From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 20 11:19:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA17735 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 20 May 1998 11:19:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA17626; Wed, 20 May 1998 11:18:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmb) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199805201818.LAA17626@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Original PC (was: talk (fwd)) In-Reply-To: from jack at "May 20, 98 09:17:57 am" To: jack@germanium.xtalwind.net (jack) Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 11:18:54 -0700 (PDT) Cc: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com, grog@lemis.com, wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG jack wrote: > > [snip] > > > > I think the reason they went with Intel instead of Motorola was > > > > Intel told them the chip was ready, and Motorola told them 6 > > > > months. Intel lied and shipped late. Motorola shipped when they said > > > > they would but by that time they had missed their window. > > As I heard it, Motorola wouldn't allow second sourcing of its > chip. Intel was hungry enough, at that time, to go for the idea. > Can you say AMD? :) wasnt this part of "operation crush". intel was selling chips below cost in an effort to get 1000+ design wins in a single year....the target was motorola....at lest this is how i remember it from "inside intel". jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message