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From: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 386 < -- > 386SX?
Message-ID: <25CF2357.11935@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: 6 Feb 90 19:19:50 GMT
References: <3533@uceng.UC.EDU>
Reply-To: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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In article <3533@uceng.UC.EDU> schriste@uceng.UC.EDU (Steven V. Christensen) writes:
$I understand that a 386SX  has some of the functionality of a 80386.
$Will it run, for example, multi-tasking OS like Microport Unix?
$Will it run OS/2 ? What can a 386 do that a 386SX can't?

   A 386SX is a 386DX with a 16-bit data bus instead of a 32-bit one.
Other than that (and perhaps the occasional bug in the die) it's the
same processor, so it will run all the same software; the drawback is
that it will run a bit slower than a 16 MHz 386DX (how much slower
depends on what software you're running).

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Stephen M. Dunn                               cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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