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From: Y087%UNB.CA@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (Y087000)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: 80286 ->80386sx ??
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Date: 20 Feb 89 21:33:04 GMT
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In article <7841?            > wbeebe@bilver.uucp(bill beebe) writes:
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> Your 80386 low-end PC is closer than you think. Intel
>has dropped the 80386SX price to $89 in single quantities, and $50 in
>quantity 1000. This makes it directly competitive to the 16 MHz 80286.

What exactly does this imply? For $89us I can upgrade my 80286 to
something close to a 80386? I heard the 80386sx is a 'plug and go'
chip that simply replaces the 80286 on the motherboard. Obviously
you don't get 32bit addressing, but what else *don't* you get?

Iain Galloway Y087@UNB.CA