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   Richard Kettlewell to Stan Brown   
   Re: So far OT ..... DVD+R v DVD-R ... Wh   
   21 Feb 25 08:34:06   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   Stan Brown  writes:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> I remember the advent of the 386 which had many capabilities that   
   >> were not used at the time. That CPU was amazing, compared with the   
   >> 286 and 8086.   
   >   
   > I think that was the first one that didn't need a separate   
   > floating-point processor, right?   
      
   The 80386 still needed a separate FPU. The 80486 was the first to   
   integrate it.   
      
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