Is there no end

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblakeman_at_kih.net>
Date: Fri Dec 14 16:45:42 2001

And that stigma just happened to be floundered by many inadvertant Intel
marketing means - don't know if they intended to make buyers think that AMD
was anything less but the general public started thinking it.

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Bryan Pope
-> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 3:40 PM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: Re: Is there no end
->
->
->
-> I think the real reason for the stamp was to assure people that
-> the AMD chip
-> could run any WIndows program. There was the stigma at that
-> time - if the
-> CPU didn't have the Intel logo on it, you computer wouldn't run
-> all of the PC
-> programs.
->
-> Bryan
->
->
-> >
-> > Ugh... this takes the cake.
-> >
-> > I was pulling apart a 486 logic board, and I pulled the heat
-> sink off the
-> > chip... to be greated with an AMD 486 chip with "Made for Microsoft
-> > Windows" and the Windows logo stamped on it.
-> >
-> > What... no other OS is supposed to use an intel compatible
-> processor?!? I
-> > am sure anyone that bought this chip to use with any other OS probably
-> > paid an MS tax because of that stamp!
-> >
-> > Just for that, I think I might see if I can get my Intel build of
-> > Rhapsody to install on it.
-> >
-> > Ok, so it isn't 10 years or older, but at least you people can
-> understand
-> > the pain.
-> >
-> > -c
-> >
-> >
->
->
Received on Fri Dec 14 2001 - 16:45:42 GMT