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From: wbeebe@bilver.uucp (Bill Beebe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: AMD 80c287 vs Intel 80287: 100% alike?
Message-ID: <1990Dec26.143557.4591@bilver.uucp>
Date: 26 Dec 90 14:35:57 GMT
References: <1990Dec19.214312.37117@eagle.wesleyan.edu> <1990Dec24.192521.27064@hoss.unl.edu>
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
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In article <1990Dec24.192521.27064@hoss.unl.edu> savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) writes:
>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
>
>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
>

The article covers the AM386, not the 80C287. Excellent article in any
event, and makes the interesting point that for _real world_ throughput,
a 40 MHz AM386 is as powerful as a 33 MHz i486. Considering the high
cost of the i486 and the fact I'm just a mite tired of the Intel
monopoly, I'm looking forward to buying every piece of AMD silicon I can
get my hands on. To Hell With Intel.