I never understood why anyone cared so much for the 386. I remember thinking it sucked compared to my amiga 500 at 7mhz, and that was a 386dx33mhz I was comparing to my 500 at that time. Run two programs at once in deskview or windows 3.1 and it slowed to a horrible crawl.
It also amazed me that before the 386, people just assumed pcs could
not multitask, even though there were 286 "turbo" 20mhz chips around.
Still, it did set the ball in motion for wintel dominance of the computer
market, so it must have been something special.
I happen to remember the 386 fanfare, including posters... But I would never care to own one. I also remember the same fanfare when the pentium chip came out... Oh boy, its got MMX!
Steven
