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From: hawk@oliven.UUCP (Rick)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Re; XT vs PC + Hard Disk Add-on - (nf)
Message-ID: <468@oliven.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Sep-84 19:15:06 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  6 19:15:06 1984
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>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.

There really wasn't much need for speculation.  Lots of folks made an educated
guess, looked at the connections on the board, and concluded that the socket
was for an 8087.

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   rick                                     (Rick Hawkins @ Olivetti ATC)
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