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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (80254)	11/17/1999 10:53:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570711

Someone PMed me this message from the RAMBUS thread. Apparently a section of it went right over Pauls head or was it Elmers... RE:"To: +Dan3 (34660 ) From: +Tenchusatsu Monday, Nov 15 1999 7:24PM ET Reply # of 34773 Dan, MPR 10/25/99 mentions, among many other things, that an upcoming dual-EV6 bus chipset is being developed by Alpha Processor (API). It will support either dual-21264 or dual-Athlon processors in Slot B configuration. Each bus will run at 200 MHz. It also has a dual-channel 200 MHz DDR SDRAM memory subsystem. MPR also expects it to support AGP-4x and PCI-66/64 as well, but I doubt they're very sure about that. API expects to sample this chipset late this quarter. (That probably means a 2H 2000 release.) Get this: the single north bridge of this chipset will have a pin count above 1,000, roughly double the pin count of Intel's 840 north bridge. Mind you, that's not a trivial issue, but I guess if API/AMD feels it's OK, then who am I to argue? Tenchusatsu"

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (80254)	11/17/1999 11:01:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570711

RE:"We hear legendary stories of corruption by Mexican officials at all levels. This is the waelth that has been stolen from the people, which, if re-invested from day 1, would have made Mexico on a par with the USA. They need another revolution."... The status quo in Mexico likes it just like it is, for obvious reasons. They can live like Kings... I hope it doesn't come to yet another revolution but I could understand why it would. I just got back from Mexico City a month or so ago. The place is busting at the seams... While the top 10% and a whole bunch of opportunist expatriates form the USA, Canada, wherever, are enjoying the good life, the poor Mexican is having to rush the border in search of a better life. You're right, something should be done to twist a few arms down there... Jim