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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: 386SX vs 386DX
Message-ID: <470@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 11 Feb 90 22:35:59 GMT
References: <1990Feb8.223250.17994@aucs.uucp>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
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In article <1990Feb8.223250.17994@aucs.uucp> 860088m@aucs.UUCP (Spiros Mancoridis) writes:
| 
| I am interested in purchasing a 386 machine.  Judging from the 
| postings in various newsgroups the only difference between a 
| 386SX based machine and a 386DX based machine is speed because the
| 386SX has a 16-bit bus compared to a 386DX which has a 32-bit bus.
| If this is the only difference, why is there such a great difference
| in price?

  There isn't. The price of a 16MHz 386DX is only about $200 more than
the SX. Going to a fast CPU *will* drive up the price of the CPU,
supposrt chips, memory, etc.
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