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Re: 486sx

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From: Phil Ngai
Date: Tue, 14 May 1991 19:23
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minh-do@CS.YALE.EDU (Do Minh) writes:

>The new 486sx has been described as  a 486 with the floating point unit
>"disabled."  Does this mean that it is there but nonfunctional, or that
>Intel left it out during production?

What difference does it make? Especially since Intel can do either one
or even switch back and forth as they please?

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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: 486sx
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Date: 14 May 91 19:23:35 GMT
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