Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 13:31:54 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net> Cc: Dave Alderman <dave@persprog.com>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, sam@persprog.com Subject: Re: K6 Message-ID: <199707302031.NAA09648@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 30 Jul 97 15:50:57 -0400. <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970730153824.1657B-100000@lightning.tbe.net>
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>> Or maybe they just suck. I sure hope not since the price cuts are still >> moving along on both Intel and AMD parts. I'm not sure if Intel would >> be so >> aggressive in its pricing without AMD nibbling at its toes :-) >Well, for what it's worth, the prices on the Cyrix chips have dropped like >a rock...I can get a 166+ for about $65 and a 200+ for about $85. Granted >no 'MMX', but they are pretty decent nontheless. And for that price, it >is hard to beat...the closest Intel 166 (no MMX either) is still around >$165. It's important to differentiate between P5 class chips and P6 class chips. The Cyrix non-MMX chips are P5 class. The K6 is P6 class. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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