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From: phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: AMD 80C287 Math Coprocessors
Message-ID: <1990Jun28.165638.25541@amd.com>
Date: 28 Jun 90 16:56:38 GMT
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In article <32683@ut-emx.UUCP> nghiem@emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem) writes:
|In article <1990Jun27.202426.9745@mozart.amd.com> Ryan Feemster, Communications Products Division writes:
|>
|>Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has just announced it will sell 80C-287 
|>Math CoProcessor chips DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC!!!  Prices for the low-
|>power CMOS versions START at $99.  HALF THE PRICE OF INTEL'S CHIP!!
|>Those interested in ordering can call 1-800-888-5590.  HURRY before
|>INTEL's lawsuit against AMD voids this offer.  This is not a joke.
|
|Will these chips work in a standard 80287 sockets, or are special
|voltages required. What about 80387 chips?

The Am80C287 is plug compatible and microcode compatible with the
i80287 (with the added benefit of lower power: good for laptops).
The 387 is not available yet. I am not a spokesman for the company,
just another interested poster like you.

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