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From: mvolo@uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 32-bit Memory Upgrade for NEC
Summary: Is memory access in 386SX 32-bit or 16-bit
Keywords: Memory, Compaq, NEC, Toshiba
Message-ID: <1990Feb10.062017.5521@uncecs.edu>
Date: 10 Feb 90 06:20:17 GMT
References: <1990Feb7.200130.22062@seri.gov> <7934@chaph.usc.edu> <23999@princeton.Princeton.EDU>
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If the 80386SX is a 32-bit processor with a 16 bit data bus, is
motherboard memory accessed 16 bits at a time, the same as I/O. If
this is so, how can an NEC 386SX utilize a 32-bit memory board? Or
is 32-memory access possible with a 386SX?

M Volow, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705
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