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From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Real-Life Computing ...
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 09:36:00 -0500
>
> Airwasp wrote:
> >
> > For anyone wanting grins and giggles ... consider the following ...
> >
> > Intel is going to begin selling chips to the consumer market sometime in the
> > year 2000 ...
> >
> > Their speed .... 800 MHz ...
> >
> That's if and a big IF they get the 2k bug squashed. Hell wont that be
> funny. "we'll sell ya a chip that might work in the year 2000." But i
> wonder what happened in SR to cope with the year 2k bug? any ideas?
> --
Heh..I could mention something here about Dec-Alpha's processors but
I won't. :)
Most likley the 2k bug caused some chaos for awhile, and things went on.
Besides with the Crash of '29, I'm guessing it wasn't relevant. :)



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