| Newsgroups: | comp.sys.intel |
| Path: | icdoc!dds |
| From: | dds@doc.ic.ac.uk (Diomidis Spinellis) |
| Subject: | Why no 286 pin compatible 386 SX? |
| Nntp-Posting-Host: | skid.doc.ic.ac.uk |
| Message-ID: | <1992Jan9.154745.23749@doc.ic.ac.uk> |
| Organization: | Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK |
| Date: | Thu, 9 Jan 1992 15:47:45 GMT |
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A friend of mine asked me yesterday why one could not plug in a 386SX in a 286 socket. The answer is of course, that they are not pin compatible. I can not however, see any reason why a 286 pin compatible 386SX can not be built. This could then directly be plugged in into 286 boards (together with a suitable BIOS replacement if needed) and upgrade them to run 32 bit software. Any reason why this has not been done? Diomidis -- Diomidis Spinellis Internet: dds@doc.ic.ac.uk Department of Computing UUCP: ...!ukc!icdoc!dds Imperial College, London SW7 #include "/dev/tty"
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