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From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What's in the '586?
Keywords: 586
Message-ID: <1991May17.155624.1969@bilver.uucp>
Date: 17 May 91 15:56:24 GMT
References: <1991May15.172113.12392@schaefer.math.wisc.edu>
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
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In article <1991May15.172113.12392@schaefer.math.wisc.edu> wilson@math.wisc.edu (Bob Wilson) writes:
 
>I can't believe all the people who can't see a good joke! While some
>of the responses may themselves be intended to push the joke further,
>others seem clearly to have taken the original posting seriously! I
>thought it was clever, and made some neat points about how Intel DOES
>act, but let's quit wasting bandwidth flaming at something Intel
>HASN'T done.
>Bob Wilson

It WAS well written.  Then I started sensing the joke with the
"password" requirement.

Seems that most people just totally overlooked the last paragraph.

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The pin configuration is footprint-compatible with the 486, however
compatibility with existing sockets was sacrificed in order to introduce
a new PGA package with 1 mm diameter pins.  The higher conductivity of
these pins is important for reducing on-chip power and ground noise. :-)
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That should have convinced almost anyone, if they had thought about
it.

And there was a smiley there too.




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