On 02/26/2009 09:38 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Hi, David Jardine wrote:Many years ago someone on this list claimed to be running Debian on an 80386SX, which was, I think, 16-bit (as opposed to the 80386DX). Hamm or Slink, I believe.The SX was without math co-processor, the DX with. Both were 386 processors at 32bit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80386#The_i386SX_variant In 1988, Intel introduced the i386SX, a low cost version with a 16-bit data bus (although the CPU remained fully 32-bit internally) intended to simplify circuit board layout and reduce total cost [snip] The original i386 was subsequently renamed i386DX to avoid confusion, though this would rather cause confusion later when the DX in the name i486DX instead indicated floating- point capability. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA The feeling of disgust at seeing a human female in a Relationship with a chimp male is Homininphobia, and you should be ashamed of yourself.