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Article #921386SX has a 24 bit address bus
From: Pat Mackinlay
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:19
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:19
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>> ever is built). I.E. while both 386's were 32-bit chips, the SX had a 16-bit >> external data path (but still a 32-bit address path). I imagine the P24T > > Does the SX really have a 32-bit address bus? I thought it was > only 24 bits. Just 16 MB of memory like on the '286. You are quite correct. The 386SX parts have a 24 bit address bus. Like the data bus, it is 32 bit internally, but only 24 bits are brought out. This is the processor that most closely matches the MC68000 <grin> although it was brought out years later. Pat -- Have a day!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cujo!cc.curtin.edu.au!smackinla From: smackinla@cc.curtin.edu.au (Pat Mackinlay) Subject: 386SX has a 24 bit address bus Message-ID: <1992Nov10.191937.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> Lines: 13 Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager) Organization: Curtin University of Technology References: <35090004@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com> <1992Nov6.065623.25558@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:19:37 GMT