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Old 03-23-13, 01:14 PM   #4
Rhodes
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Originally Posted by Schroeder View Post
Why was the successor of the 486 not called 586? Because on the new processor 486 + 100 resulted in 485,9999967314.


Was a joke back then.
Hey, I do remember seeing some poster ads of the 586. Well just one, but it was official.
Happy birthday pentium!
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