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To: Bob Kim who wrote (141210)	8/9/2001 9:26:25 PM
From: deibutfeif	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

re: ...origin of "foil"? I've always thought it came from IBM That's curious. We hired someone from IBM into Intel and he had trouble with the word foil - kept calling them "charts". ~dbf

To: Bob Kim who wrote (141210)	8/9/2001 9:29:39 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Bob - Re: "Paul, What's the origin of "foil"? I've always thought it came from IBM. " I don't know the exact origin - but it was a common term at Intel and other Valley companies for over 20 years - originally referring to overhead transparencies made with early IR technology duplicators and then by Xerographic copying on clear plastic "transparenccy" from 3M, etc. Remember - Intel and IBM were in very deep relationships from the mid-late 1970s (Caribou project, 8088/PC, 80286, etc.) and a LOT OF CROSS-FERTILIZATION took place - with IBM and Intel meetings constantly going on - on BITH coasts. Paul