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Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?



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.

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