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From: yowwl
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 00:00

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On Sat, 22 Nov 1997 12:08:38 GMT, anynomouse@aol.com wrote:

>In <comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips>,
>ya@aha.com (yaya) banged the drum slowly by writing :
>
>>I'm looking to upgrade and I think I'm going to jump from a 486 to a
>>PII.  The extra cost of the processor is less than the cost of a
>>"throw away" socket 7 board, cpu, and video card in the long run. 
>
>So you'll get a throw away slot one Lx board, cpu, and video card.
>The LX will be gone soon, replaced by the BX board.  The CPU will be
>outdated by the time you get it and the video card won't implement AGP
>fully.  have fun.

yeah, but I'll have a motherboard that supports >64meg of SDRAM, a
HELL OF A GOOD game processor, and a cheaper video card than if I buy
a 2d and seperate 3d game cards. It'll make a great Linux box one day.
Don't want to wait for BX to iron out the bugs and don't want a TX.

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From: screamer@streetlevel.com (yowwl)
Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
Date: 1997/11/24
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