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From: cyang%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Cheng Yang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Why buy a DX over an SX?
Message-ID: <1991May7.093840.23795@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 7 May 91 15:38:39 GMT
References: <14534@encore.Encore.COM> <1991Apr12.162615.13529@holos0.uucp> <1991Apr21.203004.9909@unlv.edu> <72386@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <1991May6.170707.27182@cs.utk.edu>
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In article <1991May6.170707.27182@cs.utk.edu> burkey@duncan.cs.utk.edu (Michael Burkey) writes:
>In response to the letter to which you responded.
>
>A 386SX does NOT have a 32 bit bus to memory, it is 16 bit just like
>the 286 is. From an external standpoint, this thing is virtually a 286.
>Internally it is 32 bit and acts like a 386DX. Intel is currently working
>on plans (AMD also is for that matter) of coming out with a 386SX that is pin
>compatible with a 286. Can we say good-bye 286??

Do you mean it will be possible to just pull out our 286s from motherboards
and plug in 386SX?  That will be very interesting!  It seems that I can save
my 286 motherboard! 



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