Re: Any new instructions in a i486?

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From: Doug Mohney
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:50

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In article <1992Dec22.043040.28363@adobe.com>, zstern@adobe.com (Zalman Stern) writes:

>Its almost certainly true that NeXT has Pentium hardware in house and is  
>working closely with Intel. I doubt they signed a contract boycotting Cyrix  
>though. Having such agreements in writing looks bad during Federal Trade  
>Commission investigations if you know what I mean...

I think it's fair to say NeXT has limited resources, and they probably just
chose to take the path of least resistance by supporting the "mainstream"
hardware.

It would be more embarassing to claim NeXTStep runs on Cyrix hardware only to
discover, after extensive real-world testing, it doesn't work under certain
types of motherboard configurations, etc. etc...

                    I have talked to Ehud, and lived.
  -- >                  SYSMGR@CADLAB.ENG.UMD.EDU                        < --

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From: sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu (Doug Mohney)
Subject: Re: Any new instructions in a i486?
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 18:50:56 GMT
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