Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/11/01/22:00:51
In article <54vm6h$jjj AT news DOT service DOT uci DOT edu>, beppu AT rigel DOT oac DOT uci DOT edu (John Beppu) writes:
>>>machine:
>>> am386DX 40, 8MB RAM, CD-ROM 4x, modem on COM2, 1MB 8900CL/D gfx
>>> Quantum/HP HDD 270MB + WD HDD 400MB, local bus hybrid motherboard
>>>386 or 486), no FPU, 128 cache.
>
>>umm........
>>how can you have a DX machine without an FPU?
>>Isn't that the definition of DX?
>
>
> (I may be wrong, but)
> I think that the letters "DX" implied that an FPU was on
> a 486, but for 386s the "DX" was ?(something else).
486DX = has FPU
486SX = no FPU
386DX = 32-bit external data paths
386SX = 16-bit external data paths, 32-bit internal data paths
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