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In article <WAYNE.92Dec20171036@backbone.uucp> wayne@backbone.uucp (Wayne Schlitt)  
writes:
> In article <9212200017.12@rmkhome.UUCP> rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
> 
> < >(somebody)> NeXTStep is said to not run on the Cyrix 486 chips because
> < >(somebody)> "they are not real 486's".  No one has come up with a
> < >(somebody)> reliable reason _why_ NeXT doesn't think they are "real
> < >(somebody)> 486's" or why NeXTStep won't run on them.
> < >
> < >FUD, FUD. Ah Intel, Intel. :-)
> < 
> < 
> < I don't see where this has anything to do with Intel.  Cyrix decided that
> < they could make some money by cloning a best selling CPU chip.  Obviously,
> < they have missed something.  
> 
> 
> Well, from the info that has been posted so far, it looks more and
> more like it is NeXT that screwed something up and doesn't care about
> fixing it.  Chances are NeXTStep won't run on the Pentium either if it
> is that fragile.

Wrong. NeXT says it will run on 486SX, 486DX, and follow-ups to
the '86 line. Support for Pentium is for sure. Since NeXT has worked
together with intel on the port (from what I heard) I'd guess NeXT had
to sign a contract banning support for Cyrix's part.

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Volker Herminghaus-Shirai (vhs@qb.rhein-main.de)

Looks good on the outside, but -
	intel inside