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Q: Why Didn't Intel Call The Pentium The 586? A: Because They Added 486 And 100 On The First Pentium And Got 585.
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Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586?
A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got
585.999983605.
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