Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Edward Dodge
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 17:59

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> Stephen Knilans (stephenk@netcom.com) wrote:
> : 
> : The 386sx was to the 386dx as the 88 was to the 86.
> : 
> : Starting with the 486, such designations become hazy.

I think I smell something here...  The 8088 was a 16-bit machine and the
8086 was the 8-bit machine that IBM wanted instead.  The 386SX is better
than the 386DX?  In the 486 the designations are crystal clear:  486DX =
"with fp"  486SX = "without fp."

Get off the drugs.

Edward

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:59:22 -0300
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