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To: Big Kahuna who wrote (72271)1/27/1999 2:56:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Re: "Hey, if Intel were sharp, they'd do the same thing they did when they were making 486 SX or DX chips. I believe the deal with those were, they both were essentially the same chip except the SX had it's math co-processor disabled. "

This is a classic urban legend. There never was any truth it.

EP



To: Big Kahuna who wrote (72271)1/27/1999 3:22:00 PM
From: L. Adam Latham  Respond to of 186894
 
Big:

Re: With the Pentium III's, they could offer one with the e-commerce capability and one with the serial ID destroyed.

Hmmm...think Intel could charge a premium for the e-commerce capable processors?

Adam (just my musings, I have no idea what the Pentium III folks are planning)