Did the 286 have the math coprocessor.......or was that the 386?
When I worked for Intel, the 8080 was current.
Seems like yesterday. Ford was reluctant to use
micros. Now they can’t get enough!
>Did the 286 have the math coprocessor.......or was that the 386?
the 386DX had it, the 386SX did not, well it did but it was actually disabled at the factory, crippled as it were so made little sense to get an SX. Sorry to say I actually knew the answer to this one...
I don't think 286s had a built-in coprocessor. With the 386, you could get one with (a 386DX), or without (a 386SX). From what I understand, they were exactly the same chips. They were having QA problems and the coproccessors on a lot of them were failing, so they would disable it, and sell it as an SX.
Lots of Freepers remember the internet in its early days. For myself, I recall gopher sites, and the archie, jughead, and veronica search engines.