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- From: autry@sgi.com (Larry Autry)
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- Subject: Re: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 18:57:38 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.131523.10196@spider.co.uk> <1993Jan21.141858.24970@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <93021.123116SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu>
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- In article <93021.123116SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu> SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu (Senthil Ramas Kumar) writes:
- >
- >I very much agree with you that the term "x86", does not lend it nicely to
- >suit the description that we are looking for. Further, as a previous poster
- >had pointed out its a little technical in nature, and it _could_ be obscure
- >to people, especially those who are new to the area of interest.
- >
- >but, I somehow feel that just keeping "pc" instead of "ibm.pc" is too
- >generic, and can be very confusing to people.
- >
- >Kumar
- What about comp.sys.intel.*. Is there something wrong with that?
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