Subj : Re: hello! :DD
To   : Digital Man
From : AKAcastor
Date : Wed Apr 17 2024 18:46:00

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

Interesting!  I remember 386SX-16 and 386SX-33 but somehow I blocked 386SX-40 out of my memory.  I do remember 386DX-40, not sure why I thought the 40 MHz 386 was the DX version only.  I guess I was just lucky enough to not have dealt with many of the 386SX-40 machines (which makes sense, I was pretty young and didn't have access to a huge variety of hardware).

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

I'll see how this Pocket 386 feels compared to my Macbook Pro.  Maybe it'll be an upgrade.  ;)


Chris/akacastor

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