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Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 12:34:27 -0700
From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
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Subject: Crazy idea
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I was just browsing through a selection of Pentium motherboards for
our next system and noticed that the boards without CPUs are US$200 to
$300 cheaper than those with CPUs.

Now, Intel is sending me an FDIV-bug-free Pentium CPU, but in return I
have to send back my buggy CPU or have a $50 charge appear on my
credit card.

Do you think it's at all expedient to just keep the buggy CPU and save
$150 to $250 off a CPU-less motherboard?  I can live with the FDIV bug.

--
Sean Kelly
NOAA/ERL Forecast Systems Laboratory
Boulder Colorado USA