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From: jpm@BNL44.ARPA (John McNamee)
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Subject: More fuel for the anti-Intel flames
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Date: Mon, 6-May-85 07:52:16 EDT
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Has anybody else noticed that only persons with vested interests (such as
people from Intel, AMD, and vendors of 80*86 systems) have said anything
good about the 80*86? On the other hand, people have come out in support of
the 68000 and 32000 just because they like the chips, not because they have
a financial stake in them. Another thing I noticed is that there are a lot
of people in positions similar to mine: I hate the 80*86, but I still use
it (I even have a 186 based system of my own at home).

We all seem to agree that the 80*86 sucks, but that is what a lot of us use,
that is what the general public is buying the most of (which is the reason
a lot of us are forced into using them), and the situation isn't likely to
change soon. The best we can hope for is that Intel doesn't mung the 386 too
badly, and that it quickly gets designed into mass-market machines. I'm not
holding my breath waiting for that to happen.
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