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From: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
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Subject: Re: Quad Pro 150 motherboard? 
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On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:

> 
> >a 4 or 6 CPU P6 board for *other* than a large server...think about that 
> >for a few minutes.
> >
> >(hint: NT4 Workstation can't handle more than 2CPUs and that is the most 
> >popular commercial SMP-capable OS)
> 
> Bullshit.
> 

perhaps you'd like to clarify.  NT *server* can handle more CPUs, but NT 
*workstation* is limited to 2.  if you have a microsoft URL i can peruse 
to dispute that, i'd be happy to admit my mistake.  but i doubt you can 
provide such a thing.


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