Overclocking ATs

[Chuck Guzis]

On 11 Nov 2006 at 7:24, Peter C. Wallace wrote:

 
> Not sure but we waited for 33 MHz 386's because our PC layout software ran 
> significantly faster on our 20 MHz 286's than 20 MHz 386's. It was a 
> noticeable difference, maybe 20%...

There were similar anomalies throughout much of the Intel x86 line.   
Early Socket 4 Pentiums could be outrun by a 486DX2 in some 
circumstances and early P4s could be outrun by a P3.  Or a Pentium 
Pro could be substantially slower than a Socket 7 Pentium when 
executing 16-bit code, and so on.

Cheers,
Chuck