Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!voder!nsc!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Question about different 386's ... Message-ID: Date: 10 Apr 91 17:28:24 GMT References: <1991Apr5.213536.12925@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 21 In article <1991Apr5.213536.12925@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> smsmith@hpuxa.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) writes: >The difference in the two chips is that the DX can access anything >EXTERNAL to the chip via a true 32-bit channel, whereas the SX >accesses external things via a 16-bit channel. This includes >memory, peripherals, or whatever else. > >Also, most MSDOS programs are not 16-bit. They are 8-bit. How >else do you think I've been running them on my XT?????? Because the 8088 is to a 8086 as a 80386sx is to a 80386dx. The 8088 IS 16bit it just accesses memory 8bits at a time. > >Steve Smith -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */