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| From | Daniel65 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.ms-windows.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows7.general, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general |
| Subject | Re: Windows 32-bit |
| Date | 2023-12-31 23:17 +1100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <umrm4d$1nhbb$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <f2usoi10fo0tv1v1npe4v2lijp8g2vqe9a@4ax.com> <umms19.i7o.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <AvORUBn4jxjlFwEZ@255soft.uk> <3fj0pi1he28cfgbul4lbmu4jua526btugq@4ax.com> <$93+An1C1HklFwbp@255soft.uk> |
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J. P. Gilliver wrote on 31/12/23 7:27 am: > In message <3fj0pi1he28cfgbul4lbmu4jua526btugq@4ax.com> at Sat, 30 > Dec 2023 12:10:57, Tim Slattery <TimSlattery@utexas.edu> writes >> "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote: >> >>> For 386 and 486, the confusingly changed what "SX" and "DX" >>> meant; on one (I forget which), SX meant it _didn't_ have a >>> floating-point maths co-processor on board, DX meant it did. On >>> the other, SX meant it had a half-width (so 16?) bus outside the >>> chip (so requiring two fetches to >> >> The 486 was the first Intel chip to have the numeric coprocessor >> onboard. Intel wanted to prese4ve the "SX" price point, so they >> produced a 486SX chip which was identical to the DX except that >> the numeric coprocessor was disabled! Machines sold with this chip >> had an empty socket where you could plug in a 486DX chip to get a >> coproc. So once you did that, you could unplug the SX chip and use >> it elsewhere, right? WRONG!!! It was set up so that the DX in those >> machines wouldn't work unless the SX was plugged in, doing >> nothing. >> > Did anyone ever manage to "crack" the 486SX or the 487 to enable the > disabled part, or make it work without the other? "487"?? All DuckDuckGo shows seems to concern a Californian Penal Code clause 487!! ;-P -- Daniel
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