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From: phaedrus@eneevax.UUCP (Praveen Kumar)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
Subject: Has anyone seen the following advertisement?
Message-ID: <457@eneevax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 17:36:41 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 15 17:36:41 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 17-Dec-85 04:48:49 EST
Reply-To: phaedrus@eneevax.UUCP (Praveen Kumar)
Organization: EE Dept, Maryversity of Uniland
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Keywords: 8088, Intel, IBM PC
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I found the following ad. in local (Wash. D.C.) BBS.  I was wondering if
anybody had heard of this.  I am kind of skeptical and am assuming it is
another ripoff, but I just wanted to make sure.

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>No, this is no joke.  For $40, plus $1.50 s&h, you get your choice
>of the  following, depending in what machine you have (NY residents
>add sales tax)
>
> - Fully 8088 compatible - Available in 5 or 8mhz speeds
>
>
>These chips are full 8088/86 clones, except they have been highly
>enhanced  internally, resulting in throughput enhancement from 5 to
>100%.  It works on  Compaqs, IBM's & Clones and have yet to find
>something that doesn't run, and I  have tested everything from BASICA,
>to Symphony, to Flight Simulator...  In the  Compaq, Norton's SI
>returns a speed index of 1.8, an 80% increase in  throughput.  Note
>that I say throughput...  It processes instructions in less  clock
>cycles... there are no changes to the system clock, it stays the same.
>
>To order yours, send a check or money order (no cash) to:
>
>	   Information Systems Services *
>	   221 Park Avenue
>	   New Hyde Park, New York 11040
>
>
> Please allow 2 weeks for out-of-state checks to clear, money order
>orders ship out in 24 hours...  This is FOR REAL, and it has been
>tested thouroughly by many Sysops.
>
>*No Showrooms, Demonstrations or Walkins*
>
>For you techies, it has:
>1) Dedicated effective address calc hardware which does it's job in
>   2 clock cycles, versus 5-12 for Intel.
>2) Dual internal bus, versus single.
>3) Pre-fetch pointer, versus none, speeds calls, jumps, rets, etc.
>4) Dedicated math section, speeds up math intensive applications by
>   an average of 60 to 80%
>5) Enhanced instruction set, supports BCD, single bit, and other
>   great instructions (new, not in Intel version)
>6) Emulates 8080 (this is amazing, but it does do it!!!)
>7) Low power consumption (CMOS!!!), 300mw vs 1500me Intel
>8) Standby mode, super-low power consumption
>9) Other functions, too many to mention here, but available in
>   specs, extra $3.00 if you want a copy.
>10) Nec has software support for the chip for the PC and other
>    MS- and PC-DOS machines, and even the VAX and other systems.
>
>Don't miss out on this... IT REALLY WORKS, or YOUR MONEY BACK!!!
>

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If anybody has heard of it, please post to usenet since I am sure everyone
is interested.

Thanks,
-- 
praveen
This ain't my goddamn planet, monkey-boy!

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