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Re: Seminal machines in a given class: Turbo XT+EGA, 286+EGA, 286+VGA, etc. - the machine vs. the era

The Amstrad Mega PC was a 386sx + cache + a 16-bit 486 CPU... which is the cost-optimised option for running 16-bit high performance 2D games. You could spend $500-1000 more on a 32-bit 486 and have the same performance in those 2D games, but have an upgrade future... The Amstrads always had been …

Re: Seminal machines in a given class: Turbo XT+EGA, 286+EGA, 286+VGA, etc. - the machine vs. the era

In the mid 90's when 486's came out, a second hand 386sx which only needed to run Win 3.1 and business software was hard to pass up. Somebody may have gotten by on an uber 286 and Win 2.1, but if there's specific programs you need that only worked on Win 3.1 then the low cost option was a 386sx. The …

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