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From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
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Subject: Re: 486SX - Intel now telling lies
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Date: 30 May 91 16:25:56 GMT
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In a previous article, kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) says:


>I wonder what's involved with re-enabling the FPU.  If I could buy an 
>i486SX for $250, enable the FPU and sell it for $800, I would.  Wouldn't 
>you?  What this whole thing really means, is that Intel can produce and 
>make a profit selling a i486 at $250.  They're gouging those of us who 
>buy the i486 an extra $550.  That's inexcusable.


The story that I read in this week's info world is that the 486sx chips
are the 486 chips that fail the quality control standards.  What they are 
doing right now is scooping up all of the 486 chips with defective fpu's
and having a fire sale.

However, I have also read that intel is planning on purposely making
the injured chips in the future.

-- 
Douglas Bell         "... but that's not important, that's just numbers."   
dab6@po.cwru.edu               Dr. Wu,  Math Professor