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From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods)
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Subject: Re: What's in the '586?
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Date: 15 May 91 17:50:38 EDT
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eric@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Eric Quintana) writes:
>>BTW, don't give me this crap about it benefitting the end-user.  It will cost
>>Intel EXACTLY the same amount to manufacture the chip, whether or not the
>>consumer uses the FPU.  
>Before this gets out of hand, PLEASE reread the original article.
>It sure looks like a joke to me (and very funny too).

That's what convinces me it's real.

		;-)