Overclocking ATs

[Jim Leonard]

Al Hartman wrote:
> Harris Semiconductor made licensed 80286 CPU's.
> 
> They made them in 16 and 20mhz versions.
> 
> I used to sell systems made with them, and at the time the 386sx came 
> out, a 286-20 was MUCH faster than a 386 20mhz...

How is that possible?  The 386 improved many instructions to run in 
fewer clocks...

Besides, I'd always take a 386-16 over a 286-20, because the 286-20 runs 
protected mode applications at 0MHz ;-)
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