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Re: What is a 586?
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Earl Truss <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 27 Sep 1998 18:38:43 -0600
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At 05:54 PM 9/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>> I recently saw advertised in a paper a 586 133mghz computer.  I'm
>> familiar with 486 and the pentium series since.  Was there something in
>
>        The 586 was (is) a 486 generation processor with the speed of lower
>Pentiums, the 5x86/133 advertised the speed of between a P75 and P90. I used
>one for a while and it was quite speedy, not the greatest but enough for
>win95 if you had the patience. TTYL
>
But note that it is a 486 and will not run programs that require a
"Pentium" class CPU even though it does run at the speed of a P75 to P90.

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