies
ran (run) CPU's higher then their stated spec.  Also have you tried 32 bit 
software on it?  
Thanks
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