Re: Any new instructions in a i486?

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From: Wayne Schlitt
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:10

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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.


-wayne

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