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From: tester@cmcl2.nyu.edu (L Testerville)
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Subject: Re: the Am386(tm) is cool!
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tabu6@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (Adam Goldberg) writes:
>Interesting to note, Intel screwed up and only registered 'i386' as a
>trademark, but not '386'.  With the 486, they've learned their lesson--the
>following are all Intel registered trademarks: 80486, i486, 486.
                                                ^^^^^        ^^^
Sorry, even Intel can't trademark NUMBERS.  You possibly mean iAPX486,
the 80486' official designation.

>But anyway, hooray for AMD! 

Yes, let's all put our hands together for AMD.  Bringing prices to a
more reasonable level.  Though still murderous at best, it doesn't come
close to the genocide that Intel has reaped upon the x86 faithful...
;-)

  \\Lee