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From: fjk@systech.uucp (Fred Kokaska)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: 80686 workstation
Summary: i860 mistake
Message-ID: <224@systech.uucp>
Date: 10 Nov 89 13:40:57 GMT
References: <5002@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <WAYNE.89Nov8210019@dsndata.uucp> <5024@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Organization: Systech Corp., San Diego
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In article <5024@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, ajz@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (T. Tim Hsu) writes:
> 
> About the 80686 chip by Intel....
>
> [ i860 description deleted ]
> 
> Is there a catch to all of this?  Yes, just one, the 686 chip is no longer
> compatable with the older model chips, but then again, UNIX runs on anything.

That would be a BIG catch! You can bet INTeL won't leave the zillions of DOS
users (read "cutomers") out in the cold!

Fred Kokaska               | "I can't complain but sometimes I still do"
Systech Corporation        |                       - Joe Walsh
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