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- From: ahummel@ems.cdc.com (H. Austin Hummel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Should I buy the Cyrix chip ?
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- Date: 9 Sep 92 14:44:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep9.015720.10167@philabs.philips.com>, kkt@philabs.philips.com (Kim-Kiat Tan) writes:
- |> In article <Bu2sJp.LIw@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jas37876@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John A. Slagel) writes:
- |> > But, the salesman said the Cyrix chip's math coprocessor doesn't
- |> > work completely.
- |> >
- |> > So, is it worth spending an extra $150 to get the Cyrix chip, which
- |> >
- |> > John A. Slagel "My old man used to tell me, before he left this
- |> > j-slagel1@uiuc.edu shitty world, never chase buses or women- you
- |> > always get left behind." -The Marlboro Man
- |>
- |> This is the first time I heard that Cyrix's chip is buggy, just wonder
- |> what the salesman has in mind. By the way, you can get the chip for $99.00 now.
- |> you might want to try Electronics Dynamics (1-800-845-8228), the price is for
- |> 40MHz.
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- Sounds like his salesman has Intel co-processors for sale.
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