10 Nov
2006
10 Nov
'06
9:32 p.m.
Al Hartman wrote:
Harris Semiconductor made licensed 80286 CPU's.
They made them in 16 and 20mhz versions.
I used to sell systems made with them, and at the time the 386sx came
out, a 286-20 was MUCH faster than a 386 20mhz...
How is that possible? The 386 improved many instructions to run in
fewer clocks...
Besides, I'd always take a 386-16 over a 286-20, because the 286-20 runs
protected mode applications at 0MHz ;-)
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