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From: phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: Brain-dead 286 - summary
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Date: 9 Mar 90 19:19:27 GMT
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In article <38299@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> sl197009@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Chima Echeruo) writes:
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|I have read many "experts" saying that the 286 is far slower than a 386.
|I have a 20Mhz 286 and I am yet to find a DOS computer in my college that
|performs faster than the 286 running DOS.
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|I have read in Byte that there are going to be versions of the 286 at 25 Mhz.
|Is this true?

Yes.


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