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The SX does seem like an odd choice, a stopgap back in the day that allowed 286 board designs a slightly longer life. Although as a DOS machine perhaps it make
by smackeyacky 2y ago
The SX does seem like an odd choice, a stopgap back in the day that allowed 286 board designs a slightly longer life.
Although as a DOS machine perhaps it makes the implementation easier for that reason. They were popular as a replacement for 286 implemented as a daughter board that plugged into the 286 socket.
- SirFatty 2y agoand I don't think Intel ever made a 40Mhz processor, AMD did, and I believe it came with a math coprocessor onboard.
- alsoforgotmypwd 2y agoIncorrect. Am386SX-40 had no FPU. I collect many variations of PC-era processors.