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Article #1620Re: Detecting an 80486
From: John R. Levine
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 1990 01:16
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 1990 01:16
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In article <315@bally.Bally.COM> you write:
>I spoke with an engineer at SCO (whose remains unnamed) who sadly
>told me that there was no way to tell an 80386 from an 80486.
Had anyone at SCO bothered to read the Intel i486 Programmer's Reference,
they would have found several straightforward ways to tell the difference.
The Intel manual even gives sample code.
>SCO wanted to market a higher-priced version of Xenix for 80486, but they
>could find no way to detect the difference.
Sounds like it's just as well they couldn't figure out how. What a crock
that would have been.
--
John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 864 9650
johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us, {ima|lotus|spdcc}!esegue!johnl
Marlon Brando and Doris Day were born on the same day.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!spdcc!ima!esegue!johnl From: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Detecting an 80486 Message-ID: <1990Jul20.011633.1686@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> Date: 20 Jul 90 01:16:33 GMT References: <ECOLLINS.90Jul9182101@teewi.nmsu.edu> <1990Jul19.025150.6150@looking.on.ca> <315@bally.Bally.COM> Reply-To: johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) Distribution: comp.os.msdos.programmer Organization: Segue Software, Cambridge MA Lines: 18