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Subject: Re: K6 Update & AMD Statement 
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In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Sep 1997 12:43:35 EDT."
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From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com>
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"John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Sep 1997 18:04:53 +0200 Poul-Henning Kamp said:
> >I have a K6/233 here which has by now completed 50 or more make worlds,
> >no complaints.
> >
> >It is marked:
> >                AMD-K6-233ANR
> >                3.2V CORE / 3.3V I/O
> >                B 9731EJBW
>                    ^^^^^^^^
> 
> This is what I'm told is the important part.  The stepping must be 9731 or
> later.

     This looks like a date code (when the IC was manufactured), and not
a stepping.  If it is a date code, "9731" would be the 31st week of
1997, which is the last week in July.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com

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