Re: Can software be 486-specific?

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From: Mohit K. Goyal
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:53

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>IMHO, if there are in fact processor-specific advantages to requiring  
>a 486, doing so makes sense.  The PC world has long been crippled by  
>its need for backward compatibility with early machines.  This seems  
>a good point to start with a clean slate (or as clean a slate as  
>possible).
>
I figure that a 386 is the best cut-off point. (a la OS/2 2.0)

A 486 program can't offer that much speed advantage over a 386 program,
and their are a ton of 386's out their.

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