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From: jimf@idayton.field.intel.com (Jim Fister)
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Subject: Re: 80486 expert opinion wanted ...
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Date: 29 Dec 90 17:55:26 GMT
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Immediate disclaimer: I am not an i486(TM) expert.

Okay, Intel specs each chip that they manufacture if it is in any way 
different from the data sheet.  The second line on the top of the chip should
start off with SX---.  This is the S spec on the chip.  The ones I know from
memory are:

SX308  B6 step.
SX328  C0 step.
SX329  C0 step.

I think.  Anyway, the S spec will tell you what you have if you ask the right
people.

I have no idea what the errata for each step is.  As far as I know, however,
the B6 and C0 steps should have no problems with any UNIX derivative, and
certainly not with DOS or OS/2.

That's my input.  I'm off to go drinking.

Standard disclaimer: If I ever tried to talk on the net for Intel, they'd 
shoot me, so I keep to my own opinions.

Greetings from the Rocking Metropoolis.

JimF