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From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
To: Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM>
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On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Vincent Poy wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Apr 1997, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> 
> > > 	Hmm, will a K5 run as well as a P5 though?  Since it might be
> > > faster but what about compatibility issues?  As for the ethernet card,
> > 
> > well...  as I said I haven't any personal experience... I think I heard
> > that it works perfectly fine...

Same Here.

> 	Hmm, besides not being an Intel, what is the main differences
> between the AMD and the Intel?

The AMD doesn't do floating point as fast as Intel, but unlike Cyrix, it
does let you interleave FP and integer ops for efficiency.

Oh, and the K6 seems to be getting well-received.