On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 00:23:10 +0800, eric pareja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I remember that I got a 386DX for the express purpose of installing > Linux. The 386SX did not come with a Math coprocessor (hence, one will > notice the option for "Math Emulation" in Linux) and I had no idea > whether the floating point math would make a difference for me so I > spent the extra several hundred or so pesos on getting a DX. Well, actually, the 386DX also does not have a math coprocessor. You need a 387 for that. The difference between the SX and DX is that the SX only has a 16-bit bus, thus the SX motherboards don't have EISA or MCA slots. Intel only started including the math co with the 486DX, SX not having a math co (although some articles todays says that the 486SX does have a math co on-die, but disabled because it did not pass quality test, just like celerons are the real P2/P3s but with lesser L2 cache for the same reason as the 486SX). I still have my 386DX motherboard here. Can't use it anymore cuz I lost my I/O card. Argh! -- Gideon N. Guillen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
