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To: Petz who wrote (30238)	3/25/1998 10:13:00 PM
From: Buckwheat	Respond to of 1580155

Petz,,, I have noticed three or four 100 Mhz Socket 7 boards that are about to be released. FIC is one of the more recent ones I've noticed. All of you have probably noticed that Intel recently released the 350 and 400 Mhz PII's to CPU vendors. My question is, has anyone noticed any motherboard maker (other than Intel) announcing the release or intent to release a PII BX chipset motherboard? These guys probably won't get their first BX chipset until Intel has their motherboard pipeline well primed. You know, Intel really has a talent for promoting/prolonging those technologies that they are hell bent on destroying. Buckwheat

To: Petz who wrote (30238)	3/25/1998 11:51:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 1580155

Petz, OT:<John Wang, This cacheless P-II actually does have...> Usually it is unethical to bother about puppies barking at traffic. So far there were no replies, but you broke the circle :-) Regards Ali

To: Petz who wrote (30238)	3/26/1998 12:51:00 AM
From: Time Traveler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580155

Petz, It is very delightful to get a response from all the demoralized AMD investors. Excellent, now shall we talk about the real issues: "For the next 5-6 months 100 MHz SDRAM will be expensive." How much more expense, do you know? "Wavetable sound cards are now almost exclusively PCI now." I do find that hard to believe. It is not necessary to do so. "maybe you're confusing that news with Intel buying SB" Isn't SB = Sound Blaster = Creative Labs or something? Get real, FTC doesn't have to stomp on this. When Intel sees that it is important for the development of computer industry, the company then does something about it by buying the expertise. Nothing wrong with that! Stop whining. It has nothing to do with you. "Intel tried to do that [(sound card embedded on motherboards)] a long time ago, without much success." Yeah, because Intel does not produce sound cards. After the acquisition of Creative Labs, it would be a different story. Then, the next missing piece of technology on the motherboard would be the power management ICs. I do expect a buy-out of such a company soon. This all makes sense. "price of success [(Petz's third lengthy vacation in half a year])" Wonderful, I am glad for you. Please drop me a tip or two on how you achieve that success by working for a defense contractor. John.