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To: crazyoldman who wrote (108312)	4/28/2000 4:06:00 PM
From: niceguy767	Respond to of 1580140

crazyoldman: Re: "Absolutely true! I'm happy to say that we just purchased the componets to assemble forty more of those SMOOTH running Athlon computers. Athlon based computers make an amazing system. The only thing I haven't figured out is how to handle the "politics" of the situation here...more people want them than we have machines...just have to buy more I guess." Comment: Great testimonial, the strongest form of marketing...Anyone I know who has an Athlon feels exactly the same way!...And yes, another great week for AMD...A small trade to close at $88 (unequivocably a new all-time high) would be the icing on the cake But I'll not complain too heartily about an $87-3/4 close!

To: crazyoldman who wrote (108312)	5/5/2000 9:08:00 PM
From: crazyoldman	Respond to of 1580140

Hello to All, As per my former post Message 13521463 I recieved the forty (40) K7 700 MHz processors today. I had ordered 0.25 micron as they were cheaper and run just as fast (overclocking potential ignored) as the 0.18 micron Athlons but would of course run a little hotter. I am using dual fans on the processor heatsink so the extra heat didn't deter me. I was surprised that the vendor still offered 0.25 micron Athlon processors for sale. Today when I opened the processor boxes I was pleasantly surprised. Ten of the Athlon 700 MHz processors had date codes indicating the date of manufacture was week 8 of year 2000. The remaining thirty Athlon 700 MHz processors had date codes indicating the date of manufacture was week 16 of year 2000. The really surprising part for me was to see all forty processors were built using 0.18 micron technology ("A" not "C" to the right side of code info). I have no idea why my vendor still had a non 0.18 offering for the Athlons but apparently (and not surprisingly) no more 0.25 Athlons are available at this time. Considering that Steve Harris recently bought an Athlon 700 MHz with week 16, it seems to me the AMD is really moving the classic Athlons into the consumer's hands. In light of Jerry's recent statement during Q1 CC that said something like "...we're doing almost everything right <right now>", it appears that Jerry sees no short term problem with motherboards for upcoming Durons and Thunderbirds and is pushing hard to clear the existing stock of classic Athlons by May 24 or so. We'll all know soon enough. BTW, the 40 K7M's shipped in two boxes of 20 each. I had never lifted a box containing 20 mother boards before and never considered a motherboard to be a heavy item. I was surprised how heavy 20 motherboard actually are. No way I could have lifted all 40 (both boxes) at once, and I'm a pretty good horse (for an old man hehe). Kindest regards, CrazyMan P.S. I hope Elmer doesn't challenge me on this, I don't want to have to post the pictures of 40 Processors on the web.