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

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From: Joe Sloan
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 01:30

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In article <edodge-2508951459220001@ip-pdx6-51.teleport.com>,
Edward Dodge <edodge@teleport.com> wrote:
>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.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^?

Perhaps you are in error? consult an intel data book for details; 

The 8086 is a 16-bit CPU; the 8088 is basically an 8086 with an 8-bit 
external data bus. IBM chose the 8088 because of the availability of
cheap 8-bit peripherals...

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From: js@dostoevsky (Joe Sloan)
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: 26 Aug 1995 01:30:59 GMT
Organization: University of Calfornia at Riverside
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