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- From: tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett)
- Subject: Re: Pentium to be Scrapped?!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.192720.20393@dvorak.amd.com>
- Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas
- References: <1993Jan6.235812.18764@netcom.com> <DOCONNOR.93Jan7094831@potato.sedona.intel.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 19:27:20 GMT
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- In article <DOCONNOR.93Jan7094831@potato.sedona.intel.com> doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor) writes:
- >This is an idiotic rumor. No part in the 960 architecture will EVER
- >replace the x86 line. Where did you hear such lunacy ?
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- There was talk about a year ago that the MP# pin wouldn't be static in
- a 960-like part which would allow a 486 to co-exist with this part
- which installed in the OverDrive(tm) socket.
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