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88110 bashing (was Re: M68060 Update)

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From: Stuart Ritchie
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 09:03
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In article <1992Oct26.220702.2741@cubetech.com> andrew@cubetech.com writes:
>88110 is bad news.  I would bet that the 88110 is the last of the 88k.

And it's probably this kind of negative generalization that's
going to kill it.

>P5.  Pretty good chip.  Will be cheaper than all the others due to the
>sheer volume in which it will sell.

I don't think this is a given... only one company is making it.  But's
that the same for most of the others.  (P5, what's that?)

Given how much technical information has been release about the Pentium,
I can't see how it gets "Pretty good chip" and 88110 gets "bad news."
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From: sritchie@cs.ubc.ca (Stuart Ritchie)
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Subject: 88110 bashing (was Re: M68060 Update)
Date: 27 Oct 1992 01:03:28 -0800
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