sad sad sad

[Robert Brockway]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 12:06:38AM -0400, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> > it's been a sad day today, my 386 just breathed it's last.  In memory of
> > "the good days" when 100MB drives were monsters, I saved the 386sx bios,
> > dip chips (ram), and the VLSI chipset.  If only electronics could speak,
> > the things that motherboard could tell.  An expensive and often
> > envied CPU in it's hayday, 386sx-16 managed to see MS and DR-DOS, SCO
> > UNIX, and slackware linux before it's dying day.  386 was almost 14.
>
> I never admired the 386SX, only the DX.  Chopping of half the data bus
> of a a poor defenseless 386 just seemed cruel, all to satisfy the
> marketing weenies. :)

They were pin-compatible with late model 286s which meant they could get
them to market quickly (by shoving them in 286 boards & makign sure the
board didn't collapse under the higher clockspeed :)  I'm not sure if
anyone actually upgraded a 286 to a 386SX (ie, replacing the chip) but it
was supposed to be possible.

Rob

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