Subj : Re: hello! :DD
To   : AKAcastor
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Apr 17 2024 11:37:02

  Re: Re: hello! :DD
  By: AKAcastor to Mary4 on Tue Apr 16 2024 11:05 am

 > Honestly I feel like the Pocket 386 might be a bit awkward of a system.
 > It's a 386 SX so entry-level as far as 32-bit systems, but 40 MHz so maybe
 > not TOO sluggish?  Just sort of an odd duck.

As I recall, 40MHz was a (the most?) popular/common clock speed for the AMD variant of the 386 SX CPUs/boards. With it's 16-bit data bus, it was a bit of a crippled processor, but not an odd duck for the time.

I wouldn't want to use one today! :-)
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