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Linus Torvalds debuts 'boring old plain' Linux kernel 5.18

Flocke Kroes Silver badge

Re: feature activation

I remember. At first there was only a 486 - at a really high price. There was considerable push-back against that price. I am sure 486SX was released as a way to off-load partially defective 486s as much as to capture the market for those balking at the price. I doubt it was the original plan because the first generation motherboards had no socket for a 487. Intel went to a lot of trouble to create a market for the 487 which was cheaper than a 486DX despite being essentially the same chip. The lower price of the 487 showed that the refuseniks had a genuine reason to complain about the price. Intel got their money anyway from thinner margins on two chips instead of a thick margin on one.

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