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Article #43854Re: Brain-dead 286 - summary
From: Phil Ngai
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 1990 19:19
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 1990 19:19
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In article <38299@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> sl197009@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Chima Echeruo) writes:
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|I have read many "experts" saying that the 286 is far slower than a 386.
|I have a 20Mhz 286 and I am yet to find a DOS computer in my college that
|performs faster than the 286 running DOS.
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|I have read in Byte that there are going to be versions of the 286 at 25 Mhz.
|Is this true?
Yes.
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Phil Ngai, phil@amd.com {uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!amdcad!pepsi!phil From: phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Brain-dead 286 - summary Message-ID: <29442@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: 9 Mar 90 19:19:27 GMT References: <8681@rosevax.Rosemount.COM> <29405@amdcad.AMD.COM> <17965@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <38299@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@amdcad.AMD.COM Reply-To: phil@pepsi.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) Distribution: usa Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Sunnyvale CA Lines: 15