[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] 80287XL from Intel

yon%consl4.esg.dec.com@decwrl.dec.com (David Yon) (08/02/90)

I just read about the 80287XL coming out in the Nanobytes section
of BYTE.  Supposedly it offers twice the throughput of the normal
80287.  The timing of this announcement seems to be a suspicious
coincidence with AMD being able to offer 80287's at bargain prices
with real Intel microcode in them.

So do AMD and Intel expect the 80287XL to be the coprocessor of
choice in the next 6 months?  Will the $99 80287-10 I just bought be
gotten for $50 next year?  Sigh.

BTW, the 80287-10 from AMD has worked flawlessly in my Suntac 
12Mhz motherboard.  I was also impressed by the amount of 
documentation that came with the chip, including a demo disk to 
show off the performance boost of using the coprocessor.

David Yon
CASE Consultant