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From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 486SX - Intel now telling lies
Message-ID: <1991May30.232057.24302@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 30 May 91 23:20:57 GMT
References: <1991May29.230433.10095@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> <1991May30.164751.16585@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov> <1991May30.213810.27325@amd.com>
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In article <1991May30.213810.27325@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>An interesting data point is that the 487sx, which is simply a 486dx which
>runs at a lower clock rate (20 MHz vs 25 MHz), costs quite a bit more
>than the 486dx, about $799 vs around $500. What does this mean?

The article in Byte, if I recall correctly, said the i487, not only gives 
you the FPU but is able to run at 25mhz.

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Kaleb Keithley                               kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov

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