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Article #11604Re: What's in the '586?
From: John F. Woods
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 21:50
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 21:50
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eric@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Eric Quintana) writes: >>BTW, don't give me this crap about it benefitting the end-user. It will cost >>Intel EXACTLY the same amount to manufacture the chip, whether or not the >>consumer uses the FPU. >Before this gets out of hand, PLEASE reread the original article. >It sure looks like a joke to me (and very funny too). That's what convinces me it's real. ;-)
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