Subj : Re: hello! :DD
To   : Poindexter Fortran
From : AKAcastor
Date : Wed Apr 17 2024 19:58:44

 pF>  Then came the clones - AMD, Cyrix, IBM, and others I've forgotten about
 pF>  all came up with their down 486-esque designs. We had problems with
 pF>  Windows 3.1 and the Cyrix chips, so the users would trade them for
 pF>  Intel 486 boxes and we'd run BSD/OS in the server room on them just
 pF>  fine.

I had a Cyrix 486DLC-40 and it was always great.  I remember reading mixed reviews of some of the others and it always seemed so unusual to me because my 486DLC-40 had been great.

I remember hearing the IBM 486 SLC stood for "SLow Crap".

 pF>  Then, the first Pentium/66s showed up and blew them all away. The 486
 pF>  era was gone, just like >that<.

Yep, time to upgrade!  If you can't afford anything else, then at least a Pentium Overdrive chip.  :)


Chris/akacastor

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