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To: milo_morai who wrote (62017)11/3/2001 5:22:45 PM
From: TGPTNDRRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Milo, Re: <MHZ wasn't the bar back then. It was model numbers.>

I think not.

Back in the mid 80s I had a Nec? V20? -- ran a little faster than the 8088.(I think I paid almost $3,000 for that machine from a kid in Texas.)

I remember a trade show -- someone put a heat sink on a 286 and ran it at -- 12 MHz? Wow -- what a flying machine -- but you shouldn't buy one 'cause nothing running that fast will hold together long -- prolly won't even last a year -- & if they really needed a heat sink intel would have put one on.

tgptndr



To: milo_morai who wrote (62017)11/3/2001 5:41:06 PM
From: dumbmoneyRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
MHZ wasn't the bar back then. It was model numbers.

Most people wanted a 386 over a 286. Mhz only really became common place with the 486.

That's not my recollection. Mhz was definitely big in the 286 days, and AMD sold 286s (at higher speeds than Intel offered) in direct competition with the 386.


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