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From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib)
Subject: Re: How much for a 487SX?!!
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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 91 19:43:11 GMT
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Speaking of the 487SX... here is something quite weird. The latest
IBM products circular mentions a 486SX machine. Forget what its
called, but IBM mentions an upgrade to the 487SX. Now comes the
weird part. To get the 487SX upgrade, IBM wants the 486SX chip
returned!!!! This tells us that the 387SX is no coprocessor, it 
IS the microprocessor. In which case one would like to know what
the difference between the 487SX and the 486DX (?) is!

I think someone at IBM goofed big time...


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