Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 15:45:18 +0100 (MET)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To: John Beppu <beppu AT rigel DOT oac DOT uci DOT edu>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: 386Max & DPMI 1.0
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On 27 Oct 1996, John Beppu wrote:

>>>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).
You're right. I think I saw once an explanation of what it means, but don't
remember it anymore. I think it was on http://www.x86.org


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