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From: tboutell@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Thomas B Boutell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: 80486
Keywords: 486 request for info
Message-ID: <2582@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 20 Dec 88 21:59:37 GMT
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Reply-To: tboutell@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Thomas B Boutell)
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Well, careful, now; he didn't say running MSDOS, he said existing as PC
CPUs. Granted not every single user needs the power of a 486 to himself
and multiuser applications will be common, but certainly as a workstation
CPU it ought to be a dandy. (If you can afford it. (-: ) No reason why it
can't be running a decent multitasking OS.

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