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From: grogers@uiucdcsb.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re; XT vs PC + Hard Disk Add-on - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 4-Sep-84 14:31:00 EDT
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uiucdcsb!grogers    Sep  4 13:31:00 1984

I think it goes like this: When the PC was first introduced the socket
was on the processor board but IBM gave no official purpose for the socket.
It was after about a year that IBM announced the 8087 option and at that
time the speculation about what the socket was for ended.

Greg Rogers
grogers@uiucdcs.UUCP