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From: ftpam1@acad3.alaska.edu (MUNTS PHILLIP A)
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Subject: Re: the Am386(tm) is cool!
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Date: 27 Mar 91 18:43:28 GMT
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In article <162@altos86.Altos.COM>, rcollins@altos86.Altos.COM (Robert Collins) writes...
>In article <asm3y2w164w@infopls.chi.il.us> greg@infopls.chi.il.us (Greg Clawson) writes:
>>And another thing, why should I
>>buy a AMD product if there might be incompatibility problems?
>>
> 
>I certainly don't work for AMD, but I have heard many things about the
>Am386.  A year ago, I doubted very much that ANYBODY could clone the
>'386...and get it right.  Today, I sing a different tune.  Since you
>(the poster) have access to the same information I do, as in newspapers,
>trade magazines, etc. I won't bother to restate what has been printed
>in those sources.  Likewise, from your statement I can assume that you
>have not read that information.  If you had, you too would conclude that
>the Am386 will be 100% compatible with the '386.  
> 
>>Btw, is Advanced Micro Devices the same company that makes the AMD i386
>>chip that Intel makes?
> 
>Since Intel is the sole source of the '386, I think they would be very
>interested if anybody were making pirate copies of the i386.  I hate
>to say this (especially on a public forum like this), but obviously
>the poster is not well informed, or does not keep up with current 
>information.

     I believe that IBM has the right to produce the 80386.  I don't
know if they actually make them.

Philip Munts N7AHL
NRA Extremist, etc.
University of Alaska, Fairbanks