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To: Elmer who wrote (102126)	4/4/2000 8:34:00 PM
From: hmaly	Respond to of 1573501

Elmer Re..<<<<<<<Don't put words in my mouth. That was not my position. My position was and still is that Athlon was not ready for production. They may have been able to manufacture them all day but the design was not complete. >>>>>>>> Elmer, working for Intel occasionally, you may very well have seen many chips that were not ready for production; but I thought Intel put them in the dumpster; not sold them. In this case, how do you know they were engineering samples or their design was not complete; provide link or get used to being called a liar or weasel again.

To: Elmer who wrote (102126)	4/4/2000 9:39:00 PM
From: crazyoldman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573501

Elmer, re: Don't put words in my mouth. That was not my position. My position was and still is that Athlon was not ready for production. In Message 13342874 CrazyMan states: "I suspect common sense is knowing that I've purchased three Athlon 700 MHz processors with date codes indicating they were made during the 9th week of 1999. I have published this fact previously on this thread!" Elmer states: "You have published the claim before on this thread but I think it defies reason. Typically the date printed on a package is the packaging date so your die would have to be from a wafer started in 1998. It wasn't until August that AMD introduced the AThlon at speeds up to 650MHz, not 700MHz. AMD introduced the 700MHz Athlon in October. You would have us believe AMD held onto it from early March until October and skipped the August intro? A wafer started in December of 1998? I don't think so. I think it is much more easily explained as simple mistake on your part. An honest mistake." "A wafer started in December of 1998? I don't think so." Well, Fudd, what do you think now? I've given you physical evidence that it was not a simple mistake on my part and indeed a wafer was started in or close to December of 1998 and now you want to quibble about manufacturing vs production when that wasn't the issue to begin with. Apologize to the members of this board and maintain some semblance of manhood Mr. Expert. You are dead wrong! CrazyMan