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From: drift@qut.edu.au (Glenn Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: 486SX
Message-ID: <1991May10.201227.28741@qut.edu.au>
Date: 11 May 91 01:12:26 GMT
References: <165722@tiger.oxy.edu> <1991May9.200635.9029@sj.ate.slb.com>
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In article <1991May9.200635.9029@sj.ate.slb.com>, poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
> 
> The 486SX was conceived due to customer pressure. Many board manufacturers
> wanted to "gouge" end users by offering ridiculously expensive upgrades
> (487SX).

Blagards! How dare they steal a time-worn IBM technique!   :-)

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