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To: Process Boy who wrote (73489)	9/29/1999 8:05:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1572885

PB - RE: ""We did not reach that number through raw speculation. It's actually the exact amount of time it took from the official release of the previous Athlon 650 CPU on August 9th to when the 650s became available in retail boxed and OEM versions for consumers to buy." :-)" Don't get your hopes up. Chuck, Jim, and Paul say Athlon 700 in OEM PCs is coming up. Paul even says 750, which is a surprise at this point.

To: Process Boy who wrote (73489)	9/29/1999 8:40:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1572885

RE:""We did not reach that number through raw speculation. It's actually the exact amount of time it took from the official release of the previous Athlon 650 CPU on August 9th to when the 650s became available in retail boxed and OEM versions for consumers to buy." :-) PB ".... Apparently IBM is sucking up all the high MHz Athlons as I type... Paul sez that IBM really likes them. Maybe this is the time when Gerstner forgets about the past and makes a play for AMD... <G> Jim