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[russ loroville <bontemps AT m-net.arbornet.org>]

The 486sx processors had no math co-processors the 486dx had the
co-processors. I think that the 386 could have a math co processor too.
So, as you say in the last sentence, it may have something to do with the
advancing architechture.

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004, Matrix Mole wrote:

> Greetings fellow BL junkies :)
> I was browsing through the slackware linux projects archives, and saw that
> some of the downloadable files are labled as being for i486 as opposed to
> those that are for the i386. I'm assuming that this is partially a result
> of the newer packages designed for the built in math coprocessor of the
> 486 as opposed to the packages that can work fine without a math co-. Am I
> correct in this belief, or is it something else related to the 386 vs. 486
> architecture?
>
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