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From: ed@imuse.uucp (Ed Braaten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: 80486
Summary: 80486 in a PC???
Keywords: 486 request for info
Message-ID: <316@imuse.uucp>
Date: 18 Dec 88 21:36:00 GMT
References: <17566@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU> <5800@cadnetix.COM>
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Organization: Intel GmbH, Munich, West Germany
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In article <17566@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU> ocyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu () writes:
>
>I hope that I am posting to the best group.  I recently heard that the 486 chip
>is headed for the real world.  Can anyone forward a summary of info or just 
>here?  What are the major differences with the 386?  What likely cost increase
>will there be or is this ultimately destined to be a PC CPU?  How many years 
                                                      ^^^^^^
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EEeeek!!!!  Please spare us.  The idea of DOS running at X-Mips... 
Please don't wish a future like that on the 80486! (I'm referring to 
all the under-worked 80386 CPU's out there in PC-boxes doing single-
tasking brain-damaged DOS or executing sludge-ware like OS/2...)

Thanks for rating comp.sys.intel as the 'best group'! ;-)



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