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Date:      Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:01:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd@atipa.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Pentium II?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970730085610.1338C-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970730085949.29912D-100000@dot.ishiboo.com>

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On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, FreeBSD Mailing List wrote:

> With the same cash is important. P2 boards will be more expensive, along 
> with the chips.

  Really, I find that PII/266 chips are cheaper than the PPro/200 w/512k
cache?

> > > (socket 8?) is doomed too, as Intel will not be developing it further (a
> > > 233mhz version would be nice).  The Pentium MMX is going to max at 233,
> > > before being put out to pasture.  So, every option is "doomed"...
> 
> ZIF architecture is being promoted heavily by AMD, Cyrix, etc. The new 
> Socket 7 motherboards we carry go up to 363MHz (66 x 5.5) and above 
> (83MHZ x 4.5). I expect ZIF-8 solutions to be available soon from 
> competitive vendors.

  AMD, Cyrix.  Ugh...

...
> Our custmoers who know almost all go with Pro.

  Know what?  That the PPro is dead, and likely be discontinued in less
than a year?

> Check out http://www.atipa.com/pentium2.shtml for additional reference.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 

Tom




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