From: bogstad@blaze.cs.jhu.edu (Bill Bogstad) Subject: Re: To cache or not to cache. Which machine to buy. Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1993 04:57:11 GMT
>I thought it was a world trend. I would get one of those over a 386.
>However, I'd recommend a 486DX, because:
>
>1. The 16 bit bus of the SX will slow Linux down, as it's talking to
> the memory in full 32 bit transfers.
You are WRONG. The Intel 486SX has a 32 bit bus just like the 486DX.
It is the 386SX that only has an external 16 bit bus.
Bill Bogstad