From: jelson@circle.cs.jhu.edu (Jeremy Elson) Subject: Re: To cache or not to cache. Which machine to buy. Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1993 01:55:08 GMT
In article <1993Feb7.002507.31405@citrus.SAC.CA.US> ianj@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Ian Justman ) writes:
>May I add something about the 486SX and that it does not have the FPU
>operating or is not there at all.
If I remember correctly, the 486SX is a complete 486 with the FPU disabled.
The 487 is also a complete 486 but with an enabled FPU; when you install it,
it disables your old 486SX chip completely. The 486SX/487 is much more of
a marketing advance than it is a technological advance :).
-je
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