Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!iwm From: iwm@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ian Moor) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: What's in the '586? Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 10:40:42 GMT References: <1991May14.002130.4740@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <42390@cup.portal.com> <1991May19.072710.865@kessner.denver.co.us> Organization: Department of Confusion, Imperial College, London UK Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: swan.doc.ic.ac.uk In-Reply-To: david@kessner.denver.co.us's message of 19 May 91 07:27:10 GMT david@kessner.denver.co.us (David Kessner) says: >Hey! Could be worse-- Intel could put OS/2 functions in 'microcode'! >I wonder if they will offer a 586sz, a 586 sans OS/2 and 8086 emulation. :):):) And they charge MORE for the version WITHOUT OS/2! -- Ian W Moor Internet: iwm@doc.ic.ac.uk JANET: iwm@uk.ac.ic.doc Department of Computing, That which you call a crime when one man does it, Imperial College. you call government when done by many. 180 Queensgate London SW7 UK.