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The 386SX was the slow one back when it was released. The "real" 386 was the DX, with a 32 bit bus. The 486 was so much better, the first Intel to perform close
by pmontra 3y ago
The 386SX was the slow one back when it was released. The "real" 386 was the DX, with a 32 bit bus. The 486 was so much better, the first Intel to perform close to the Unix workstations I had at university.
- icedchai 3y agoMy first Linux box was a 386SX laptop with 3 megs of RAM (1 on the motherboard, 2 in an add-in card.) This was back in the Linux 0.99.x days. I late upgraded to a 486 and it was like night and day!
- bitwize 3y agoI mained a 386SX in high school. Windows 3.x really chugged on that thing (only 2 MiB of RAM as I recall), but I learned a lot about Windows programming and x86 assembly. Then came 1995, college, a Pentium, and something called Linux...