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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 12:36:13 -0400
From: Brian Campbell <brianc@milkyway.com>
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Subject: Re: Pentium II?
References: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970730031654.1492A-100000@sparkie.gnofn.org> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970730090211.1338D-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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On Wed, Jul 30, 1997 at 09:08:15AM -0700, Tom Samplonius wrote:
>   The PPro series is already dead:  no further development.  The Pentium
> series will end with the 233mhz MMX chip.  Only the here-and-now matters.
> Sure the Pentium and Pro have been around longer, but Intel is already
> winding them down!  As short lived as slot 1 may be (in total lifespan),
> it will be around long after the Pro.

Actually the 266Mhz P5/MMX has already been announced for early next year.
www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/pcwo/0723/pcwo0005.html