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From: brim@cbmvax.commodore.com (Mike Brim - Product Assurance)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: 486sx
Message-ID: <21207@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 3 May 91 12:23:40 GMT
References: <12506@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <3360023@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com>
Reply-To: brim@cbmvax.commodore.com (Mike Brim - Product Assurance)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <3360023@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com> plim@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com (Peter Lim) writes:
> / nataraj@celebrity.Eng.Sun.COM (Nataraj) /  9:46 am  Apr 30, 1991 / writes:
> 
> > How long does it take for the smalltime-cloners to come out with
> > a machine after the big companies like IBM,Compaq,AST
> > come out with a machine based on a new Intel Chip?
> > 
> According to a local newspaper ads. ACER claimed that they are the first
> one (in the world ? or in Singapore) to come out with a 486sx based machine.
> It was published a few days ago.
> 
> 
> > I am specifically interested in the 486sx story.
> > 
> One rumour quarter claims that the 486sx's are actually 486 with defective
> math unit which is disabled. Any truth in this ???
> 
> 
  I don't know about the defective FPU part, but the 486SX is a full 486 with
the FPU disabled.  What's funny is that if you want a FPU for the 486SX you 
purchase the 487 which is a true 486 chip!  When inserted the 487 acts as both
the CPU and FPU and disables the 486SX chip.  The list price I've seen for the
487 is around $800, while the 486SX costs around $250-300 (in quantities of
course).
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PC Analyst - System Evaluation Group | 	West Chester, PA 19380
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