Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!levels!xtdn From: xtdn@levels.sait.edu.au Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: 486SX - Intel now telling lies Message-ID: <16435.284a20ce@levels.sait.edu.au> Date: 3 Jun 91 01:28:22 GMT References: <9105241448.AA14412@iecc.cambridge.ma.us> <1991May25.192449.27061@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991May29.191233.18863@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991May29.212337.7684@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov> Organization: Speaking for myself Lines: 11 oneel@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov ( Bruce Oneel ) writes: > remember, INTEL has always been good at marketing... How else would we > have bought the 8088, the 8086, and the '286.... No. IBM made Intel what it is today. Had IBM continued with Motorola, the world would be a different place today. As it happens, IBM finally chose the chip that most closely matched their own technological superiority. For a late '60s computer, the PC was not bad. ;-) David Newall, 16:32:56.04, Tuesday, 1991 Phone: +61 8 344 2008 "Life is uncertain: Eat dessert first" E-mail: xtdn@lux.sait.edu.au