Comment on $200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 era
kokesh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It runs Doom, but unplayable speed. They should have run it as 386DX. Had one from AMD, it was running quite well.
Comment on $200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 era
kokesh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It runs Doom, but unplayable speed. They should have run it as 386DX. Had one from AMD, it was running quite well.
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
looks like the implemented CPU (ULi M6117C) supports a coprocessor interface, so it is entirely possible that a 387sx equivalent could give it floating point capabilities. otherwise yeah no FP sucks
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
While an FPU (Floating Point Unit aka math coprocessor) would be nice, the 386SX is still a 16-bit CPU. The 386DX is a 32-bit CPU (and would still need a 387 for a dedicated FPU). In the 486 line SX meant no FPU, while DX meant FPU inside.
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
ahhh fuck I forgot about that little stupid memory bus cheat that Intel pulled. they’ve been good at obfuscating their screwing of consumers thru weird naming schemes ever since they started lol
ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I read this in R2D2’s voice!