At 09:44 AM 2/13/2001 -0500, Jud McCranie wrote:
>At 12:54 AM 2/13/2001 -0600, Ken Kriesel wrote:
>
>>Intel offered the 286 with 6, 8, 10, and 12.5 Mhz on one data sheet.
>>AMD got to 16 on this one, but an early data sheet lists 4, 6, and 8
>>(and says reprinted by permission of Intel). FPU was separate.
>>I don't recall a 286-20.
>
>Dell had one. At the time I got my Dell 20 MHz 386 (fall 1987) they had a
>20 MHz 286.
>
> > The 386 debuted at 12.5 and 16 Mhz.
>
>I thought it debuted at 16. I never heard of a 12.5 MHz 386.
12.5 and 16 is what the preliminary data sheet said when Intel
first printed & distributed them in 1985. I believe Zenith made
12Mhz machines. The manufacturers who could get 16Mhz
chips used the higher speed, naturally.
Ken
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