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Stepback · 03-21-2002, 05:17 AM

I have working motherboards w/cpu from 8088 to the P3. I thought the old 8088 Cpu's where 8mhz?Also have an old timex sinclair w/tape recorder. I figure one day I'll show my grand kids what we had for computers back in the day.

Didn't Intel give AMD the rights to the 386 and 486 (ie. x86 microcode) because the us gov wouldn't buy products from a single source? Being that AMD was already making Intel chips they didn't have to worry about finding or starting another company. Thus speeding up the process of having more than one source.

03-21-2002, 05:17 AM	#9
Stepback Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 52	cool I have working motherboards w/cpu from 8088 to the P3. I thought the old 8088 Cpu's where 8mhz?Also have an old timex sinclair w/tape recorder. I figure one day I'll show my grand kids what we had for computers back in the day. Didn't Intel give AMD the rights to the 386 and 486 (ie. x86 microcode) because the us gov wouldn't buy products from a single source? Being that AMD was already making Intel chips they didn't have to worry about finding or starting another company. Thus speeding up the process of having more than one source. __________________ Stepback Maintaining today for a better tommorrow.