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From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Brain-dead 286 ?
Message-ID: <1990Mar11.011638.3163@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Date: 11 Mar 90 01:16:38 GMT
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A pity that everything has to be an all-out war here, as there
are good points on both sides.

My view?

I want a 386 box at some point. Not because it is "faster" but
rather because of the virtual 8086 modes and the 386 mode.

But I don't want to pay Intel's gouging price. I'll wait. 

What ever became of the plans for 386 {chip} clones? Did the time and
money NEC spent on defending the V-{2,3}0 scare everyone off?
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