Skeeter, >>>brian, that article was dated jan 1998. why would you post it in dec 1998 as
though it was current? <<<
I was hoping you'd say that. In the UK, it's dd/mm/yy, not mm/dd/yy like in the US. With that in mind, note that it says 01/12/98.
In case you don't believe the dd/mm/yy bit, note that at the bottom it says DECEMBER 3RD 1998
Posted 01/12/98 12:16pm by Mike Magee
Shortage of PII 333MHz and 350MHz now
acute
Demand for Pentium II 333MHz and 350MHz has so outstripped
supply that there is an acute shortage of parts, a distributor has
warned.
Two weeks ago, Intel admitted that there was heavy demand for the
PII processors, while yesterday it said that the PII 233, 266MHz and
300MHz were not now generally available.
At the time, Intel said that supplies would begin to catch up with
demand in a few weeks, but Mark Davison, processor product
manager at UK distributor Datrontech, said today there is still a
shortage.
He said: "The shortages are still bad. My order book is strong but
there will be a lot of people that can't ship machines before the end of
the year."
Datrontech, he said, was trying to move its customers to the 400MHz
and the 450MHz parts, but the difference in price between the
350MHz and the 450MHz PII is around £100. ®
THURSDAY DECEMBER 3RD 1998
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