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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (22974)	1/15/1998 9:11:00 PM
From: Craig Freeman	Respond to of 33344

Jim, the PII 266 and 300 are worth their MHz in pricey silicon.. Don't let anyone who owns an Intel P-xx, CYRX MX or AMD K6 chip tell you otherwise until you have, yourself, put them side-by-side. I did ... and I chose to pay a premium for the PII. Choice fact .. my tape "super" backup which managed <30 MB/min with a CYRX P200 now cranks 40 MB/min with a PII/300. Same drive. Same memory. Same software. Very long in CYRX, Craig PS For the first time ever, I almost managed to keep up with my kid at Quake. Now .. if I could only introduce a few more wait states into his P-150 ....