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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.arch
Subject: Re: 386 Family Products
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 04:22:56 EST
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> I object to this press release hype here in net.micro. This seems to me to be
> a DEFINITE NO-NO for this newgroup. This is not technical data it is corporate
> back-patting. Please don't lower this newsgroup to this level!!!!!!! If this
> needs to be on the net, there are better places for it.

I posted a (mildly critical) followup to the 386 announcement before I
encountered this (not so mild) response.  I went back and re-read the
parent article.  I also realized that I'd seen info about the 386 in a
glossy trade [rm]ag at least a week before the article appeared in
net.arch.  The more I think about it, the more I tend to agree with the
assessment above--but I'd still be happy if we could pry some substantive
information from Intel instead of chasing them away completely.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...At last it's the real thing...or close enough to pretend.