Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!grebyn!ckp From: ckp@grebyn.com (Checkpoint Technologies) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life. Message-ID: <1991Apr24.013250.2454@grebyn.com> Date: 24 Apr 91 01:32:50 GMT References: <6hdG18ik1@cs.psu.edu> <1748@sjfc.UUCP> <20875@cbmvax.commodore.com> Organization: Grebyn Timesharing Lines: 32 In article <20875@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: >And I suppose you think this is simply ignorance? Ha! Ha! Ha! It's the result >of a long standing conspriacy, I tell you! > [ remainder of paranoid delusion deleted ] After reading news about the 486SX and 487SX, I'm more inclined to go along with this way of thinking. Get this: The 486SX contains the original 486 silicon, but limited to 20MHz and with the floating point disabled. And for this they charge less for it. And the 487SX is even better. See, the 486SX is really a 486, but the 486 has no co-processor interface, so a 487SX co-processor wouldn't work. So instead, the 487SX is really a *fully* *functional* 486, with some magic done to the pins so that when you plug it into your 487SX socket, it *disables* the 486SX and takes over all the CPU chores. The cost of deciding you need a math chip is *really* steep: the 20MHz 487SX is slated to list for $700. You should have bought a 25MHz 486 in the first place, bub. This sounds very much like Intel is conspiring to f**k both their customers and competitors (AMD) in one blow. To succeed, it depends upon the PC marketplace being stupid enough to buy into this. You know what? I think they just might be that stupid. After all, they bought the 386SX... -- First comes the logo: C H E C K P O I N T T E C H N O L O G I E S / / ckp@grebyn.com \\ / / Then, the disclaimer: All expressed opinions are, indeed, opinions. \ / o Now for the witty part: I'm pink, therefore, I'm spam! \/