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To: Paul Engel who wrote (72026)	9/16/1999 2:52:00 PM
From: DRBES	Respond to of 1572941

re: "Huh ? Paul" IT APPEARS PAUL HAS TROUBLE READING (LET ALONE COMPREHENDING) MESSAGES WHEN THE AUTHOR HAS WRITTEN THEM WITH THE CAPS LOCK KEY ENGAGED. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO POST IN ALL CAPS SO AS NOT TO ELICIT THE STANDARD IDIOTIC RESPONSES WE'VE COME TO EXPECT FROM PAUL. REGARDS, DARBES

To: Paul Engel who wrote (72026)	9/16/1999 11:03:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572941

Paul - RE: "If AMD ships a million K7's, you gotta realize 70 to 80% of them will be BELOW 600 MHZ ! And I have already heard AMD is selling 500 and 550 MHz AThlons for $80 to $90 each ! Can you believe THAT ????? $80 - $90 ATHLONS !!!! Below AMD's COSTS - with that WHOMPING DIE SIZE And sub-contracted SLot A ASSEMBLY ! Whew - and well below the $100/CPU ASP target price !" You wrote that on the Intel thread. (http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=11253913) Do you know why this is being done? Because there is no demand for those speed bins, meaning no one wants them, or are they OEM sweetheart deals? Those speeds were much more attractive in June/July, but of course, AMD...