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From: boone@athena.cs.uga.edu (Roggie Boone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Question -- 386DX versus 386SX
Message-ID: <1991Feb7.182436.17262@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Date: 7 Feb 91 18:24:36 GMT
Sender: boone@athena.cs.uga.edu (Roggie Boone)
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I know this has probably been asked before, but I am new to this group.

Could someone please explain or direct me to an article that explains in 
some detail the difference(s) between a full 80386 microprocessor
(80386DX) and the 80386SX?  Are they both 32-bit processors?  I've 
heard that the main difference is that the SX "talks" to the outside 
world (memory, disk, etc) at 16-bits while the DX uses 32 bits.  Is this
true and is this the only difference?  Are there any limitations on 
the 386SX running 386-specific software?

_Any_ info that can be provided (technical or not) would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Roggie Boone   (boone@athena.cs.uga.edu)    
University of Georgia