Re: Any new instructions in a i486?

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From: peter da silva
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:43

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In article <BzMEIJ.Anz@pix.com> stripes@pix.com (Josh Osborne) writes:
> I don't think this is the case (but I would love to be wrong...).  I beleve
> the #clocks each insn takes is more like the 386, then the i486.

If NeXTstep does busyloops using instruction timing, I don't want it no
matter WHAT it looks like.
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