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Is it really worth having external cache with 040 chip?
I read from somewhere which compared the performance of
486 with 128k cache and without one. In general, the 
presence of cache only makes 20% difference or so, according
to them. I remember them stating that the internal 4 way
assositive 8k cache is 'equivalent' to 32k external,
assuming no clever cache contoller is used.

Any comments ?

-TG