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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore gets serious?  You judge.
Message-ID: <14251@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 6 Sep 90 19:03:43 GMT
References: <29164@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <6891@vax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <6891@vax1.acs.udel.EDU> don@vax1.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) writes:

>Yes, you can get a 33MHz 386 for less than the ed price of a 3000/16.  But
>such systems generally are made of cheap generic parts by companies which
>might not be there the next day.  You can get them from reputable companies
>for around the cost of the 3000/25... 

After getting involved in a thread awhile back in comp.arch, about whether
or not it's really important to belive the published power and timing 
specifications on chips, I would be a little more nervous about buying a
cheap clone than I was a month or two ago.  Where I come from, you design
for simultaneous worst case, period.  I'm reasonably sure that the folks at
Apple, IBM, Compaq, and a few other "reputable" companies feel the same
way.  I'm equally certain, at this point, that lots of other folks feel you
can usually get away with stretching your design rules.  Things like this,
along with the usual "because they can get it" or "because they advertise
alot", are likely reasons a Compaq clone costs more than a Taiwan Special of
similar configuration.

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