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Article #6137Re: Can software be 486-specific?
From: Mohit K. Goyal
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:39
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:39
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>Remeber that the 2 or 3 opcodes that are different between a 386+387 and a >486 are for MULTITASKING OPERATING SYSTEMS, and MULTIPROCESSOR support. >Therefore, it kind of makes sence for a new 32bit operating system ( >NeXTSTEP) to require an i486 processor. Windows NT, by the way, requres a >386-25 or grater, not a 486. > _________________________________________________________________ How much difference(ie-improvement) do these 2 or 3 opcodes make in a multitasking operating system? How much better would an OS like OS/2 be if it required a 486SX instead of 386SX? Finally, how can NT require a 386-25 or greater? Can't an OS just require either a 386SX & up, 386+387+up, 486SX+up, 486DX+up? Does MS just recommend a 386DX-25 as the absolute minimum? Thanks.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!darwin.sura.net!convex!news.utdallas.edu!goyal From: goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal) Subject: Re: Can software be 486-specific? Message-ID: <BxMEqn.C7A@utdallas.edu> Sender: usenet@utdallas.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: csclass.utdallas.edu Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas References: <BxL9qH.M45@utdallas.edu> <RFowler.393@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:39:58 GMT Lines: 19