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ADVOCACY: RE: 386SX prices

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From: Peter Kocourek
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 00:33
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I. Barnett wrote in a message on 18 Jan 93 to All

 IB> You are saying that a 386sx is outdated? Do you mean that a 
 IB> 32 bit processor that communicates only 16 bits at a time is 
 IB> too slow? Gee, didn't I just describe the Falcon030's architecture? 
 IB> Wake up. If you contend that the 386sx is useless, then you 
 IB> have to admit that the Falcon's (and Mac IIsi, Classic II, 
 IB> and LCII) are equally as useless. 

Whoa! The IIsi has a full 32 bit bus, unlike the LC and LC II. After all,
the IIsi is a _real_ Mac. :-) The system runs at 20 MHz, and with a 68882
added to it (as I have) it runs fairly consistently at half the speed of a
IIfx.

YHS:QSI! (A slightly irate IIsi owner :-))
 
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