IBM ROM BASIC or lack thereof

From: Jan Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Sun Oct 14 09:14:30 2001

Wasn't AMD's chip an Am5x86-133 in reference to it's being
a 5th generation 486 chip.

I believe the Cyrix 586 was 486 series too. Their first
Pentium level offering was the 686, wasn't it?



Mike Ford wrote:
>
> >I saw a component at a shop in Malaysia marked Intel 586 once. Many times
> >I've regretted not buying it just as a conversation piece. I always
> >wondered if that would have given me problems coming back into the US at
> >customs....
>
> Cyrix sold their pentium clone as a 586, maybe others too.
Received on Sun Oct 14 2001 - 09:14:30 BST