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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!bulb.garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!disgorge.news.demon.net!demon!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!server1.netnews.ja.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!server6.netnews.ja.net!str-ccsun!singer.cent.gla.ac.uk!newsfeed.ed.a c.uk!dcs.ed.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: st@epcc.ed.ac.uk (Scott Telford) Subject: Re: Has 2.2.1 been a bit rushed out the door? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: amber.epcc.ed.ac.uk Message-ID: <EAMv34.6r2.0.staffin.dcs.ed.ac.uk@dcs.ed.ac.uk> Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin) Organization: Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK. X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] References: <tporczyk.862358549@shell3.ba.best.com> Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 12:08:59 GMT Lines: 19 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42113 In article <5l4vrb$16j@uriah.heep.sax.de>, J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: > It's how we call Intel's Pentium. Intel decided to no longer give > their chips a number after they experienced that numbers were not > trademarkable. We don't care about trademarks, and simply continue > what Intel started: 86, 186, 286, 386, 486, 586, 686, maybe 787 some > day. Actually, they *do* still give their chips numbers, they just don't talk about it. Look at the numbers on the top of the PGA package and you'll find a (P54C) Pentium is actually an 80502 and a Pentium Pro is a 80521. Anybody know the numbers for the Pentium MMX or II? -- Scott Telford Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre "Every worthwhile creation is at University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK. once an act of love, and an act s.telford@ed.ac.uk +44 131 650 5978 of violence." - G Pascal Zachary