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To: Paul Engel who wrote (59227)	5/22/1999 1:56:00 AM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1572391

Paul - RE: "Thanks for making my point for me." I have no idea what your point was, I was just clarifying things. What is your point? "Anand has a legitimate, buggy K7 given to him directly by AMD !" I am pretty sure if he got a K7 from AMD, it would be under NDA.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (59227)	5/22/1999 9:37:00 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572391

Paul, Anand has a legitimate, buggy K7 My experience with microprocessor development has shown that they go through these phases: 1. They have bugs of consequence. 2. They no longer have bugs of consequence. Apparently Anand got his hands on a K7 from phase 1. When the part ships, it will be in phase 2. So what is your point? Scumbria

To: Paul Engel who wrote (59227)	5/23/1999 12:53:00 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572391

RE:<Anand has a legitimate, buggy K7 given to him directly by AMD> Yea, as I remember, when the Pentium 60 and 66 came out, several million people had legitimate, buggy Pentium's that they actually had to BUY! The fact that it passed Winstone 99 indicates that the bugs are not serious, but perhaps some esoteric features of the chip had to be turned off to get it to run. Furthermore the bugs are more likely in the chipset, motherboard or even BIOS, otherwise the June launch would be in jeopardy, which it isn't. Petz