aliao@eagle.wesleyan.edu (12/20/90)
A friend of mine had a question which had its origins in an advertisement for the AMD 80c287 chip... he'd like to know if it is exactly (100%) the same as the Intel 80287 chip (except for that it is a CMOS chip [presumably]). If you'd like to respond to his query, please send EMail to him at: cricket@buengf.bu.edu Thanks in advance.
savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) (12/25/90)
In article <1990Dec19.214312.37117@eagle.wesleyan.edu> aliao@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes: >A friend of mine had a question which had its origins in an advertisement >for the AMD 80c287 chip... he'd like to know if it is exactly (100%) the >same as the Intel 80287 chip (except for that it is a CMOS chip [presumably]). >If you'd like to respond to his query, please send EMail to him at: > > cricket@buengf.bu.edu > >Thanks in advance. please check latest BYTE; there is an editorial on this topic; apparently the AMD is 100% compatable and even better( apparently the power consumption is lot less in AMDs) -savel -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bharat P. Savel EE Dept. E-mail : savel@hoss.unl.edu Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln Ph : (402) 477-9857
wbeebe@bilver.uucp (Bill Beebe) (12/26/90)
In article <1990Dec24.192521.27064@hoss.unl.edu> savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) writes: >In article <1990Dec19.214312.37117@eagle.wesleyan.edu> aliao@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes: >>A friend of mine had a question which had its origins in an advertisement >>for the AMD 80c287 chip... he'd like to know if it is exactly (100%) the > >please check latest BYTE; there is an editorial on this topic; apparently >the AMD is 100% compatable and even better( apparently the power >consumption is lot less in AMDs) >-savel > The article covers the AM386, not the 80C287. Excellent article in any event, and makes the interesting point that for _real world_ throughput, a 40 MHz AM386 is as powerful as a 33 MHz i486. Considering the high cost of the i486 and the fact I'm just a mite tired of the Intel monopoly, I'm looking forward to buying every piece of AMD silicon I can get my hands on. To Hell With Intel.
pekkala@convex.com (Rick Pekkala) (12/27/90)
I like it too, captive markets - plahhhh! I can see '486 machines selling for $2K!!! Got to love it, come on AMD kick b*tt! And I can't wait until Apple gets a warning shot, too!
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (12/28/90)
In article <1990Dec27.152709.12011@convex.com> pekkala@convex.com (Rick Pekkala) writes: | I like it too, captive markets - plahhhh! I can see '486 machines | selling for $2K!!! Got to love it, come on AMD kick b*tt! Yes, there are a number of 486 machines selling for $2k, but to get one with display and hard disk you still have to go about $3k. Of course if you compare the 486 with the 386+387+cache you will find the 486 a lot cheaper in terms of $/MIP (or your favorite benchmark). -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
heiser@tdw206.ed.ray.com (Bill Heiser - Unix Sys Admin) (01/01/91)
In article <1990Dec24.192521.27064@hoss.unl.edu> savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) writes: > >please check latest BYTE; there is an editorial on this topic; apparently >the AMD is 100% compatable and even better( apparently the power >consumption is lot less in AMDs) >-savel > Does AMD have a chip compatible with the 80387? -- Work: heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com {decuac,necntc,uunet}!rayssd.tdw201.ed.ray.com!heiser Home: bill@unixland.uucp, uunet!world!unixland!bill PUBLIC ACCESS UNIX 508-655-3848 12/24 508-655-8723 12/24/96-HST 508-651-8733 12/24/96-PEP/V32