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To: Bruce Brown who wrote (30527)	8/26/2000 11:18:43 PM
From: ratan lal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

but I've been using a computer for 16 years. Not a one of them had a microprocessor from either Intel or AMD My very first design with microprocessors, back in the stone ages, was with an Intel 4004 (4-bit data, 8-bit address)in 1973, that's 27 years back. There was no other micro at that time. Subsequently Intel came up with 8008 (8 bit data, 8-bit address) and 8080 (8-bit data, 16-bit address that I could program in machine language at hi-speed using blue and red front panel switches). And Motorola came up with 6502. The rest is all current history.

To: Bruce Brown who wrote (30527)	8/26/2000 11:28:03 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

BB, << I've been using a computer for 16 years. Not a one of them had a microprocessor from either Intel or AMD >> Did they have a microprocessor? <g> - Eric -

To: Bruce Brown who wrote (30527)	8/27/2000 11:49:39 AM
From: mauser96	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 54805

I bought my first Intel based PC in 1982. The year or so before that was a free for all with several fairly competitive OS as contenders. When the first IBM PC came out, it had 2 big things going for it 1) It had an IBM name on it, which changed the status from toy(feel guilty about spending the money, can't talk your boss into buying) to business machine (go ahead and buy it, you know you want it) 2) It had a superior screen (green letters on a black background) with twice the resolution of the Apple screen. Within a couple of years or so only Apple and IBM remained. Within another short time span Apple was doomed to be a niche company forever. There is a minimal to no chance that Apple can increase it's market share significantly. I don't think it's clear at this point what market share AMD can capture, butat least there's a chance. Nevertherless, I'm not going to be buying any AMD stock. You're probably tired of us Windows centric folks tending to forget all about Apple.