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From: savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: AMD 80c287 vs Intel 80287: 100% alike?
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Date: 24 Dec 90 19:25:21 GMT
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In article <1990Dec19.214312.37117@eagle.wesleyan.edu> aliao@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>A friend of mine had a question which had its origins in an advertisement
>for the AMD 80c287 chip... he'd like to know if it is exactly (100%) the
>same as the Intel 80287 chip (except for that it is a CMOS chip [presumably]).
>If you'd like to respond to his query, please send EMail to him at:
>
>		cricket@buengf.bu.edu
>
>Thanks in advance.

please check latest BYTE; there is an editorial on this topic; apparently
the AMD is 100% compatable and even better( apparently the power
consumption is lot less in AMDs)
-savel

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