Date:	Fri Oct 08 14:30:29 1993
From:	grw AT tamu DOT edu
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	486-SX

Yow!

Edward Maros (edward AT dii DOT com) appears to have written:

> This is the difference between a 486-DX and a 486-SX. If your Del machine
> has an SX cpu, it means that the math co-processor has been disabled.
> When I origionally heard about the 486-SX cpus, it seemed to me to be
> a scam by Intel to sell defective 486-DX chips :)

	In Intel's defense, although this was true for early 486SX's,
Intel soon retooled and started producing SX's with no coprocessor
circuitry, making them cheaper to produce and more lucrative.

			George R. Welch
			grw AT tamu DOT edu

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