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To: Scumbria who wrote (37690)	9/29/1998 4:24:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572771

RE: "If K7 is as fast as claimed on this thread, it should expose more nonsense." If the K7 is NOT as fast as claimed on this thread, it should expose even more nonsense. EP

To: Scumbria who wrote (37690)	9/29/1998 4:33:00 PM
From: StockMan	Respond to of 1572771

Scumb, Re -- A faster CPU came along and burned them You are making a whole bunch of assumptions here. Its unclear if the timing loop was not in the code specific to K6/chipset/bus initialization/interface. That is why AMD should stop shipping the K6, findout exactly what the cause is, prove that it wont happen in other applications (e.g if in the initialization can only happen in the OS then they are safe), provide on their web site for free instructions and patches on the problem. This may or may not be a serious problem. Its upto AMD to show this. They haven't done this and have left the poor consumers in the lurch. I hope Elmer is satisfied with the lengthy post, spelling out in detail stuff which he is too lazy to think about.