Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:8117 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:7127 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!coplex!disk!proberts From: proberts@disk.uucp (Phil Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: the Am386(tm) is cool! Message-ID: <1991Apr02.023105.7457@disk.uucp> Date: 2 Apr 91 02:31:05 GMT References: <1991Mar11.231609.5370@amd.com> ,<27607@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991Mar24.235005.254@news.iastate.edu> <1991Mar25.050646.8556@cmcl2.nyu.edu> Organization: Digital Information Systems of KY Lines: 33 tester@cmcl2.nyu.edu (L Testerville) writes: >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 This is not intended as a flame. I post it for informational purposes only. I have before me an Intel advertisement from the January 29 issue of PC Magazine. To quote from the ad: "486 is a trademark of Intel Corporation." Also where the number 486 appears in the ad the small TM trademark symbol follows the number. -- *************************************************************************** | Phil Roberts | Internet: proberts@disk.uucp |