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Article #370Re: Intel (no)286, 386SX billboards
From: Ray Dunn
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1989 17:28
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1989 17:28
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In article <CRUM.89Nov8231939@alicudi.usc.edu> crum@alicudi.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum) writes:
>...
>I can't think of a case where a manufacturer has so strongly denounced
>its old technology and urged the acceptance of a replacement.
>
>I wonder if Intel has a primary reason for the campaign, like say, for
>their UNIX effort. Have the billboards been discussed in this group?
It's quite simple really:
1) Intel single sources the 386SX, but you can buy 286es from several
sources these days.
2) Intel want to create reliance on the 386 architecture (rather than the
braindead 286) to create a springboard into their 386 and 486 high end.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!uunet!philmtl!ray From: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Intel (no)286, 386SX billboards Message-ID: <832@philmtl.philips.ca> Date: 9 Nov 89 17:28:57 GMT References: <CRUM.89Nov8231939@alicudi.usc.edu> Reply-To: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn) Distribution: comp Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. - St. Laurent P.Q., Canada Lines: 20