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To: Francis Chow who wrote (55060)	5/3/1998 11:38:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Francis - Re: "publication c't to detect whether a computer contains one of the dubious chips has turned up more problems domestically than anywhere else. In the first three days of testing, c't has confirmed 72 instances of counterfeit--or "remarked"--300-MHz Pentium IIs worldwide. Of those, 42 were found in the United States. Germany had the second largest number of fake Pentium IIs, with 21 confirmed reports, according to Christian Persson, the magazine's editor. Fake chips have also been reported in Israel, the Netherlands, Russian, Spain, Norway, and the United Arab Emirates. " Wow! An epidemic! 72 counterfeit chips! At least the crooks know enough to counterfeit INTEL chips! Paul