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In article <1hnr72INNank@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Kiboillk@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Bill Karwin) writes:

>I am under the impression that the 486SX is really a 486DX with
>the FPU disabled.  And the 487SX is really a full 486DX, and when
>it is installed into a 486SX system it bypasses or disables the
>486SX chip.  The combination of 486SX + 487SX is more expensive
>than a 486DX.  This seems like a very inefficient design to me.  :-)


This is what Intel planned originally. However they failed to account
for the Independant Motherboard Manufacturer. These days a lot of the 
motherboards will take a 486SX or DX interchangeably, with a simple 
jumper setting, in the same socket. They often also have the extra 
socket for the overdive chip (modified 486 DX2 or the mysterious chip-
to-come).




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