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Article #19018Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: Heikki T. Suopanki
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:27
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:27
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>>>>> On Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:31:16 EST, Senthil Ramas Kumar <SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu> said: > I very much agree with you that the term "x86", does not lend it nicely to > suit the description that we are looking for. Further, as a previous poster > had pointed out its a little technical in nature, and it _could_ be obscure > to people, especially those who are new to the area of interest. > but, I somehow feel that just keeping "pc" instead of "ibm.pc" is too > generic, and can be very confusing to people. How about "pc-clone"? There are already comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit and comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit groups. -Heikki
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!eru.mt.luth.se!lunic!sunic!news.funet.fi!ousrvr.oulu.fi!ousrvr!suopanki From: suopanki@stekt3.oulu.fi (Heikki T. Suopanki) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,news.groups Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Message-ID: <SUOPANKI.93Jan21212738@stekt3.oulu.fi> Date: 21 Jan 93 19:27:38 GMT References: <1993Jan21.131523.10196@spider.co.uk> <1993Jan21.141858.24970@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <93021.123116SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: news@ousrvr.oulu.fi Reply-To: suopanki@phoenix.oulu.fi Organization: Unixverstas Olutensin, Finlandia Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: Senthil Ramas Kumar's message of Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:31:16 EST