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From: gp@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.m68k,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: The New Chips
Keywords: Intel IBM
Message-ID: <466@picuxa.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 88 14:03:47 GMT
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In article <1416@winchester.mips.COM>, mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) writes:
> >IBM used the 80xx stuff because they owned Intel.
> Nonsense.  They started with the 8088 long before there was any relationship.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!  I have been getting flamed all week for saying
the same thing.  It's good to know that there are others out there that know
the real story!

Greg Pasquariello
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