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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elmer who wrote (103071)4/8/2000 12:42:00 PM
From: crazyoldman   of 1576374
 
Elmer,

Re ...and Willy had a 400MHz advantage, based on demo's and probably a significant architectural advantage as well.

As I recall, there were two machines used at the IDF "willy' demo. I think I remember that it took more than one boot to get the "MHz meter willy machine" to boot up using 1.4 GHz. For some strange reason that machine was turned off and NOT used for the PowerPoint based activities that followed. For some reason a second machine was used instead. It was/is not clear in my mind the speed (MHz/GHz) that second machine was running. Was that second machine also a willy or was it a PweeIII of some kind? Perhaps you can help me out here? If that Second machine was a "willy", what was its speed? Why the switch of machines? Was stage magic going on there?

BTW, recall those three Athlon 700 MHz processors that I had that must have been started in Dec. '98 or Jan. '99? If you recall I have pictures of them posted on my profile page

Member 7999704

and at


go.to (over 120 hits now!)

I also owe JC of JC's news jc-news.com thanks and appreciation. He was kind enough to offer space for our viewing pleasure. In order that you won't need to ask "link please" they can be found at:

jc-news.com;

In case you don't recall how to read the Athlon processor case codes you may go to

aceshardware.com

Thanks JC, I appreciate your time, effort and storage space. I'm a faithful reader!

CrazyMan

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