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Subject:	Re: What is a 586?
From:	Breck Schwartz <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 1998 09:11:58 -0500
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>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 interim?  What type boards did they use, is the designation for the
>CPU, the board, or both.
>
>Ray Hornung
>
It has always been my understanding that the 586 was the designation that
Cyrix and AMD gave their Pentium equivalent chips. Just as they now
advertise more advanced chips as 686s.

If buts and ifs,
were quarts and fifths,
we would all be plastered all the time!

Breck
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