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From: hpeyerl@novatel.ca (Herb Peyerl)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Question: First Co to use Intel 386; What is COW?
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Date: 15 Oct 1993 13:12:05 GMT
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Denis Fortin (fortin@zap.uniforum.qc.ca) wrote:
: Yes, it was Compaq that introduced the first '386-based PC. (Which was
: considered quite a coup at the time.)
Are you sure? I have an Intel motherboard that was apparently their introduction
of the '386 to the world. It has 512k of base on the motherboard and
2 32bit slots for extended memory. So; Maybe Compaq introduced the first
'386 PC but Intel certainly had the first motherboard...
Is this relevant though?
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