From: kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 17:33:39 -0500
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   Paul Derbyshire wrote:

   > 686???

   Yes sir, the Pentium Pro.  Check my X-Mailer line above.

No.  Cyrix came out with a Super486 which was not quite a Pentium and called that 
a 586 CPU.  So when they came out with their Pentium Clone they named it the 
Cyrix 686,  the P166+ runs at 133 MHZ and costs a little less than an Intel 
Pentium 133 but out performs a Pentium 166 in all but math co-processor functions
where it is closer to a Pentium 150.

I love my Cyrix P166+.

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Art S. Kagel, kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com

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