Re: M68060 Update

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From: Paul Glen Flikkema
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 15:04

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In article <1992Oct27.164806.1688@news2.cis.umn.edu> lupson@geom.umn.edu (Linus Upson) writes:
>I think its time we put Intel's record in perspective.  
>
>Fade to Intel marketing meeting...
>
>I got a great idea!  We'll disable a perfectly good FPU on our new  
>processor and market it as EXPANDIBILITY BUILT IN!  It's Brilliant!   
>People will buy them by the truck-loads!  [They did.]  Then, I've got  
>another great idea...  When they want floating point, we'll just sell them  
>the same chip again! (minus the brain damage)  When they plug in the new  
>chip, it'll just disable the old one!  We can double the number of sales!
>
>End dream sequence.
>[...]

Here we go again...the upgradable Pentium SX/Lite/whatever. Ack!

-Paul
-- 
Paul Flikkema (pflikk@wam.umd.edu)   Electrical Engineering Dept.
              University of Maryland, College Park

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