Hello Glenn!

Sunday January 19 1997 07:04, Glenn Alderton wrote to Brett Knuchel:

 > but they just don't. Not so much as a 686 problem, but 586 Cyrix cards
 > would not run properly with a PCI 64 Video Card.

Likely a motherboard implementation problem. There is nothing in the CPU about
busses like PCI, etc.

 > The fact that a Cyrix runs faster than a Pentium is due to the badging of
 > the CPU more than anything else as a Pentium 200 runs faster than a Pentium
 > 100. Bet you'll argue that 1 too.

I would if I understood it. Due to the "badging" of the CPU? A
Pentium 166 runs
at 166MHz, while the Cyrix P166+ runs better than a Pentium, and runs at
only 133MHz. Cyrix have a 150MHz chip which outperforms a Pentium 200. I
can't see how "badging" is on your side.

 > think that most if not all MAJOR companies use Intel rather than Cyrix.  I
 > can Personally vouch that Microsoft and AMP will not use anything less than
 > Intel .

This is no surprise at all. Microsoft are "in bed" with Intel
anyway, hence the term Wintel. Companies like AMP continue to buy products
only from Microsoft (and by relation Intel) because marketing droids like
yourself continue to tell them that they are the only products that meet
their needs. This is far from true, of course, but there's clearly far more
profit in an Intel CPU, given the outrageous price asked for them.

 > I have an Intel inside
 > :-)

Inside your head? Obviously complete with bugs.

Regards,
Hamish

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