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On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Jim Cummings wrote:

> Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 23:41:01 GMT
> From: Jim Cummings <jc@starlinx.comNOSPAM>
> Newsgroups: psu.market.computers, psu.market.forsale, pa.forsale,
>     ba.forsale, balt.forsale, phl.forsale, ba.market.computers
> Subject: Re: FS: Pentium 150 Minitower Computer
> 
> scs@dynanet.com (Scott C. Sanchez) wrote:
> 
> >>>I've used both the Cyrix and Pentium CPU's and they both work fine.
> >>>The big Cyrix advantage is the price of course. But they do tend to
> >>>run hotter and Windows 95 thinks the Cyrix 6x866 is a 486 CPU. No big
> >>>deal unless you buy WIN95 software that requires a Pentium and won't
> >>>install if it thinks you have a 486.
> >
> >www.cyrix.com has a patch to make software think it's a pentium...
> >
> >The only software that I ever found that wont install without having a
> >pentium is Sonic the Hedgehog.  Lookie-lookie, Intel owns Sonic. :)
> >
> >With the money you save by buying cyrix vs pentium, you can almost buy
> >two systems for the price of one.
> 
> That would depend on which CPU you are talking about. A Cyrix 120+ CPU
> is about $100-$110. A Pentium 120 CPU is $125-$130. The higher you go
> up the CPU line, the bigger the gap gets. I just ordered a fully
> loaded Pentium 200 MMX system (sans monitor) for $1400. I might have
> saved $100 (if even that) with a Cyrix 200 CPU.
> 
> Jim Cummings <jc@starlinx.com>
> 
> 

Where did you buy the MMX?

-Tony