Re: 386-40 VS i486SX-25

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From: Eric Hobbs
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 14:36

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In article <1992Jul27.023833.4565@techbook.com> marcusk@techbook.com (Marcus Kusch) writes:
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>Cut in CPU power?  From My understanding... a 486 is a 386 with an onboard
>387 and cache.  A 486sx is a 486 that has the 387 disabled, leaving you
>with what is basically a 386 with a cache.
>Now, this means he's comparing a 386 40Mhz with a 386 25Mhz with a cache.
>I leave the decision as to which is better up to y'all...
>-- 
>cknlps@techbook.com ........................................... Marcus Kusch
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Doesn't the 486 have a rewritten instruction set that is much more
efficient that the 386 set?  I'm not sure about this but isn't there
something having to do with internal clock cycles that was changed to
make the 486 run faster.  At any rate, a 486 isn't just a 386 with a 
co-proccesor and a cache.
Heck, I don't even have a PC! I wanna get one though.

Eric A. HOBBS!!
ehobbs@jupiter.nmt.edu

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From: ehobbs@nmt.edu (Eric Hobbs)
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Subject: Re: 386-40 VS i486SX-25
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