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In article <402un0$4mq@steel.interlog.com> daveacg@interlog.com (Dave Glue) writes:
>From: daveacg@interlog.com (Dave Glue)
>Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
>Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 20:40:53 GMT

>gato@freud.inst.com (gato) wrote:

>>Jim Wong (jd-wong@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu) wrote:
>>: jsart@ix.netcom.com (Joel Sartoris) writes:
>>: >>ON a 9500/132, the speed of SoftWIndows 2.0 beta running Windows 95
>>: >>Gold is said to rival that of an 80486DX2 33 [sic] system.
>>                                         ^^^
>>There's no such thing as an 80486dx2 33 MHz system.

>Yes, there is.  Some people refer to the DX2-66 as a DX2-33, as the
>"2" means doubled.  I think Pournelle was the first person I heard use
>this.

>It's not the correct term, Intel has always referred to the DX2-66 as
>just that.  But it's not necessarily incorrec either, the "2" after
>the DX should be indication enough.

One moment, my friends.  There was an overdrive doubler chip for those 
unlucky enought to have a 486 sx/dx 16 in the first place.  

16.666666 x 2 = 33.333333.  It is possible, but not likely, that Mr. Wong 
has a DX2 33 as a result of using the overdrive chip.