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From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Why clone the PS/2?
Message-ID: <21624@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: 16 May 88 09:10:34 GMT
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In article <221@octopus.UUCP> vote@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann) writes:
.during 1988. At this point, it sure looks like the PS/2 will go the way of
.the PC-JR, XT-286, Convertible, etc, rather than the PC or AT. Ever notice
.how, even with all the hoopla, IBM is just as capable of producing a market
.dud as a market winner? They are already farming out the PS/2 in Europe to

I read the PS/2s had sold in the millions already. That doesn't sound
so bad.
-- 
Make Japan the 51st state!

I speak for myself, not the company.
Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or phil@amd.com