Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 11:41:22 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Crazy idea Message-ID: <199504011941.LAA11929@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <9504011934.AA07355@junco.fsl.noaa.gov> from "Sean Kelly" at Apr 1, 95 12:34:27 pm
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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 > $300 cheaper than those with CPUs. This must be for 60 or 66MHz CPU chips. Or maybe even a 75MHz, here are some ``very good spot prices'' from one source for CPU chips: Pentium 100 CPU Bug Free........................$ 699 Pentium 90 CPU Bug Free ........................$ 564 Pentium 75 CPU Bug Free.........................$ 334 > 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. Ahh.. I think you dropped a digit there, last I had on Intel's charges for not returning the CPU chip was $550 for a P54C-90, and $400 for a P5-60. > 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. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD
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