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Article #2522Re: Buying a 386, please HELP!?!
From: Michael B. Williams
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 1990 18:03
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 1990 18:03
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In article <1249800002@S55.Prime.COM>, CUMMINGS@S55.Prime.COM writes: |> |> 386: I would recomend a 386SX, especially if you plan on running MS-DOS on it. |> Memory upgrades will be cheaper (because you can upgrade in 1/2 the |> increments a full 386 needs (16 bit memory vs 32 bit memory). |> You have GOT to be kidding. There is NO difference between so-called ``16-bit'' memory and ``32-bit'' memory; they are exactly the same thing and cost exactly the same amount. In fact, the term ``16-bit memory'' is a misnomer; it actually refers to memory that is accessed 16 bits at a time. If you access it 32 bits at a time (via the motherboard, EISA or MCA bus) it instantly and magically becomes ``32-bit memory.'' ______________________________________________________________________ Michael B. Williams | /| /| ) /| / Room 527 | / | / |--<| / | / Laboratory for Computer Science | / |/ |___)/ |/ Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Internet: mikew@athena.mit.edu 545 Technology Square | CompuServe: 73667,3264 Cambridge, MA 02139 | AT&T: (617) 253-6015
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!mintaka!proton.LCS.MIT.EDU!mikew From: mikew@proton.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Buying a 386, please HELP!?! Message-ID: <1990Aug17.180307.11017@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 17 Aug 90 18:03:07 GMT References: <2366@dsacg2.dsac.dla.mil> <1249800002@S55.Prime.COM> Sender: daemon@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu (Lucifer Maleficius) Reply-To: mikew@proton.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams) Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 22