On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 08:09:20PM +0000, Jay Kulpinski wrote:
> Steve Chandler wrote:
> > I think he means FPU in which case it wouldn't be a problem. SX means no
> > FPU but I'm not sure what the "F" indicates.
>
> He means both MMU and FPU.
> See http://www.national.com/pf/NS/NS486SXF.html
>
> "The NS486SXF processor provides the same programming model and
> register set as the standard '486 except that real mode, virtual
> memory, and floating point support have been eliminated."
if it doesn't have virtual memory, but it also doesn't have real mode
(the only mode in which you don't use virtual memory), how in hell do
you use it?
Cheers,
-- jra
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