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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (26853)	12/3/1998 2:45:00 PM
From: nnillionaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Skeets, In Europe, the common methodology to abbreviate dates is to use the number of the day, followed by the month, followed by the last two digits of the year: each separated by a period. Thus, 01.12.98 is December 1, 1998. The article was from the UK and is dated two days ago. Cheers

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (26853)	12/3/1998 2:47:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Skeeter, >>>brian, that article was dated jan 1998. why would you post it in dec 1998 as though it was current? <<< I was hoping you'd say that. In the UK, it's dd/mm/yy, not mm/dd/yy like in the US. With that in mind, note that it says 01/12/98. In case you don't believe the dd/mm/yy bit, note that at the bottom it says DECEMBER 3RD 1998 Posted 01/12/98 12:16pm by Mike Magee Shortage of PII 333MHz and 350MHz now acute Demand for Pentium II 333MHz and 350MHz has so outstripped supply that there is an acute shortage of parts, a distributor has warned. Two weeks ago, Intel admitted that there was heavy demand for the PII processors, while yesterday it said that the PII 233, 266MHz and 300MHz were not now generally available. At the time, Intel said that supplies would begin to catch up with demand in a few weeks, but Mark Davison, processor product manager at UK distributor Datrontech, said today there is still a shortage. He said: "The shortages are still bad. My order book is strong but there will be a lot of people that can't ship machines before the end of the year." Datrontech, he said, was trying to move its customers to the 400MHz and the 450MHz parts, but the difference in price between the 350MHz and the 450MHz PII is around £100. ® THURSDAY DECEMBER 3RD 1998 The Bootnotes of Lou