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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT natacha DOT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
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To: Dim Zegebart <zager AT post DOT comstar DOT ru>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 15:47:11 +0000
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Subject: Re: 686

Hi Dim:

> Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> > > I have a Cyrix 686 166, 24 megs of ram, windows 95, Screamin 3d.
> > 
> > 686???
> 
> Nothing strange !
> It's standart Cyrix/IBM notation. And I think 
> iPentiumPro<=AMD-K-6<=Cyrix/IBM686 (performance) and
> iPentiumPro>AMD-K-6>Cyrix/IBM686 (price)
> (at the same cpu clock)
  The Cyrix CPUs have a name according to your speed, in reference to the 
Pentium, for example:

Cx686 166+ is a CPU a little faster than a Pentium of 166 MHz, no in comparison 
with a Pentium Pro.

  Well at least Cyrix claims that.

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