Re: 586?

Christopher Fraser (chrisf@nospam.sour.sw.oz.au)
Wed, 30 Nov 1994 15:59:34 +1100 (EST)

But I thought Michele Mark Zagami said:
>
>
> recently saw an ad for 586 motherboards...
> i wasn't aware they were released.
> Am i behind in the times or are these people

They've out for around for at least a year and a bit, where Pentium
Processor == 586, except that Intel couldn't trademark a number so
they use Pentium instead.

> looking for a gimick to sell their computers???

Given that AMD and Cyrix are both claiming to be just about to release
fully super-scalar, intel compatible processors, rumoured to be pentium pin
compatible, perhaps it's a deliberate trend by motherboard manufacturers?

Hmm, I wonder is AMD and Cyrix will have a Pentium FDIV bug compatability
mode?

Cheers,

Christopher.