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.

    True, and a good point, however there is an exception. Very little software out there specified to require a Pentium actually use any special feature of the Pentium, only the speed boost, so although a software package says it requires a P75 or better (or whatever) it will most likely work on 486 calss machines. The thing to look for is a package labeled it requires a Pentium Chip and not an alternative, these things do use some special feature of the Pentium, or at least claim they do. A good example of this is actually hardware, the SB AWE 64 has this requirement and is known not to work on others, such as my Cyrix. TTYL


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