Re: Anyone has 486SX-25 and 386DX-40's SI and Landmark ratings?

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From: Dan Ts'o
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 06:56

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In article <1992Jul31.144719.24933@wam.umd.edu> qian@wam.umd.edu (Yong Qian) writes:
>Does any have the speed rating of 486SX-25 and 386DX-40? The local 
>computers are selling 486SX-25 cheaper than a similar equiped 386-40.
>($1080 VS $1120). I lean toward 486SX. Any comments?

	If you ever will need floating point, getting the co-processor for
the 386 will be alot cheaper. The 487SX's run about $500-600 because you're
buying a whole new CPU, while 387's are about $150.

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From: tso@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Dan Ts'o)
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Subject: Re: Anyone has 486SX-25 and 386DX-40's SI and Landmark ratings?
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