Re: 386SX vs 386DX

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From: $anjay "lock-on" $ingh - Indy St...
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 1990 03:56

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In article <572@auvax.AthabascaU.CA> kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Kevin Crocker) writes:
>In article <101@penrij.LS.COM> soup@penrij.LS.COM (John Campbell) writes:
>>	to "fix" the chip and break someone's system (see i486 and
>>	the EISA bus-  Intel "fixed" the chip to favor IBM and hurt
>>	the EISA manufacturers).
>
>Will EISA bus be hampered by the 486 "fixes"?
>
If this is true, it's an underhanded move by Intel. As for Intel's attempt to
smother the market with the SX chip, sales for the SXs are indeed going up-
at the expense of low end DX systems.

Does anyone know anything about a dispute between Intel and Advanced Micro
Devices over a license for the 386 chip?


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From: ssingh@watserv1.waterloo.edu ($anjay "lock-on" $ingh - Indy Studies)
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Subject: Re: 386SX vs 386DX
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Date: 11 Mar 90 03:56:18 GMT
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