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To: Wes Stevens who wrote (72060)	5/5/2001 8:53:28 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

"IBM used the x86 architecture for years without a second source." Could you reveal the source for this information, please? According to the "Inside Intel" book, ISBN 052594141x, AMD has been "a sparring partner" of Intel as a legal second source for many Intel's parts since 1971, following McNamara policies of 1960's. And the AMD as a second source manufacturer was a must condition for IBM PC to be in 1975: " IBM had held a gun to Andy Grove's head and told him that signing up Sanders was what he had to do to get the 8088 inside the PC", (page 207)