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From: ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What's in the '586?
Message-ID: <1991May16.113908.16865@grebyn.com>
Date: 16 May 91 11:39:08 GMT
References: <1991May14.002130.4740@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <42347@cup.portal.com>
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In article <42347@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
>umh@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Maynard Handley) says:
> 
>>Much as we all hate intel processors, it's always interesting to see what
>>new perversions they come up with. Does anyone know what will make the 586
>>different from a 486? Will it be just like 386->486, so some more cache and
>>a little faster, or is there more to it than that?
> 
>Normally, Intel doesn't make their first announcement of new products on
>Usenet, but I've been granted permission to answer your questions in
>general terms.

[ answers deleted ]

I think you should have had more smileys on this. :-) :-) :-) I suspect
too many readers will miss the one you put.

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